Jyoti Sharma, 25, who took third place in the PCS-2018 Exam, says her “ultimate goal is to become an IAS officer by passing the civil service exam.”
The daughter of a police chief, it was this Isabella Thoburn College student’s second attempt at the PCS exam, which she passed in early 2017 and now works as a block development officer at Ayodhya.
Results of the Combined State Services / Superior Subordinate (General / Special Recruitment) Examination -2018, commonly known as the PCS exam, were released on Friday.
“I was on a field visit. My mentor called me on the phone to inform me that I obtained the third rank. He was in a state of disbelief. But then I checked my result online. It was amazing that he was in the top three, “he said.
“I have become an adjunct collector and will soon receive a position as SDM,” he said.
Determined to excel on the UPSC exam, she said, “I took the civil service (UPSC) exam twice, but I didn’t pass it.”
His father, Devendra Sharma, is posted as a police chief in Sitapur. “My younger sister, Kirti Sharma, is a Chennai-based ONGC scientist and younger brother, Deepak Sharma, is a national volleyball player,” she said.
Women achieve the top three positions in PCS-2018
Anuj Nehra of Panipat first, Sangeeta Raghav of Gurugram second and Jyoti Sharma of Mathura third
Women scored three of the top five in the PCS-2018 exams, the results of which were declared by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) on Friday.
Anuj Nehra from Panipat (Haryana) took first place, Sangeeta Raghav from Gurugram (Haryana) secured second place and Jyoti Sharma from Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) came in third, according to the results.
Vipin Kumar Shivhare from Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh) and Karamveer Keshav from Patna (Bihar) took fourth and fifth ranks respectively.
A total of 976 candidates were declared selected against 988 positions. Candidates can verify their results by visiting the commission’s official website at uppsc.up.nic.in, said UPPSC exam controller Arvind Kumar Mishra.
The others in the top 10 include Farhan Ahmad Khan, Shweta, Arun Kumar, Arun Dixit, and Ashwani Kumar Singh.
In terms of positions, PCS-2018 was one of the largest hiring examinations of its kind conducted by the commission to date, with 988 positions of 40 different types on offer, including 119 deputy collector positions and 94 deputy SP positions. . In the last 10 PCS exams, the number of publications offered was less than this, officials said.
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