Bhopal’s Ayan tops UPSC-2023 exam in state
Ayan Jain of Bhopal with an all-India rank (AIR) 16 topped the state in the prestigious Civil Service Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. The results were announced in Delhi on Tuesday afternoon.
Ayan's father Mukesh Jain is a retired IPS officer and mother is financial advisor. This was his third attempt. In the first attempt he could not clear the mains, in the second attempt he secured AIR 87 and was selected to IPS. In the third attempt, he has secured AIR 16 and has opted for the IAS.
He has completed his schooling from Sanskriti school, Delhi and cleared JEE Advanced 2017 with AIR 237. He completed BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi. He decided to prepare for UPSC when he was studying in college. He used to study for at least 9-10 hours daily
The other successful candidates from the capital include Tejas Agnihotri (AIR 37), Chhaya Singh (AIR 65), Akash Agarwal (105), Sachin Goel (209), Sameer Goel (222), Riju Shrivatava (227), Arnav Bhandari (232), Kshtij Aditya Sharma (384), Aditya Dohar (603), Bharti Sahu (850) and Neeraj Songara (964).
Chhaya is the daughter of IAS Chhote Singh.
Sachin and Sameer Goel are brothers. Their father Sanjay Goel is the executive director of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Bhopal and mother Dr. Sangeeta Sharma is a paediatrician.
Palak Goel from Narmadachal secured 479th rank. Palak is a daughter of social worker and coloniser Narendra Ranjana Goel.
She is the granddaughter of retired Assistant Chief Controller of SPM, KK Goel. Arnav started studying for the exam since 2020. Last year he was in the reserve list and later he was selected for the Ministry of Railways. Now the selection has taken place for IPS.
Palak said that she has received the blessings of grandparents, teachers and parents to reach this milestone. She studied for about 6 to 7 hours, completed his schooling from Narmada Valley School, Narmadapuram and Khalsa College, Delhi. She prepared for the exam from home during the Corona period.
Three successful candidates are from Gwalior Manya (84), Ayushi Bansal (97) and Madhav Agarwal (211). In addition, candidates from Sagar, Chhatarpur, Jabalpur, Sidhi, Guna, Mandla, Bhind, Rewa, Narsinghpur and Hoshangabad have also cleared the exam.