Ankur Garg tops Civil Services Examination

NEW DELHI: Ankur Garg has topped the list of 286 successful candidates of the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2002, according to results declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Thursday.
Avinash Champawat, Mayank Joshi, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Mayur Maheshwari, Kamal Kishore Yadav, Bhanu Prakash Yeturu and Lokesh Kumar Singh were among the first ten successful candidates, a Commission release said.
S Awasthy, Swati Sharma and Avantika Gautam were among the 52 successful girls. They are also among the top ten candidates.
The Commission has recommended 70 names for consideration in the Administrative Services while 56 candidates have been approved for IPS, 10 for IFS, 131 for the Central Services Group ''A'' and 43 for Central Services Group ''B''.
Among the successful candidates 88 belonging to OBC, 38 to SC and 22 to the ST candidates, it said.
The results were declared on the basis of Civil Service (Main) examination held in October-November 2002 and interviews for personal test held in April, the UPSC said.
The result is also available on the UPSC website.