Civil Services Exam Results: Odisha’s Animesh Pradhan 2nd topper

Bhubaneswar: Animesh Pradhan of Odisha became the second topper in the Civil Services Examination 2023 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.

While the first spot in the examination was bagged by Aditya Srivastava, Animesh Pradhan from Odisha secured the second rank in the country’s most prestigious examination followed by Donuru Ananya Reddy.

Animesh hails from Bhalugadia village in the Talcher area in Angul district of Odisha. Earlier, he had cleared the Odisha Civil Services Examination.

Prajnanandan Giri, one more candidate from Odisha, cleared the exam for the year 2023. He secured 24th rank in the exam.

Three others from Odisha were placed in the top 100 All India Rank. While Ayushi Pradhan bagged 36th spot, Jayashree Pradhan secured 52nd rank and Abhimanyu Malik received 60th rank in the examination.

Besides, 15 candidates from the state successfully cleared the exam. They were Amritanshu Nayak (AIR 110), Jaswant Malik (AIR 115), Padmanav Mishra (AIR 176), Shubhra Panda (AIR 204), Tania Mishra (AIR 269), Ananya Rana (AIR 280), Tanisha Mishra (AIR 303), Rashmi Pradhan (AIR 319), Biswajit Panda (AIR 343), Priyanka Priyadarshini (AIR 387), Santosh Kumar Patra (AIR 409), Sourav Das (AIR 466), Rakesh Kumar Sahoo (AIR 575), Siddhant Besra (AIR 800), Rashmi Paikra (AIR 881).

A total of 1016 candidates cracked the UPSC examination for appointment to Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’.