Click to play videoNew Delhi: The 2006 Civil Services Examination results were declared on Monday and Mutyalaraju Revu, an OBC candidate from Andhra Pradesh has topped the exam.
Revu, belongs to an extremely humble family and his father is a farmer in the Krishna district in the state.
Last year, Revu had cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam, but he had been awarded the Indian Police Service (IPS) because his rank was low.
A product of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Revu then wrote the exam again and made it to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) this time.
When asked what he remembers most during his preparation, Revu says, “It is the support of my parents, friends and roommates that is responsible for this grand success.”
“We divided a period of five months into different segments and prepared according to the plan we made. Sheer hardwork, perseverance and confidence has contributed to the success,” he added.
This was the third time Revu had appeared for the exam. It has been his dream for sometime to get in the administrative services.
He says an unfortunate incident, which led to the death of his six friends enthused him to qualify for the IAS.
“During my third year B Tech, some of my friends came to my village, which lacks proper transport, education and medical facilities, for a picnic. Six of them drowned and died in the sea. And it took us two hours to reach the nearby town for some medical help. This incident made me appear for civil services,” Revu says.
Revu, who is presently at the National Police Academy in Hyderabad doesn’t wish to go abroad. He says he would not be able to serve the nation even he’d go abroad.
I wanted to be in civil services so that I can render my services to the nation, “ the topper says.
When asked what is the first thing he would like to do when he goes and takes charge, Revu says, “It depends on the district I get. But my concentration will be on rural development because 70 per cent of the people live in rural India and they aren’t enough facilities even after 57 years of independence.”
Other contenders
Of the three lakh candidates that wrote the exam this year, the UPSC has recommended 474 candidates, including 101 women.
Anindita Mitra, an engineer, who ranked eighth, has topped among women.
In the top 20 list, 14 belong to Commerce, Humanities and Social Sciences stream while five were engineers and one a doctor.
Out of the 474 candidates, who cleared the tests conducted in three phases, 214 are from general category, 144 OBCs, 80 Scheduled Caste and 36 from Scheduled Tribe.
The government has reported 89 vacancies for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 20 for Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and 103 for Indian Police Service (IPS).
(With inputs from PTI)
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