Angul Man Gets 7th Rank in UPSC Civil Services Exam

Bhubaneswar: Chanchal Rana, a resident of Nalco Nagar in Angul district, who is currently pursuing training as an IPS officer, has obtained seventh rank in the civil services examination 2013 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Rana, an engineering degree holder from the National Institute of Technology, Silchar (Assam), previously worked for Indian Oil Corporation before cracking the IPS exam.

Similarly, around 17 other Odia candidates got a place among 1,122 who cracked the prestigious test.

1. Prashant Kumar Mishra
2. Sikta Patnaik
3. Soumya Mishra
4. Subashis Das
5. Arindam Mishra
6. Ruchik Sharma
7. Smruti Ranjan Mohanty
8. Sidhharth Sankar Swain
9. Abinas Mohanty
10. Manas Raj Patel
11. Surendra Kumar Das
12. Anand Mohan Mishra
13. Himadri Bhushan Biswal
14. Amrit Bikash Tapno
15. Shibu Prasad Mishra
16. Binaprabha Tirky
17. Pradip Dungdung
18. Amrit Rutraj

The UPSC on Thursday announced the result, the test for which was conducted in December 2013 followed by an interview during April-June 2014.

Gaurav Agrawal of Rajasthan got the first rank in the exam with Economics as his optional subject. He holds a Bachelor of Technology (Computer Science) degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow.

This was his second attempt. As many as 180 candidates have been recommended for appointment in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 150 in the Indian Police Service (IPS), and 32 in the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), according to a release issued by the Ministry of Personnel.