13 from Jammu, 3 from Kashmir qualify Civil Services Exam

At least 16 aspirants from J&K Union Territory, 13 from Jammu and three from
Kashmir, have cracked the Civil Services Examination 2022, the results of which was
declared today by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
Wasim Ahmad Bhat from
Dooru in Anantnag, Parsanjeet
Kour from Poonch and Nittin
Singh from Kathua have secured

7th, 11th and 32nd rank, respectively.
Others, who have qualified
the UPSC, are Naved Ashan
Bhat from Sopore (84th rank),
Ambika Raina (164th rank),
Namneet Singh from R S Pura
(191), Manan Bhat of Soura in
Srinagar (231), Arjun Gupta
from Trikuta Nagar Jammu
(228), Manil Bejotra from
Bishnah in Jammu (314), Mohd
Irfan from Thathar Bantalab in

Jammu (476), Dwarka Gaadhi
from Bishnah in Jammu (505),
Anjeet Singh of Bhalesa in Doda
(565), Abhinandan Singh from
Nardi Bala, Akhnoor (749),
Nivranshu Hans (811) Dr Iram
Choudhary from Rajouri (852)
and Aadesh Basnotra (888).
Total 933 candidates have
been declared qualified in the
Civil Services Examination
2022 with women bagging the
top four ranks. Ishita Kishore
secured the first spot and she has

been followed by Garmia
Lohia, Uma Harathi N and
Smriti Mishra with 2nd, 3rd and
4th rank, respectively. This is
the second year in a row when
women candidates got the top
three ranks in the most prestigious exam.
From Jammu and Kashmir, 16
candidates have qualified the Civil
Services Exam and a few of them
had already cracked the UPSC or
JKAS exams, earlier.
Waseem Ahmad Bhat, a 25-
year-old from the Dooru area in
South Kashmir’s Anantnag, who
has brought laurels to J&K by
securing the 7th rank in the
UPSC-2022 examination, had
last year secured the 225th rank
and he outdid himself with an
impressive performance this year.
Having completed his B.Tech in
Civil Engineering from the prestigious National Institute of
Technology (NIT) Srinagar,
Waseem was determined to improve
his All India Rank in the UPSC.
When the previous year’s results
were announced, he set his sights on
working harder and achieving
greater success.
Expressing his joy, Waseem
said, “I feel happy. I am just trying to
let it sink in. It was 225 last year, and
now it is 7. For this feat, the credit
goes to my family and friends who
stood with me in every situation.”
In a message to aspiring youngsters, Waseem emphasized the
importance of recognizing one’s
potential, working diligently, and
striving to achieve their goals. He
suggested them to make a difference by setting clear objectives and
pursuing them with unwavering
passion. For those interested in pursuing a career in Civil Services,
Waseem stressed the need for proper guidance at the right time. He
stressed that besides guidance, aspiring candidates must be willing to put

in the hard work required for success.
Parsanjeet Kour, daughter of
Pharmacist Nirmal Singh and
Darshan Kour of Poonch, who has
secured 11th rank in the Civil
Services Exam in her first attempt,
has desired to serve the people of
Jammu and Kashmir with a particular focus on the healthcare and education sector.
“I will choose to become an IAS
officer and work for the betterment
of the people of Jammu and
Kashmir. There are numerous challenges in the healthcare and education sector in Poonch and I am determined to address them,’ she said.
Pertinent to mention that
Parsanjeet Kour has already cleared
JKAS 2021 exam and she is currently undergoing basic training.
Nittin Singh, son of Manohar
Singh, resident of Ward number 4,
near Govt High School Dorsi
Forlane, Kathua, who has secured
32nd rank in UPSC 2022, had also
cracked JKAS 2021 exam with 14th
rank.
Namneet Singh of village Tanda
in R S Pura, who has secured 191st
rank in UPSC 2022, had got 436th
rank in UPSC 2021.
Union Minister Dr Jitendra
Singh and others have congratulated the qualified candidates from
J&K as well as the four women toppers for their success.
As many as 933 candidates, 613
men and 320 women, have qualified
the civil Services Exam 2022. The
top 25 candidates comprise 14
women and 11 men.
There were 1,022 vacancies
reported by the Centre to be filled
through the civil Services
Examination. It include 180 IAS
officers, 38 IFS, 200 IPS, 473 in
Group Acentral Services and 131 in
group B service. A total of 178 candidates have been put in the reserve
list by the UPSC