IAS

IAS Rukmani Riar is a Chandigarh-born young IAS officer who became a household name in 2011 when she secured All India Rank 2 in her very first attempt.

This is the story of how a gutsy civil servant fought political pressure, physical threats and threats against his family to serve the country.

Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj is an IAS officer of the 2007 batch of the Uttar Pradesh cadre and a self-taught badminton player!

“I liked my life in Mumbai, it is such a safe place for women. I was learning with the job, and the financial security that it brought to me was immensely satisfying,” she says.

For 27-year-old Abhishek Surana, a resident of Bhilwara in Rajasthan, the results have brought in some much-needed cheer as he has secured the 10th rank in the examination.

Kindness of strangers and a mother's hard work fuelled the success of Gujarat's 22-year-old Hasan Safin, who recently cracked the UPSC exams with the all-India rank of 570.

This Friday, this son of an alcoholic father who fought all odds to pursue his education cracked the UPSC civil services examination 2017 and secured the 101st rank among 990 who made the cut.

While on the one hand, every city and even townships in India have plenty of coaching centres springing up everywhere, Anudeep and Anu are aspirants who have never stepped foot into a coaching centre.

From GST implementation to developing India's first cashless island, these initiatives have been awarded the PM's Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2018.

Parmeswaran Iyer’s expertise lie in the water and sanitation department, which complement the stream of work expected from the Swachh Bharat Mission