Chennai-based law graduate S Divyadharshini has topped the prestigious Civil Services Examination 2010 for which the results were
announced on Wednesday. The second position was also secured by a woman, Sweta Mohanty, a computer engineer, while R V
Varun Kumar, a dentist from Chennai, got the third rank.
A total of 920 candidates, including 203 women, have been selected for the Civil Services, which attracts the largest number of
candidates from the entire length and breadth of the country.
Divyadharshini, who has done BA, BL (Hons) from Dr Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, cleared the exam in her second attempt.
Mohanty cleared the exam in her third attempt.
Divyadharshini said she was surprised to find herself topping the exam as she was not expecting it. "I was expecting some result
but not as a topper," she said the achievement was the result of "tedious" exercise and hard work of one year coupled with luck.
Kumar, the topper among men, has done his BDS from Ragas Dental College in Chennai. This is his third attempt.
The top 25 candidates consist of 20 men and five women -- 15 of whom are engineers, five belonging to Commerce, Management,
Humanities, Science and Social Sciences; and five belonging to medical science background.
Click here to see Result: http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2011/may/d2011051101.pdf
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