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UPSC Toppers
The UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) is conducted in 3 stages : Prelims, Mains, and Interview. Prelims is the qualifying criteria for the aspirants to appear in the Mains Examination and then a final round of Interview is conducted for the selected candidates. Marks obtained in the Mains Examination and Interview are then combined to get the Toppers and Qualifying candidates. Here, proper information about the candidates who have qualified is provided by CareerIndia that includes the following:
The UPSC Toppers page is providing the list of Toppers for the year 2021.
Addition of the success stories of the UPSC CSE 2021 All India Rank (AIR) holders are also given, through which; the aspiring aspirants for UPSC can get motivation and continue with their hard and smart work to qualify for the competitive examination. Toppers' success stories are to be received as inspiring tales/inspiration; to be boosted and focused for the examination.
Another main section of this page will comprise UPSC, IAS Rankers, and Roll Numbers of the candidates, as an instrument of inspiration.
CareerIndia also equips with the list of 1st Rank holders from the last 3 decades, i.e; from 1990 till the present date of the Examination.
According to the marks obtained in the Mains Examination and Interview, the selected candidates are allotted the Civil Services such as IAS, IFS, IES, IPS, and Central Services: Group “A” and Group “B”.
UPSC Civil Services 2021
The UPSC Final Result 2021 was released on May 30 and recommends a total of 685 candidates for appointment. It has also released the reserve list and other details.
UPSC Civil Services Toppers 2021
| Rank | Name |
| 1 | Shruti Sharma |
| 2 | Ankita Agarwal |
| 3 | Gamini Singla |
| 4 | Aishwarya Verma |
| 5 | Utkarsh Dwivedi |
| 6 | Yaksh Chaudhary |
| 7 | Samyak S Jain |
| 8 | Ishita Rathi |
| 9 | Preetam Kumar |
| 10 | Harkeerat Singh Randhawa |
UPSC Top 50 Civil Service Rankers 2021
1. Shruti Sharma
2. Ankita Agarwal
3. Gamini Singla
4. Aishwarya Verma
5. Utkrarsh Dwivedi
6. Yaksh Chaudhary
7. Samyak S Jain
8. Ishita Rathi
9. Preetam Kumar
10. Harkeerat Singh Randhawa
11. Shubhankar Pratyush Pathak
12. Yasharth Shekhar
13. Priyamvada Ashok Mhaddalkar
14. Abhinav J Jain
15. C Yaswanthkumar Reddy
16. Anshi Priya
17. Mehak Jain
18. Ravi Kumar Sihag
19. Diksha Joshi
20. Arpit Chauhan
21. Dilip K Kainikkara
22. Sunil Kumar Dhanwanta
23. Ashish
24. Pusapati Sahitya
25. Shruti Rajlakshmi
26. Utsav Anand
27. Saksham Goel
28. Mantri Mourya Bharadwaj
29. Bhavishya
30. Naman Goyal
31. Avinash V
32. Navandar Anay Nitin
33. Jaspindar Singh
34. Shashvat Sangwan
35. Kartikeya Jaiswal
36. Jasmine
37. V Sanjana Simha
38. Ravikumar
39. Vishal Dhakad
40. Kushal Jain
41. Sonali Dev
42. Swathi Sree T
43. Shubham Shukla
44. Anjali Shrotriya
45. Shradha Shukla
46. Ramya C S
47. Naman Kumar Singla
48. Ayushi
49. Divyansh Singh
50. Abhijit Ray
UPSC IAS 1st Rankers List
| Year | Name | State |
| 2021 | Shruti Sharma | Uttar Pradesh |
| 2020 | Shubham Kumar | Bihar |
| 2019 | Pradeep Singh | Haryana |
| 2018 | Kanishka Kataria | Rajasthan |
| 2017 | Anudeep Durishetty | Telangana |
| 2016 | Nanini | Karnataka |
| 2015 | Tina Dabi | Delhi |
| 2014 | Ira Singhal | Delhi |
| 2013 | Gaurav Agarwal | Rajasthan |
| 2012 | Haritha V Kumar | Kerala |
| 2011 | Shena Aggarwal | Haryana |
| 2010 | S Divyadarshini | Tamil Nadu |
| 2009 | Shah Faesal | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 2008 | Shubhra Saxena | Uttar Pradesh |
| 2007 | Adapa Karthik | Andhra Pradesh |
| 2006 | Mutyalaraju Revu | Andhra Pradesh |
| 2005 | Mona Pruthi | Haryana |
| 2004 | S Nagarajan | Tamil Nadu |
| 2003 | Roopa Mishra | Odisha |
| 2002 | Ankur Garg | Punjab |
| 2001 | Alok Ranjan Jha | Bihar |
| 2000 | Vijayalakshmi Bidari | Karnataka |
| 1999 | Sorabh Babu | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1998 | Bhawna Garg | Punjab |
| 1997 | Devesh Kumar | Bihar |
| 1996 | Sunil Kumar Barnwal | Bihar |
| 1995 | Iqbal Dhaliwal | Tamil Nadu |
| 1994 | Asutosh Jindal | Delhi |
| 1993 | Srivatsa Krishna | Karnataka |
| 1992 | Shri Anurag Srivastava | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1991 | Raju Narayana Swamy | Kerala |
| 1990 | Lakshmi Narayana | Andhra Pradesh |
UPSC CSE TOPPER 2021: IAS Success Stories
CareerIndia brings forth the success story of the toppers for the candidates, looking forward to excelling in the UPSC Examination. Shruti Sharma (AIR-1), Ankita Agarwal (AIR -2), and Gamini Singla (AIR-3) are the three toppers of the year 2021.
AIR-1 SHRUTI SHARMA: Choose to Serve the Nation
Hailing from Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, the AIR-1, Shruti Sharma qualified for her UPSC IAS Examination on her second attempt and excelled in the examination with a total score of 1105 out of 2025. Shruti Sharma is a History Graduate from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. And further, she did her Post Graduation in Modern History from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi.
Shruti Sharma belongs to a family that comprises Doctors and Engineers. She is the only one who pursued Humanities and choose to become an IAS Officer to serve the nation from a wider perspective.
N.C.E.R.T. is one of the most significant pieces of advice
The IAS Topper, Shruti Sharma opines that it is more important to focus on the quality of Education than merely spending hours for the sake of study. According to Shruti Sharma, at present time, study materials for UPSC Examination are floating all around, be they physical study materials or digital materials. So, the aspirants really need to be tactful in selecting the study material for their preparation for UPSC. The study material should be according to the syllabus of UPSC. Following the very basic book, N.C.E.R.T. is one of the most significant pieces of advice she has for aspiring candidates of UPSC. Shruti Sharma states that preparing notes by herself is one of the key factors that helped her a lot. She; in a conversation with the media, expressed that having self-made notes of Current Affairs from Newspapers has a great impact on her preparation process.
Shruti Sharma also expresses her happiness about the success stories of Ankita Agrawal and Gamini Singla, 2nd and 3rd UPSC IAS Toppers respectively as all the top three toppers are women. According to Shruti Sharma, in modern times, women are getting more exposure than earlier, hence such achievement of women is expected and highly commendable. Such a statement of the UPSC IAS Topper, 2021 is an inspiration to the folk, looking forward to opting for UPSC.
AIR-2 ANKITA AGARWAL: Journey to Be An IAS Officer
Ankita Agarwal is the second topper of the UPSC 2021. Earlier, in the year 2019, she did qualify for the UPSC Examination with a rank of 236, which offered her the post of IRS (Indian Revenue Services). Before becoming a public servant, she worked in a development advisory firm, named Dalberg for almost a year. Ankita Agarwal is a person who believes in working at the grassroots level to deal with the situation at its very core. In many of her interviews, she spoke about herself shifting to Kolkata from Bihar. Her father shifted to Kolkata from Bihar after her birth to start a business in Kolkata. Ankita Agarwal received her elementary education in Bihar itself and completed her schooling at D.P.S, Kolkata, West Bengal. She then completed her Honours Degree (Graduation) in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. Political Science and International Relations were the optional subjects; Ankita Agarwal opted for in her Graduation which helped in succeeding in the journey of becoming an IAS officer.
Ankita Agarwal, the 2nd UPSC IAS Topper qualified for her UPSC Examination qualified examination on her 3rd attempt. She loves to be in her home cadre to serve the nation in various ways.
AIR-3 GAMINI SINGLA: An IAS Officer to Serve her Motherland!
A native of Chandigarh, the 3rd UPSC Topper 2021; Gamini Singla is a Computer Science Graduate from the Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. She qualified for her UPSC exam on 2nd attempt for the welfare of the people in various ways. She belongs to a family of doctors and engineers, wherein; her mother and father belong to the Medical Department, currently serving the people of Himachal Pradesh and her brother is a Graduate of IIT Kharagpur. Gamini Singla strongly infers in serving the nation and thus chose to be an IAS Officer. Sociology was the optional subject she kept in her UPSC Examination. She firmly believes that there are many unique ways to qualify for the examination. One cannot and actually should not be stuck to one particular method and way of qualifying for the UPSC Examination. Gamini Singla finds herself in a good state of mind, when with books as they are a powerhouse of knowledge as knowledge never fails a human being. The third UPSC IAS Topper, Gamini Singla has worked hard to crack the UPSC Examination on her 2nd attempt itself.
Gamini Singla infers in befriending with the books, especially; the basic ones as the basic books help in making the concept clear and easy to understand. Books are an inevitable part of life, says the 3rd topper of UPSC. She focuses immensely on practicing the Answer-writing part as well. Gamini Singla also states in many interviews of her that aspirants must have strong grit as such determination helps a lot in dealing with the hurdles in a proper manner.
Last but not least, the 3rd topper, Gamini Singla emphasized self-study tremendously. One of the major factors that pave the path to clearing the examination is self-practice through solving mock tests and self-study.
Provisional Roll Numbers of the Recommended Candidates
| 0121923 | 0219163 | 0306666 | 0310144 | 0310765 | 0311525 |
| 0312516 | 0319716 | 0324774 | 0401098 | 0507573 | 0800531 |
| 0803011 | 0804246 | 0804543 | 0807702 | 0809795 | 0821045 |
| 0821487 | 0821839 | 0824012 | 0826342 | 0832246 | 0832947 |
| 0845394 | 0846100 | 0846554 | 0847240 | 0853453 | 0855930 |
| 0857918 | 0859706 | 0861961 | 0878937 | 0886069 | 0886717 |
| 0886729 | 1005179 | 1010295 | 1011485 | 1025782 | 1036940 |
| 1041582 | 1046796 | 1046953 | 1102207 | 1103382 | 1111749 |
| 1139841 | 1209936 | 1222971 | 1224948 | 1408215 | 1515621 |
| 1800124 | 3400654 | 3527572 | 3538685 | 3600528 | 4107347 |
| 5100752 | 5104616 | 5610287 | 5812606 | 5914236 | 6204937 |
| 6206389 | 6208279 | 6301190 | 6301399 | 6303875 | 6303929 |
| 6310991 | 6311454 | 6312383 | 6500901 | 6616555 | 6617205 |
| 6630017 | 6903598 |
UPSC Success Stories
We welcome all UPSC toppers to share their success story through our platform to inspire future aspirants. Most of our readers are eagerly waiting for Civil Service exam toppers preparation tips along with interview tips. IAS toppers can connect with us on email: education@oneindia.co.in and write their success mantra. The mail should be highlighted with ''UPSC Civil Services Success Story'' in the subject line.