Karthik Panigrahi Odisha Topper in ICS

Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau): Karthik Panigrahi emerged as Odisha topper in the Civil Services Examination, whose results were declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) today. Of total 685 candidates successfully cleared the tough competitive examination for the year 2021, Karthik was placed 63rd in the exam.

Other candidates from Odisha who cracked the Civil Services Examination-2021 were Pooja Sahu (199), Biswa Bisruta Tripathy (232), Samir Kumar Jena (273), Soumya Ranjan Pradhan (306) and Manas Ranjan Sahu (513).

Women shone in the Civil Services Examination for the year 2021 as top four ranks were secured by them. Shruti Sharma topped the examination followed Ankita Agarwal, Gamini Singla and Aishwarya Verma.