The results for Civil services examination 2017 have been announced on the official website. The results were announced on April 27, 2018. As soon as the results were announced the candidates could check out the result from the official website of UPSC i.e upseonline.nic.in The examination was conducted in October-November, 2017 and the results proved that the only key to success in the examination is hard work.

The results have been out and the talented Durishetty Anudeep has topped the examination. Anu Kumari, Sachin Gupta, Atul Prakash and Pratham Kaushik scores the following ranks. 8 women have made it to the top 25 list. The results are based on the written examination conducted in October-November and the interviews held in February to April 2018.


A total of 180 vacancies are available for the position of IAS. The breakdown of the vacancies is as; 93 vacancies for general category aspirants 46 for SC, 28 vacancies for the ST and 13 vacancies for the ST candidates. To obtain any information or to get any clarification, the candidates can visit the facilitation counter near the examination hall at the UPSC Campus.

The final cut off will be released on the official website. However, the last years cut off is as follows:

Candidates must wait for the final cutoff that will be released on the website of UPSC.

Here is how the BITS Pilani Graduate became scored rank 1 in the UPSC Civil Services examination. His only talent was that he didn’t quit; the IAS topper always had this in his mind. Rigorous late night studies, skipping the parties, it all paid off in the end. He literally remembered why he started and always kept that in mind. Made sure his everyday targets got completed and that’s how he could give his best.

We all know what pain failing brings along, but to stand up and gather the courage once again is something only champions can make possible. It’s not that easy, especially when it is the UPSC Civil services examination and especially when you have failed the same examination 3 times before. Ask UPSC Civil Services 2017 topper, Durishetty Anudeep, the IAS 2017 topper who topped the examination in his 5th attempt.

There is much more about Durishetty Anudeep that will impress you. The young and talented boy has been working as an Assistant Commissioner since past two years in Central Goods & Services Tax (CGST) department. The decision to serve for the nation was taken back in the 4th year of his college days. Anudeep gave his 1st attempt in 2012 and with the 790 rank score in the second attempt, he began working as the Assistant Commissioner.

Durishetty Anudeep gives due credit to his teachers, mentors, his college seniors for their guidance and continuous support. The topper also gave a big credit to his father for always being there for him. When asked about his thoughts on the removal of corruption from the systems he said that he will be looking forward to bring more transparency and putting the system in place. He encourages to strengthen the RTI Act and suggests that public must be provided with easy means to communicate with the officials and ask them questions.

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