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 Monday, May 8, 2006. New Delhi Smriti Kak Ramachandran Delhi girl tops IAS exam Delhi girl Mona Pruthi has topped the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2005 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. The examination was held in October-November, 2005. An alumnus of the Apeejay School, Faridabad and the Lady Sriram College for Women, Pruthi who taught English in Delhi University’s Maharaja Agrasen College was earlier selected for the Customs and Excise department of the India Revenue Services. “She has always been a meritorious and a hardworking student. Ever since she was in school she aspired to become a civil servant,” said Mrs Pruthi, Mona’s mother. She added, “Even after Mona cleared the IRS, she remained determined to go for the IAS. And this time when she took the examination, she was confident that she will make it. But we were not thinking in terms of the rank at all.” Mona’s feat has left the family ecstatic. “We are all very happy and have offered thanksgiving to the Almighty, it was her dream and it has come true,” her proud mother pointed out. Among those who have made it to the top five are Gurneet Tej, Randhir Kumar, J Ganesan and Zuhair Bin Saghir. A total of 425 candidates have been recommended for the Indian Administrative Service; Indian Foreign Service; Indian Police Service; and Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’. Of these, 210 are from the general category, including six physically challenged candidates, 117 Other Backward Classes, including three physically challenged candidates, 57 Scheduled Castes, including two physically challenged candidates, and 41 Scheduled Tribes, including one physically challenged candidate. Appointments to various services will be made according to the number of vacancies available with consideration to the provisions contained in Rules 2 and 19 of the Rules for the Examination and subject to the final decision of the Supreme Court/High Court/ CATs on the SLPs/RAs/ WPs/OAs pending therein, the UPSC pointed out. The number of vacancies reported by the government for the Indian Administrative Service is 87, of which 45 are for general category, 22 for OBC, 14 for SC and six for ST. In the Indian Foreign Service there are 10 posts for general category, six for OBC, two for SC and ST each. For the Indian Police Service, the available posts are 103, of which 51 are for general, 27 OBC, eight for SC and 17 for ST. For the Central Services Group ‘A’ is there are 221 posts, 116 for General, 58 for OBC, 32 for SC and 15 for ST and for Central Services Group ‘B’ there are 26 posts, 20 f0r General, four for OBCs, one each for SC/ST. This includes 12 vacancies for physically challenged candidates in Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service and Central Services Group-“A”& “B”. |
