UPSC Civil Services Toppers 2023: More than 50 Muslims figured in the UPSC Civil Services Merit List 2023 released today, with four of them securing different ranks and positions in the list of top 100.
Of the total 51 Muslims who figured in the Civil Services Merit List 2023 released today, four - Nausheen, Wardah Khan, Zufishan Haque and Fabi Rasheed are in the Top 100 list.
9: NAUSHEEN
18: WARDAH KHAN
34: ZUFISHAN HAQUE
71: FABI RASHEED
111: ARFA USMANI
157: SYED ADEEL MOHSIN
165: KHAN SAIMA SERAJ AHMED
188: SAYEM RAZA
241: FARHEEN ZAHID
253: AREEBA SAGHIR
278: EHTEDA MUFASSIR
311: NAZISH UMAR ANSARI
312: SYED MUSTAFA HASHMI
317: FATHIMA SHIMNA PARAVATH
323: SHAHIDA BEGUM S
332: HAMID NAVED
339: AREEBA NOMAAN
345: MOHAMMAD HARIS MIR
369: MOHAMMAD FARHAN SEH
374: MD TABISH HASAN
388: GHULAM MAYA DIN
418: ALIFA KHAN
447: DANISH RABBANI KHAN
469: ZOHRA BANU
481: MD ASIM MUJTEBA
507: ABDUL FASAL P V
512: MOHAMMAD AFTAB ALAM
516: SEERAT BAJI
574: AFZAL ALI
659: MOHAMED RISWIN I
670: NAZIA PARWEEN
677: SYED TALIB AHMED
730: SHOIAB
744: ABDULLAH ZAHID
745: THASLIM M
758: SOPHIA SIDDIQUI
762: MD SHAHANSHAH SIDDIQUE
770: MOHD ASHFAQ
819: ATIF WAQUAR EKRAM ANSARI
822: MD BURHAN ZAMAN
825: GHANCHI GAZALA MOHMADHANIF
826: SYED SADIQUE
839: NAJMA A SALAM
840: RASHIDALI A
845: J ASHIQ HUSSAIN
851: INBA S
852: AHRAS A N
866: HAMSA SHREE N A
1012: MD WARSHID KHAN
1013: AZMAL HUSSAIN
(Disclaimer: The UPSC does not identify candidates by their religion. The above list is compiled based on the names of candidates as mentioned in the Civil Services Final result published by the UPSC. Few names are Muslim sounding but confusing as they are used by people belonging to more than one religion.)
In 2023 UPSC CSE Exam, more than 125 Muslims had appeared in the Personal Tests.
In 2022, around 2,529 candidates who cracked the Civil Services Prelims and Main exams were called for the Personal Interviews. Among them were 83 Muslims. A total number of 933 candidates were recommended for IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS and other civil services posts. Of them 30 were Muslims.
In 2021, a total of 1,823 candidates who had cracked the Civil Services Main exams were called for the Personal Interviews. Out of them, 685 were recommended in the UPSC Civil Services 2021 Merit List. Of them, 21 were Muslims. This was the worst performance of Muslim candidates in a decade.
On ther hand, a total of 31 Muslims had cracked the Civil Services Exam (CSE), also known as IAS exam, in 2020 when UPSC had recommended 761 candidates for the top CS posts.
In 2019, 42 Muslims had cracked the exam whereas in 2018 just 27 Muslims had made it to the final result.
The years 2016 and 2017 were the brightest period for Muslim candidates. In 2016, 52 Muslims figured in the list of successful candidates whereas in 2017 their tally was 50.
In 2015, 34 Muslims were among the 1,078 candidates recommended by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) whereas 38 Muslims were in the list of total 1,236 candidates in 2014.
In 2013, a total of 34 Muslims had cleared the exam, whereas in 2012, 30 Muslims were among the successful candidates, four of them were among top 100.
Similarly in 2012, 30 Muslims were among the successful candidates and in 2011, 31 Muslims were among the 920 selected for the civil services.
Likewise, in 2010 among the 875 successful candidates 21 were Muslims with Dr. Shah Faisal of Kashmir topping the exam at the national level.
In 2009, a total of 31 Muslims were in the list of 791 successful candidates.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced the final result of Civil Services exams held in May 2023 and Personal Interviews conducted in February/April 2024 today on Tuesday April 16.
Aditya Srivastava has bagged the first rank, Animesh Pradhan got the second rank, Donuru Ananya Reddy secured the third rank, while Ruhani, Nausheen and five others figured in the Top 10.
A total number of 1016 candidates have been recommended by the Union Public Service Commission for IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS and other civil services posts.
Of the 1016 in the Civil Services Merit List, a total of 347 are from General Category, 115 from Economic Weaker Sections, 303 from OBC, 165 from Scheduled Caste and 86 from Scheduled Tribe category.
A total of 2,844 Civil Services aspirants had cracked the CSE Main Exam 2023 and were called for the personal test held in three phases.
The Personal Tests of 1,026 candidates were conducted from January 02 to February 16, 2024 in Phase I, according to the schedule released by the UPSC.
The Personal Interviews of 1,003 candidates were conducted from February 19 to March 15, 2024 in Phase II.
The Phase III of UPSC Civil Services Exam 2023 concluded on April 09, 2024. Under this phase, the Union Public Services Commission conducted the Personal Interviews of 817 candidates.
A total of 151 candidates, including Nausheen, from Jamia Islamia Free Coaching Centre appeared in the written test, 71 appeared in the personal interview and 31 finally selected for various civil services posts. Of them 11 are girls.
Civil Services Topper Nausheen is from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
The 1016 recommended candidates will be post on various Civil Services posts including Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ based on their ranks.
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