Women bag 8 of top 10 ranks in UP PCS

PRAYAGRAJ: In a historic feat, women have bagged eight out of top 10 positions in UP Provincial Civil Services (UP PCS) examinations-2022. Results were declared on Friday evening with women taking top 4 slots and 50% of SDM seats. Besides, there are 12 women in the top 20.
While Divya Sikarwar of Agra has topped the examination, Pratiksha Pandey of Lucknow is the second topper, Namrata Singh of Bulandshahar has stood third and Akanksha Gupta of Uttaranchal fourth. Only fifth and tenth positions have gone to male candidates.
Out of 39 posts of SDM, 19 were grabbed by women. Besides, 26 females and 67 males would become deputy SPs. Out of 364 successful candidates, 110 (approx 30%) are female while 254 are males.
The result of the main examinations was declared on February 9, 2023, following which 1,071 candidates were declared successful for the interview. The interview of the successful candidates was conducted by the commission from February 20 to March 21 in which 23 candidates remained absent.
Akanksha Gupta of Uttaranchal has bagged the fourth position while Kumar Gaurav of Ambedkar Nagar is at number five.