17 from J&K qualify UPSC-2025 exam

Srinagar, Mar 6: In a latest development, 17 candidates from Jammu and Kashmir have qualified the Civil Services Examination (CSE)-2025, the result for which was declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday.

The commission recommended a total of 958 candidates for appointment to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and various central services.

Anuj Agnihotri, an MBBS graduate, has topped the civil services examination 2025, while Rajeshwari Suve M and Akansh Dhull have got the second and third ranks respectively.

According to the official list released by the UPSC the 17 candidates from J&K who have figured in the final merit list include Suvan Sharma (Rank 148), Sugandha Gupta (207), Towseef Ganie (Rank 254), Ritika (Rank 456), Sooyash Shivam (Rank 572), Muneeb Parrah (Rank 581), Ghulam Din (Rank 683), Dwarka Gaadhi (Rank 721), Akash (Rank 747), Koh E Safa (Rank 763), Yasaar (Rank 811), Abhishek (Rank 820), Pankaj (Rank 856), Mohammad Ajaz (Rank 869), Azhar (Rank 886), Sarfraz (Rank 936), and Irfan (Rank 957).

The results were declared after conducting the written examination in August 2025 followed by the personality tests (interviews) conducted between December 2025 and February 2026.

As per the result notification issue by the UPSC, a total of 958 candidates have been recommended for appointment against 1087 vacancies reported by the government for the examination cycle.

These include 180 vacancies in the IAS, 55 in the IFS, 150 in the IPS, 507 in Central Services Group A, and 195 in Group B services.

Of the total recommended candidates, 317 are from the general category, 104 from the economically weaker sections, 306 from other backward classes, 158 from scheduled castes and 73 from scheduled tribes.

A consolidated reserve list of 258 candidates has also been published in accordance with the rules.

The claims of recommended candidates regarding reservation categories will be subject to verification by the concerned authorities.

The UPSC has stated that the candidature of 348 recommended candidates has been kept provisional, while the result of the two candidates has been kept withheld.

The CSE is conducted annually in three stages- preliminary, mains and interview by the UPSC to select officers of the IAS, IFS, and IPS among others.

The civil services (preliminary) examination 2025 was conducted on May 25, 2025.

A total of 9,37,876 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 5,76,793 actually appeared in the test.

A total of 14,161 candidates qualified for appearance in the written (main) examination which was held in August, 2025.

Of these, 2736 candidates had qualified for the personality test (interview) of the examination.

UPSC chairman Ajay Kumar announced the declaration of the result and congratulated the candidates who qualified the exam.

“Congrats to all successful candidates as you begin a career of service to the nation. For those who did not make it-the learning from this journey will guide you in the paths ahead,” UPSC Chairman wrote in a post on X.

Among the 17 candidates from J&K who qualified UPSC exam include a visually impaired candidate from Bandipora.

Irfan Ahmad Lone, a resident of Manzpora in the Naidkhai area of Bandipora, secured a place in the final list of successful candidates.

His success has drawn appreciation from people in the district, who termed his achievement as source of inspiration for many young aspirants.