Batch of Change Leaders: Dr Jitendra interacts with first 20 All India IAS toppers

New Delhi, May 30: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh, who is also the Minister Incharge Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), on Tuesday interacted with and felicitated the first 20 All India Toppers of IAS / Civil Services Exam 2022, who called on him at the DoPT headquarters at North Block here. The result of the exam was declared on 23rd May 2023.
Among the first 20 IAS/Civil Services toppers invited by Dr Jitendra Singh said, the first four toppers and 60 percent out of the top 20 happen to be women and this is a great reflection of demographic change happening in the last 9 nine years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government where India is moving from women participation to women leadership, Dr Singh said. He recalled that last year also the top three toppers were women and hoped that hattrick will be made in the 2023 Civil Services Examination.
The minister underlined that this year out of the top 20, there are only 8 engineers and one medico, while the rest are from humanities. He welcomed this change describing it “democratisation of services through optimum use of technology”.
Dr Jitendra also took note of the demographic change happening over the last few years and said that they represent pan-India coverage as these candidates hail from the States/UTs of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana. This gender and demographic change augurs well for a diverse country like India, he said.
The minister underlined that even candidates having done schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Navodaya School and government schools are cracking the exam, while earlier it was mostly confined to elite schools.
In his welcome address to the top-20 rankers and their family members, Dr Jitendra Singh described the 2022 batch of Civil Servants as the “Batch of Change Leaders” as they will be in key positions of governance when India will celebrate 100 years of Independence after 25 years as one of the frontline countries of the world.
The Union Public Service Commission declared the Final Result of the Civil Services Examination (CSE)-2023 on 23rd May 2023. A total of 933 candidates (613 men and 310 women) have been recommended by the commission for appointment to various services.