Mutyalaraju Revu, a product of Indian institute of Science-Bangalore, has emerged as the topper in the Civil Services Examination 2006.
Revu, a backward class candidate from Andhra Pradesh is among the 474 candidates, including 101 women, recommended by the Union Public Service Commission for the elite services.
The UPSC announced the results of the examination on Monday.
Of the 474 candidates, who cleared the tests conducted in three phases, 214 are from general category, 144 Other Backward Class, 80 Scheduled Caste and 36 from the Scheduled Tribe section.
Anindita Mitra, an engineer whose overall ranking was eighth, topped among women. Out of the top 20 candidates, eight were women.
In the top 20 list, 14 belong to Commerce, Humanities and Social Sciences branch while five were engineers and one a doctor. While 18 took the exams in English, the remaining two in Hindi.
Three among the top 20 cleared the hurdle in their first attempt while one candidate took nine attempts to get an appointment in the services.
Eighteen physically-challenged candidates, including two from SC category and three from OBCs, were also cleared by the apex recruitment body for appointment.
About two lakh candidates appeared for the tests.
The government has reported 89 vacancies for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 20 Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and 103 for Indian Police Service (IPS).
Candidates can avail information regarding the results from www.upsc.gov.in or from telephone numbers 011-23385271/23381125/23098543.