UPSC CSE Final Result 2024 Highlights : The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on April 22, announced the Civil Services Exam (CSE) final results. Candidates who appeared for the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2024 can now check their final results. The UPSC declared the final results on the official website at upsc.gov.in. The result document mentions the names of the candidates who have been selected for appointment.
UPSC CSE Results 2024: Meet the toppers
This year AIR 1 is Shakti Dubey. In an interview with The Indian Express, she shared her UPSC CSE journey.
Regarded as one of the most competitive exams in the country, the UPSC CSE sees participation from lakhs of aspirants every year. The exam serves as the gateway to prestigious positions such as the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Revenue Service, Indian Trade Service, and other Group A and B central services.
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The selection process comprises three stages – Preliminary, Mains, and the Personality Test (Interview). The final merit list is prepared based on the candidates’ performance across all three stages.
Aakash Garg, from Delhi, qualified UPSC CSE 2024, securing an All India Rank (AIR) 5. A 2022 Computer Science Engineering graduate, Aakash began preparing for the exam upon graduation, focusing on static portions, current affairs, and regular newspaper reading, with Sociology as his optional subject.
Women have consistently topped the civil services exams in recent years, with the exception of last year when Aditya Srivastava took the top spot. This year, three of the top five ranks are held by women, with Dubey leading, followed by Harshita Goyal at Rank 2 and Shah Margi Chirag at Rank 4.
Going by figures available with the UPSC from 1974 to 2014, JNU — after Delhi University — had the largest number of students successfully qualifying the exam. During those 40 years, a total of 7,890 students from JNU appeared for the civil services exam out of which 1,236 made it to the merit list, marking a success rate of 16.95 per cent.
Bihar’s Raj Krishna Jha adopted an unconventional approach to prepare for the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE). Instead of relying solely on traditional methods, he integrated artificial intelligence into his study routine. The 27-year-old said he took the help of ChatGPT to enhance his essay-writing skills for the Mains examination.
Sharing his experience with indianexpress.com, Jha explained, “I wrote essays for Mains as it is one of the deciders of the exam. I used to take a quote and write whatever came to my mind to support it, and then ask AI to review it. I took help from it for some 40-50 essays. After some time, it became my hobby to chat with AI for my essay preparation.”
By combining AI tools with his preparation, Jha was able to refine his writing and gain new perspectives, ultimately contributing to his success in the examination.
Except for last year, when Aditya Srivastava topped the exams, women have in recent years topped the civil services exams, widely considered among the toughest of competitive examinations. This year, three of the top five are women — Dubey is followed by Harshita Goyal at Rank 2 and Shah Margi Chirag at Rank 4. Dongre Archit Parag is at Rank 3 and Akash Garg at Rank 5.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday extended her congratulations to the candidates from the state who cleared the 2024 UPSC Civil Services Examination.
She noted that at least five of the successful candidates received coaching from the state-run Satyendra Nath Tagore Civil Services Study Centre.
“Congratulations and best wishes to all the candidates from West Bengal who have excelled in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2024, particularly those who benefited from the guidance at our Satyendra Nath Tagore Civil Services Study Centre. The results have just been released,” Banerjee said in a post on X.
She highlighted the achievements of several candidates trained at the centre, including Meghna Chakrabarty (Rank 79), Sahars Kumar (153), Paramita Malakar (477), Rajdeep Ghosh (789), and Praveen Kumar (837).
“They’ve brought pride to our state with these remarkable ranks and are now likely to join prestigious services like the IAS, IPS, and others. There are also several other successful candidates from West Bengal who are expected to secure top positions in the civil services,” she added.
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Second rank holder Goyal did her post-graduation in chartered accountancy. She also has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Goyal (24) qualified the exam with political science and international relations as her optional subjects in her third attempt. She lives in Gujarat's Vadodara, and her home state is Haryana.
Parag, who secured the third rank, is a Bachelor of Technology graduate in electrical and electronics engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Tamil Nadu.
A native of Pune, 26-year-old Parag cleared the exam on his third attempt.
Chirag (26), who secured fourth rank, has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer engineering from the Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad. She cracked the examination on her fifth attempt.
Aakash Garg (24), a topper from Delhi, secured the fifth rank in his second attempt with sociology as his optional subject.
He has a Bachelor of Technology degree in computer science from the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi.
"I believe in quality and not quantity in studies. I did targeted studies that helped me in cracking the examination. I do not believe in hourly studies," Garg told PTI.
The civil services examination is conducted annually in three stages -- preliminary, main and interview -- by the UPSC to select officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.
The civil services (preliminary) examination 2024 was conducted on June 16 last year. A total of 9,92,599 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 5,83,213 candidates actually appeared in the test.
Originally hailing from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, Dubey began her UPSC journey in 2018. A biochemistry graduate from Banaras Hindu University, she initially aspired to become a doctor. “I was a PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) student in school, but based on my rank, I was allotted a seat in dental. I wasn’t interested in that path, so I chose to pursue a BSc instead,” she recalls.
Her path, however, was far from smooth. She faced five unsuccessful attempts along the way. “I couldn’t even clear the prelims in my first three tries. In the fourth attempt, I made it to the interview stage but fell short. And last year, I missed the cut-off by just 12 marks,” she shares. “That was the lowest point in my life—I genuinely thought about quitting.”
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Inside an IAS coaching institute in Delhi’s Karol Bagh, 29-year-old Shakti Dubey sat quietly in an ‘interview room’, dressed in a blue kurti and silver jhumkas. Her phone buzzed endlessly. Silencing her phone with a tap, she says, “I’m going to sleep peacefully tonight. For years, jo neend puri nahi hui, aaj usko pura karungi (Today, I’ll make up for the years of lost sleep).” But sleep may have to wait some more — on Tuesday, Dubey topped the UPSC Civil Services Examination, ending up as All India Rank 1 from among 5.83 lakh candidates.
Thirty two candidates who received coaching and training in the Residential Coaching Academy (RCA), of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) have been selected in UPSC's Civil Services Exam 2024. A total of 78 students from RCA appeared in the interview out of which 32 have been finally selected. 12 out of 32 selected candidates are women.
Except for last year, when Aditya Srivastava topped the exams, women have in recent years topped the civil services exams, widely considered among the toughest of competitive examinations. This year, three of the top five are women — Dubey is followed by Harshita Goyal at Rank 2 and Shah Margi Chirag at Rank 4. Dongre Archit Parag is at Rank 3 and Akash Garg at Rank 5.
Of the top 25, 14 are men and 11 women. Of the 1,009 candidates recommended by the UPSC to various services, 725 are men and 284 women
UPSC CSE Interview were conducted between January 7 to April 17, 2025.
The UPSC declared the final results on the official website at upsc.gov.in.
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The UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2024 schedule is as follows: the Prelims will be held on June 16, 2024, followed by the Mains exam from September 20 to September 29, 2024. The Interview process will take place between January 7 and April 17, 2025.
Going by figures available with the UPSC from 1974 to 2014, JNU — after Delhi University — had the largest number of students successfully qualifying the exam. During those 40 years, a total of 7,890 students from JNU appeared for the civil services exam out of which 1,236 made it to the merit list, marking a success rate of 16.95 per cent.
UPSC CSE Prelims 2024 Date: June 16, 2024
UPSC CSE Mains Exam Dates: September 20 to September 29, 2024
UPSC CSE Interview Dates: January 7 to April 17, 2025
The overall total across all services is 1129 vacancies, which includes 50 vacancies reserved for PwBD candidates (12 for PwBD-1, 8 for PwBD-2, 16 for PwBD-3, and 14 for PwBD-5). The candidature of 241 recommended candidates has been kept provisional. The UPSC CSE of one candidate has been kept withheld.
Appointments to various services will be made based on the number of vacancies reported by the Government. The total number of vacancies to be filled is 1,129, distributed across different services as follows:
- 180 vacancies are available for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
- 55 vacancies are for the Indian Foreign Service (I.F.S.)
- 147 vacancies are allotted to the Indian Police Service (I.P.S.)
- 605 vacancies are designated under Central Services Group 'A'
- 142 vacancies are under Group 'B' Services.
Belonging to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, Shakti Dubey completed her schooling and graduation from the city. She did her Bachelors from University of Allahabad and later went on to study from the Banaras Hindu University to complete postgraduation in Biochemistry. Since 2018, Shakti Dubey has been preparing for UPSC CSE, she said in a mock interview video hosted by Chahal Academy on its YouTube channel.
In accordance with Rule 20 (4) & (5) of the Civil Services Examination Rules 2024, the UPSC has kept a consolidated Reserve List of candidates as follows: 115 from the General category, 35 from EWS (Economically Weaker Sections), 59 from OBC (Other Backward Classes), 14 from SC (Scheduled Castes), 6 from ST (Scheduled Tribes), and 1 from PwBD-1 (Persons with Benchmark Disabilities), totaling 230 candidates.
UPSC has a Facilitation Counter near Examination Hall in its campus. Candidates who appeared for the exam have the provision to obtain any information or clarification regarding their examinations or recruitments on the working days between 10 am and 5 pm in person or over telephone number at 23385271, 23381125 and 23098543.
Marks will be available on the website within 15 days from the date of declaration of the result, the UPSC CSE 2024 result notification said.
1. Shakti Dubey
2. Harshita Goyal
3. Dongre Archit Parag
4. Shah Margi Chirag
5. Aakash Garg
6. Komal Punia
7. Aayushi Bansal
8. Raj Krishna Jha
9. Aditya Vikram Agarwal
10. Mayank Tripathi
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The candidature of 241 recommended candidates has been kept provisional.
A total of 1,009 candidates have been recommended for appointment to Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) and Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’, distributed across different categories as follows:
In total, among the 1,009 recommended candidates, there are 12 PwBD-1, 8 PwBD-2, 16 PwBD-3, and 9 PwBD-5 candidates.
335 candidates belong to the General category, which includes 10 PwBD-1, 5 PwBD-2, 11 PwBD-3, and 5 PwBD-5 candidates.
109 candidates are from the EWS (Economically Weaker Sections) category, including 1 PwBD-1 and 1 PwBD-2; there are no candidates under PwBD-3 or PwBD-5 in this category.
318 candidates are from the OBC category, including 2 PwBD-1, 2 PwBD-2, 3 PwBD-3, and 3 PwBD-5 candidates.
160 candidates belong to the SC (Scheduled Caste) category, which includes no PwBD-1 or PwBD-2, but includes 2 PwBD-3 and 1 PwBD-5 candidate.
87 candidates are from the ST (Scheduled Tribe) category, which includes no PwBD-1, no PwBD-2, 2 PwBD-3, and no PwBD-5 candidates.
The UPSC has released the CSE 2024 results.
Going by figures available with the UPSC from 1974 to 2014, JNU — after Delhi University — had the largest number of students successfully qualifying the exam. During those 40 years, a total of 7,890 students from JNU appeared for the civil services exam out of which 1,236 made it to the merit list, marking a success rate of 16.95 per cent.
In the first five years since its inception in 1969, less than 10 students appeared in the exam out of which only one qualified, in the year 1974. Between 1975 and 1985, as many as 882 candidates appeared and 182 qualified for various civil service posts offered by the commission.
The number of students that appeared from 1995 to 2004 and 2005 to 2014 were more or less similar, but the success rate majorly varied. Between 1995-2004, JNU students recorded a 14.45 per cent success rate in the exam, which improved to 16.25 per cent in the 10 years that followed.
UPSC CSE Prelims 2024 Date: June 16, 2024
UPSC CSE Mains Exam Dates: September 20 to September 29, 2024
UPSC CSE Interview Dates: January 7 to April 17, 2025
UPSC CSE Final Result 2024 Highlights : The UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) final result dates over the past few years show some noticeable patterns. In 2023, the result for the 2022 exam was declared on May 23, while the 2024 announcement for the 2023 exam occurred earlier, on April 16. A notable deviation is seen in 2021, when the result for the 2020 exam was released later in the year on September 24, contrasting with the usual April-May timeframe. Similarly, in 2020, the result for the 2019 exam was announced on August 4.
