Shubhra Saxena
(Women Candidate)UPSC 2009 Topper
Miss Shubhra Saxena (Roll No.159306), has topped the Examination. She has done B.Tech from IIT, Roorkeee. She attributed her feat to her "loving" parents and husband, saying they "were very much supportive when I expressed my desire to appear for civil services."Born in Uttar Pradesh's Bareli, Saxena had most of her education in Jharkhand as her father was an engineer with Coal India.
"I always wanted to serve the people. My family sacrificed a lot. I had to stay away from my husband and stay with my mom... they were very helpful," the former IT professional said."I always had faith in myself... so I won. Once a person understands the concept it is very easy to crack the exam. And more important is the ability to believe in yourself," she said.
Saxena said her husband was her "biggest supporter" in the past four years while she was preparing for the civil services exam.This is her 2nd attempt.
The second ranker is Miss Sharandeep Kaur Brar (Roll No.307085). She has done M.A. from Punjab University.
Mr.Varinder Kumar Sharma (Roll No.170034), is the topper among male candidates. He has secured overall 4th rank. He has done B.E. from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. This is his first attempt. Incidentally, Shri Sharma is a physically challenged candidate.
The top 25 candidates include 15 males and 10 females. Educational qualification-wise they comprise of 12 candidates belonging to Commerce, Mangement, Humanities, Science & Social Sciences; 9 candidates belonging to Engineering and 4 candidates belonging to Medical Science background.Of these, 22 took the Examination in English medium; 2 in Hindi medium and 1 in Punjab medium. Of the top 25 candidates, 11 appeared from Delhi; 3 each from Chandigarh and Chennai; 2 each from Bhopal and Hyderabad and 1 each from Kolkata, Jaipur, Jammu and Thiruvananthapuram centers.
Percentage of marks obtained by Toppers:
Subject Maximum Marks- 1st Rank1- 3rd Rank2- 6th Rank3 7th Rank4
Essay 100 - 62.50 - 66.00 - 59.50 - 54.00
General
Studies
Paper I 100 64.00 65.67 59.67 51.33
general
Studies
Paper II 100 49.00 54.67 60.00 42.33
optional I
Paper I 100 - 57.67 - 57.67 - 55.00 - 58.00
Optional I
Paper II 100 - 60.00 - 57.00 - 60.00 - 61.00
Optional II
Paper I 100 - 63.33 - 55.33 - 60.33 - 68.33
Optional II
Paper II 100 - 52.33 - 63.67 - 66.67 - 61.67
Interview 100 - 76.67 - 60.00 - 58.00 - 67.00
Total marks 100 - 60.61 - 59.74 - 58.17 - 58.13
No Comments Yet
Related Posts
Post a Comment
Comment please let me know your opinion