Mumbai: The Union Public Service Commission Saturday declared the results of the Civil Service Examination 2014, naming 1,236 successful candidates inclduing 38 Muslims who had cleared the prestigious examination to join premier civil services including the Indian Administrative Service.
The UPSC Main exam was held in December 2014 and the personal interviews were conducted in April-June 2015.
Of the top five candidates, four are women - Ira Sehgal (1), Renu Raj (2), Nishi Gupta (3) and Vandana Rao (4). The 5th rank holder is Suharsha Bhagat.
Among the top hundred successful candidates are four Muslims. They are: B FOUZIA TARANUM (rank 31), MUHAMMED ABDAAL AKHTAR (rank 35), MOHAMMAD ROSHAN (rank 44) and BASEER UL HAQ (rank 46).
It was for the first time that the final results were declared within four days of the closing date of the interviews.
Conducted by the UPSC annually in three stages -- preliminary, mains and interviews - the examination took place on August 24, 2014 at 2,137 venues at 59 centres across the country.
Of the 9.45 lakh candidates who applied, about 4.51 lakh were cleared to sit for the examination.
A total of 16,933 candidates qualified for the main examination which was held in December, 2014. A total of 1,364 posts have to be filled through the examination.
As compared to the previous results, total number of Muslims passing the Civil Services Exam has improved.
In 2014 a total of 34 Muslims had cleared the exam, whereas in 2013, 30 Muslims were among the successful candidates, four of them were among top 100.
The performance of successful Muslim candidates is almost same in numbers if compared with the results of last few years. In 2009, a total of 31 Muslims were in the list of 791 successful candidates. Though percentage wise it shows a marginal decline.
Likewise, in 2010 among the 875 successful candidates 21 were Muslims with Dr. Shah Faisal of Kashmir topping the exam at the national level.
Similarly in 2011, 31 Muslims were among the 920 successful candidates whereas in 2012 too 30 Muslims were selected for the civil services.
Result of one candidate has been withheld.
The complete list of Muslims who cracked the UPSC 2014 exam is:
31 - B FOUZIA TARANUM
35 - MUHAMMED ABDAAL AKHTAR
44 - MOHAMMAD ROSHAN
46 - BASEER UL HAQ
107 - ZAINAB SAYEED
112 - SAFEER KARIM
135 - K ARIF HAFEEZ
165 - MOHD IMRAN RAZA
211 - MOHAMMAD SANA AKHTAR
226 - NABEEL AHMAD SAAD
314 - THAMEEM ANSARIYA A
387 - Haris S
412 - PATHAN ADEEB DAULATKHAN
420 - MODASSAR SHAFI
424-Ghuncha Sanobar
428 - FARAH ZACHARIAH
429 - SAJU VAHEED A
457 - AFAQ AHMAD GIRI
459 - CH MOHD YASIN
494 - SHEIK ABDUL RAHAMAN S
553 - DEEBA FARHAT
560 - ATHAR AAMIR UL SHAFI KHAN
564 - MOHD SAMEER ISLAM
576 - EHTESHAM WAQUARIB
625 - NOORUL HASAN
675 - SHEIKH SAMI UR RAHMAN
741 - MOHAMMED IKRAMULLA SHARIFF
744 - AZHAR KABIR
878 - RUVEDA SALAM
894 - WAZIM MUSTAFA
914 - MASROOR AHMAD
935 - ANSARI SHAKEEL AHMED
944 - MAQSOOD AHMED
967 - UMAR FAROOQUE
1005 - RAUNAQ JAMIL ANSARI
1149 - MOHAMED ASHRAF J S
1183 - IRFAN HAFIZ
1214 - RIZWAN BASHA SHAIK