Woman from naxal-hit Chhattisgarh gets 12th rank in civil services exam

NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old woman from Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, some of the worst-hit Naxal areas within the country, has were given the 12th rank within the civil products and services examination, the results of which was declared lately through the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Namrata Jain, who hails from Geedam town in Dantewada, ranked 99th within the 2016 civil products and services examination. She were given Indian Police Service and is present process coaching at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad.


"I always wanted to be a collector. When I was in Class 8, a woman officer had come to my school. Later I was told she was the collector. I was quiet impressed by her. At that time only, I had decided to become a collector," Jain advised PTI over telephone from Hyderabad.

She stated a Naxal-triggered blast that hit the police station in her town a long time in the past encouraged her to sign up for the civil products and services to serve the poor and bring construction to the Maoist-affected space.

"The place I come from is badly affected by naxalism. People there lack basic facility like education. I want to serve the people of my state," stated Jain, who is hopeful of having Indian Administartive Service (IAS) this time.

She stated bringing construction to Dantewada may well be one of the simplest ways to test naxalism there.

While her father is an area businessman, mom is a housewife and her brother aspires to change into a chartered accountant.

She studied until Class 10 in Dantewada. Thereafter, she went to Bhilai in Chhattisgharh where she completed Bachelor of Engineering.


The results of civil products and services examination 2018 was declared on April 5.


A total of 759 candidates were really helpful for various executive products and services.


Kanishak Kataria, a B.Tech from IIT Bombay, has topped the civil products and services examination 2018.


The civil products and services examination is conducted yearly through the U.S. in 3 phases - preliminary, major and interview -- to select officers for Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service amongst others.
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