Hyderabad:

Hyderabad girl Krithika Jyotsna Mishra bagged the 30th rank and topped the Union Public Service Commission civil services exam, 2013, in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. She bagged the 30th rank among 1,122 persons selected this year by the UPSC for IAS, IPS, IFS and other Central services. Thirty-five other candidates from the two states have made it to the big league this year.

Following Kritika is S. Krishna Aditya, who bagged the 99th rank to become one of the two from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to make it to the top 100. Kona Vamsi Krishna bagged 103rd rank while Siva Prakash Devaraju came 114th in the civil services exam. E. Saicharan Tejaswi was ranked 124th while Ravali Priya G. came 161st. This is also the first UPSC result after the change in the pattern of examination.

Gopal Krishna, director, Brain Tree, said, “The changed pattern favours students with a humanities background. Though most of students are from engineering background they have performed very well.”

Krithika is the daughter of IFS officer and former principal chief conservator of forests for Telangana S.B.L. Mishra. Her brother Kartikeya Mishra is the CMD of CPDCL North Zone.

Senior IAS officer Hiralal Samariya’s son, Peeyush Samariya, qualified for the civil services with 165th rank. He had earlier qualified for IRS and is currently Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Education / DC Correspondent / June 13th, 2014