2008 UPSC Exam Results

ASAK!

Based on the results of the written part of Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2008 held by the Union Public Service Commission in October-November, 2008 and the interviews for Personality Test held in March, 2009, a total 791 candidates qualified for the appointment. Congratulations to all!!! Here is a list of successful Muslim candidates:

Table1. 2008 UPSC Result
# SRL NO. Successful Candidate
1 90 SADRE ALAM
2 20 SUFIYAH FARUQUI
3 603 MD SALIK PARWAIZ
4 134 IMTIAZ ISMAIL PARRAY
5 303 SABIHA RIZVI
6 595 MD SADIQUE ALAM
7 353 PATTAN IMTIYAZ KHAN
8 382 MASHHOOD UR REHMAN FAROOQUI
9 26 SARFARAZ AHMAD
10 304 ANEES AHMAD ANSARI
11 606 MD FAIZUL HAQUE
12 128 MASOOM ALI SARWAR
13 398 CHAN BASHA M
14 502 GEELANI BASHA K S M
15 257 BASIR AHMED
16 664 ABDUL HAKEEM M
17 169 ZIAUL HAQUE
18 540 MOHD SHAHID ALAM
19 541 SHIFALI
20 75 TAMBOLI AYYAJ FAKIRBHAI
21 619 MOHAMMED YUSUF QURESHI
22 460 KAZI SUHAIL ANEESAHMED
23 499 TARIQ MABOOD
24 393 SHAHNAWAZ UL RAHMAN
25 546 MOHD FAIZAN NAYYAR
26 453 AKHTAR HUSSAIN ANSARI
27 244 ASHIQUZZAMAN
28 139 AYESHA RANI A
29 51 SHAID IQBAL
30 523 R GULZAR BEGUM
31 582 MAHFOOZUR REHMAN


Table 2. UPSC Statistics at a Glance
Year No. of Successful Candidates No. of Muslims Muslim Representation
2000 427 14 3.3%
2001 417 12 2.9%
2002 286 9 3.1%
2003 413 13 3.2%
2004 422 13 3.1%
2005 425 12 2.8%
2006 474 18 3.8%
2007 734 27 3.7%
2008 791 31 3.9%

Looking at the above statistics, it is evident that there is a noticeable upward trend in terms of percent of Muslim representation from last few years. Like national trend, woman also leads the rank of successful Muslim candidates. We are seeing 4 to 5 Muslim women among the successful candidates. That is very good news.
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Women bag top three positions in civil services exam
4 May 2009, 2031 hrs IST, IANS

NEW DELHI: It was woman power all the way in the civil services (main) examination 2008, as they took the top three ranks in one of the toughest competitive exams in the country, officials said Monday.

Shubhra Saxena, a graduate from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, and Sharandeep Kaur Brar, post-graduate from Panjab University, were ranked first and second in the civil services (main) examination 2008, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced here. Kiran Kaushal was ranked third.

Among the male candidates, physically challenged Varinder Kumar Sharma was ranked first and overall bagged the fourth position.

Shubhra Saxena cleared the exam in her second attempt. Sharma, a bachelor of engineering from Punjab Engineering College, cleared the exam in his first attempt.

According to the UPSC, which conducts the examination, 318,843 candidates applied for this examination and nearly half had appeared for the preliminary examination.

As many as 11,849 candidates qualified for the main written examination held in October-November 2008.

A total of 2,140 candidates were selected for the personality test conducted in March and of these 625 male and 166 female candidates cleared the final tests.

These candidates have now been recommended for appointment to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and central services, Group 'A' and Group 'B'.

"The top 25 candidates include 15 males and 10 females. Educational qualification-wise they comprise 12 candidates belonging to commerce, management, humanities, science and social sciences," the UPSC said here in a press statement.

"Nine candidates were from engineering and four candidates from medical science background."

The successful candidates include 364 general (including 13 physically challenged candidates), 236 Other Backward Classes (including 7 physically challenged candidates), 130 Scheduled Castes (SC) and 61 Scheduled Tribes candidates.

--
Rasheed Ahmad, Ph.D., P.E.
B. Sc. (Engg)'85
Atlanta


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