UPSC conducts the Civil Services Examination (CSE), and the list of toppers changes every year. Here are a few notable toppers up to 2021. These are only those who have made headlines of there time. There are some other names which should have been included in the list but that would have made the list very long.
- Tina Dabi (2015): Tina Dabi, an IAS officer, secured the first rank in the 2015 UPSC CSE. She is from Delhi and was just 22 years old when she achieved this feat.
- Athar Aamir Khan (2015): Athar Aamir Khan secured the second rank in the 2015 UPSC CSE. He is from Jammu and Kashmir and chose the Indian Police Service (IPS). He got married to Tina Dabi after they became the toppers but the marriage did not last very long and now they remain divorced and have chosen different partners for them.
- Nandini K.R. (2016): Nandini K.R., a Karnataka cadre officer, secured the first rank in the 2016 UPSC CSE. She joined the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise).
- Anudeep Durishetty (2017): Anudeep Durishetty, an IAS officer, secured the first rank in the 2017 UPSC CSE. He is from Telangana and people consider him to be one of the most deserving candidate to have achieved that sort of marks accordingly many UPSC aspirants of today considers him as their role model.
- Kanishak Kataria (2018): Kanishak Kataria secured the first rank in the 2018 UPSC CSE. He is an IAS officer and hails from Rajasthan. In an interview he attributed his success to the support he got from his parents and his girlfriend.
- Pradeep Singh (2019): Pradeep Singh secured the first rank in the 2019 UPSC CSE. He is an Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) officer and he belongs to Haryana.
- Shubham Kumar (2020): Shubham Kumar secured the first rank in the 2020 UPSC CSE. He is from Bihar and joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He gives credit to hard work and consistency for his success.
- Rajat Sachan (2021): Rajat Sachan secured the first rank in the 2021 UPSC CSE. He is from Uttar Pradesh.
Please note that these are just a few notable toppers, and many other candidates have achieved remarkable ranks in the UPSC CSE over the years. UPSC publishes the final results with the names and ranks of successful candidates every year, so you can check the most recent results on the official UPSC website or through official notifications for up-to-date information on UPSC toppers.