Girls outshine boys in IAS

CHANDIGARH, May 26: Girl candidates have done well in the Civil Services examination this year. Apart from the topper, seven girls figure...

CHANDIGARH, May 26: Girl candidates have done well in the Civil Services examination this year. Apart from the topper, seven girls figure among of 13 candidates from the region who have cleared the examination and about whom information is available.

Apart from this, the Indian Administrative Services IAS continues to draw professionals into its fold, although their percentage seems to be lesser this year. Engineers and doctors accounted for half of those selected in the IAS from this region. Interestingly, these students also seem to be preferring science subjects as their optionals in the examination.

The top position this year has gone to Bhawna Garg, a chemical engineer from Jalandhar, while Ashima Bansal who is ranked 51st is an engineer from Punjab Engineering College. Interestingly, after having taken a shot at the IAS with arts subjects previously, Ashima opted for science subjects this year and made it in her fourth attempt. The candidate who is ranked third, Deepak Tayal, is an IIT engineer.

While the two girls in the first hundred are engineers, others belong to humanities. Amanpreet Duggal 179 and Ekroop Caur 274, both from Chandigarh, are post graduates in Psychology and are pursuing research work. Both of them opted for Psychology as their optional subject. Tina Dua 174 from Chandigarh has done her postgraduation in Economics and had previously stood second in the Indian Economic Service. Manisha Verma, ranked 178, is pursuing a course in Masters in Finance and Control.

Asha, another candidate from Patiala, however does not wish to join the services and said she would prefer to continue with her present job in Diesel Component Works DCW. Apart from the four engineers, two doctors have also cleared the examination. Mandeep Tuli, a doctor from Patiala, opted for medicine as he felt it was a safe career to fall back upon. His father is a doctor and he wished to join the Indian Foreign Service. Present, he is a PCMS at Bathinda. Another doctor who has cleared the examination is Dinesh Arora, a pass out from Government Medical College, Chandigarh.