UPSC 2016

The 35-year-old from Hyderabad has been helping aspirants get into civil services and has mentored many who couldn't afford coaching classes.

Having been mentored by a group of IAS and IPS officers under the Dantewada district administration, Namrata attributes her achievement to those who guided and helped build her confidence for the final interview.

Daughter of a government school teacher, Nandini, interestingly, cracked the exam with Kannada Literature as her optional subject.

Pranjal Patil, a 26-year-old visually-impaired Ulhasnagar resident, cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams this year, getting an All-India ranking of 773.