Odia Boy Secures AIR-2 in UPSC 2023

Bhubaneswar: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the Civil Services Mains results 2023 on Tuesday. Making Odisha proud, Animesh Pradhan from Bhalugadia village in the Talcher area of Angul district, secured the All Inida 2nd rank in the prestigious examination. Aditya Srivastava secured All India Rank (AIR) 1 and Donuru Ananya Reddy ranked third.

Animesh had previously cleared the Odisha Civil Services Examination. He holds an engineering degree in computer science from NIT Rourkela in 2021. He started his schooling at Kalinga DAV School in Talcher and passed 12th grade securing 98.4% number. He is currently an employee at Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) in Delhi.

Animesh has achieved his goal despite losing both of his parents. His father, who was the Principal of Hingula College, passed away in 2017. His mother also passed away last January. Animesh’s sister is currently employed in the horticulture department in Chendipada, Angul district. However, all of Animesh’s hard work and determination have finally paid off today.

Other successful candidates from Odisha in the top 100 are Prajnanandan Giri – rank 24, Ayushi Pradhan rank -36, Jayashree Pradhan rank-52 and Abhimanyu Malik rank-60.

Congratulating the successful candidates, CM Naveen has made a social media post on X, “Congratulate all the successful candidates from Odisha who have cleared UPSC examination. May they work with dedication to take welfare initiatives to the grassroots. Wish them bright careers ahead.