STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Tina Dabi, Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan and Jasmeet Singh Sandhu, the three toppers of IAS / Civil Services 2015 examination, today called on Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS, Dr Jitendra Singh at his DoPT office in North Block here today.
Congratulating the three youngsters for achieving the meritorious distinction, Dr Jitendra said, it is a pleasant coincidence that ever since the Modi Government took over two years ago, there has been a sudden upsurge of women power in civil services.
For example, he said, in the last year’s exam, four out of six toppers were girls while in this year’s exam, two out of four toppers are also girls. Besides Tina, Artika Shukla is the girl who has stood fourth, he informed.
Another notable trend in the last few years, Dr Jitendra said, is that more and more candidates were making it to civil services from those sections of society which were hitherto not adequately represented. The profile of the three toppers of this year is also a testimony to this trend, he said.
In addition, he said, States like Jammu and Kashmir which, till few years ago, complained of not having enough number of direct IAS officers, will also feel gratified as more and more number of candidates from J&K are now making it to the civil services and also requesting for home cadre.
