Talcher boy Animesh gets rank 2 in UPSC

Bhubaneswar: Animesh Pradhan of Odisha has secured the second rank in the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2023, the results of which was announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Tuesday. It is after 20 year that Animesh has come close to Roopa Mishra’s number one rank in the CSE.

Animesh hails from Bhalugadia village in Talcher area of Angul district. He completed BTech in Computer Science and Engineering from NIT-Rourkela in 2021 and was working as information system officer with Indian Oil Corporation Limited. He had scored 98.8% in Class XII and was a student of DAV Public School, MCL, Kalinga Area, Talcher.

Aminesh has lost both his parents. His father, Prabhakar Pradhan, was the chairperson of Hingula Mahavidyalaya, Talcher, and passed away in 2017. He lost his mother, Aruna Patra, last January. He has a sister, who is working with the Horticulture department.

Besides Animesh, Prajnanandan Giri and Ayushi Pradhan have cleared the exam and secured 24th and 36th ranks, respectively. Similarly, Abhimanyu Malik has bagged 60th rank, Jayashree Pradhan 52nd rank and Amritanshu Nayak 110th rank. Shubhra Panda, Rashmi Pradhan, Biswajit Panda and Sourav Das, also from Odisha, have secured 204, 319, 343 and 466 ranks respectively.

According to the UPSC, 1,016 applicants passed the test and have been advised to apply for various Central government jobs.

The UPSC selects officers for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), and Indian Police Service (IPS), among other services, through the three phases of the Civil Services Exam. The prelims 2023 was held on May 28 while 14,624 candidates took the mains examination on September 15, 16, 17, 23, and 24, 2023. A total of 2,855 candidates had appeared for the Personality Test. Candidates can check their results on the UPSC’s website.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaikm have congratulated all those who have successfully cleared the Civil Services Examination, 2023.

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