Telangana Boy tops in UPSC Civil Services 2017

Hyderabad, Apr 28: In Proudest moment for Telangana, Indian Revenue Service officer Durishetty Anudeep has topped the civil services 2017 examination whose results were announced on Friday, breaking a three-year streak of female candidates bagging the top spot.

Anu Kumari and Sachin Gupta stood second and third respectively, the Union Public Service Commission announced.

Anudeep, an OBC candidate from Metpally in Telangana, is posted in Hyderabad as an Assistant Commissioner.

A total of 990 candidates - 750 men and 240 women - have been recommended by the Commission for appointment to various central government services, UPSC said in a statement here.

Saumya Sharma, a physically disabled candidate, with hearing impairment, secured an overall ninth rank, the UPSC said.

An officer of IRS (Customs and Central Excise) of 2014 batch, Anudeep qualified the examination with Anthropology as his optional subject.

Anudeep has graduated with BE (Electronics & Instrumentation) degree from BITS, Pilani.

A total of 1058 vacancies were to be filled through Civil Services Examination, 2017, which included 29 vacancies for physically handicapped candidates, the statement said.

"The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2017 was conducted on June 18, 2017. 9,57,590 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 4,56,625 candidates actually appeared. 13,366 candidates qualified for the appearance in the written (Mains) examination held in October-November, 2017. Of them, 2,568 candidates qualified for the Personality Test conducted in February-April, 2018," it said.