Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) A techie, Kanishak Kataria, from IIT Bombay, has topped the 2018 UPSC final examination, while Srushti Jayant Deshmukh has topped among women candidates, in the civil services exams the results of which were announced on Friday.

Kanishak Kataria belongs to Jaipur, Rajasthan. A qualified B. Tech in Computer Science & Engineering, Kataria belongs to SC category and has qualified with mathematics as his optional subject.

Union Public Service Commission has released the results of the written part of Civil Services Examination, 2018 on the official website upsc.gov.in. Kanishak Kataria has topped the exam, while Akshit Jain and Junaid Ahmad have held the second and third positions, respectively.

In a statement, UPSC officials said: “Based on the results of the written part of Civil Services Examination, 2018 held by the Union Public Service Commission in September-October, 2018 and the interviews for Personality Test held in February-March, 2019, following is the list, in order of merit, of candidates who have been recommended for appointment to:

(i) Indian Administrative Service; (ii) Indian Foreign Service; (iii) Indian Police Service; and (iv) Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ ”

Kataria belongs to SC category and qualified the examination with mathematics as his optional subject. He is a B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering).

Deshmukh, a B.E.(Chemical Engineering) from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, is the topper among the women candidates securing an overall fifth rank, the statement said.

The final merit has been released on the basis of performance in the main exams held in September-October, 2018 and in the interview held in February-March, 2019. This time around, 759 candidates have been selected. These include 361 of General category, 209 of OBC, 128 of SC and 61 ST candidates.