‘JNU is our top university’: HRD minister after 18 varsity students clear UPSC IES exam

The results of the UPSC IES examinations was declared on January 10, 2020. A total of 32 candidates qualified for IES and ISS examination this year

By: Education Desk

New Delhi | January 15, 2020 03:33 PM IST

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Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. <em>File Photo </em>

After 18 students from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) qualified in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Indian Economic Service examination, the HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank greeted the varsity. “It is a matter of great pleasure that out of a total of 32 successful candidates in the prestigious Indian Economic Service (IES) examination, 18 are students of JNU,” he said. “We always said that JNU is our top university in education and research,” the minister tweeted.

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The results of the UPSC IES examination was declared on January 10, 2020. A total of 32 candidates qualified for IES and ISS examination this year.

The result of six candidates for IES and 11 for ISS have been kept provisional. The offer of appointment to the candidates whose result has been kept provisional will not be issued till the Commission verifies the original documents awaited, as per the official notice.

Meanwhile, 495 posts including 21 vacancies for the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) are to be filled through the UPSC Engineering Services Examination (ESE) 2020.

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