NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and MoS PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh on Tuesday felicitated the first 20 national level toppers in IAS / Civil Services Exam (CSE) 2017, the result of which was declared on 27th April 2018.
This was a part of the tradition begun by Dr Jitendra Singh three years ago to invite the first 20 toppers of this prestigious exam to the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), which is the Nodal Department for Civil Services Cadre, and personally handover to them the certificates of appointment.
Among the first 20 national level toppers who were personally felicitated by Dr Jitendra Singh at North Block here were Anudeep Durishetty (Rank 1), Anu Kumari (Rank 2), Sachin Gupta (Rank 3), Atul Prakash (Rank 4), Pratham Kaushik (Rank 5), Koya Sree Harsha (Rank 6), Ayush Sinha (Rank 7), Saumya Sharma (Rank 9) and others including Ashima Mittal, Neha Jain, Shivani Goyal and Utkarsh.
The All India Rank 1 topper, Anudeep Durishetty hails from Telangana and is an engineering graduate from BITS Pillani. All India Rank 2 Anu Kumari is an MBA from IMT Nagpur while the All India Rank 3 Sachin Gupta is an engineering graduate from Thapar University, Patiala. The All India Rank 9 Saumya Sharma is distinct from others in the sense that she is physically Divyang with hearing impairment since she was in Class XI.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Jitendra Singh congratulated the toppers and their parents. He said, the tradition started by him three years ago was motivated by the intention to know and learn about the background and ideas of the new entrants into the Civil Services and at the same time, also enable these youngsters to familiarize themselves with the DoPT and its officers, because it is this Department which will be dealing with their cadre related issues for the next 30-35 years of their career.