Shubham Kumar tops civil services exam 2020; Thrissur native Meera secures sixth rank

Shubham Kumar has topped the prestigious civil services examination 2020, results of which were declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday.
Jagrati Awasthi and Ankita Jain have got second and third ranks respectively. Meera K, a native of Kolazhy in Thrissur, secured the sixth rank.

There are more than 10 Keralites among the first 100 ranks. K Meera (6th rank), Midhun Premraj (12th rank), Karishma Nair (14th rank) and Aparna Ramesh (35th rank) are among the top rank holders.

A total of 761 candidates -- 545 men and 216 women -- have cleared the examination.

The civil services examination is conducted annually by the UPSC in three stages -- preliminary, main and interview -- to select officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.