Chennai,May 16:Chennai medico Adapa Karthik has topped the Civil Services Examination, 2007, while Delhi School of Economics post-graduate Ashima Jain secured the highest rank among women out of the 734 who made it to the most sought-after services.
Seven women are among the top 20 in the list of successful candidates, who include 286 from the general category.An official release said that OBCs account for 266 candidates while 128 belong to Scheduled Castes and 54 to Scheduled Tribes.
Out of the 20 top rankers, seven are from engineering background while three are medicos.A total of 1,61,469 candidates appeared for the preliminary examinations, 9,266 candidates qualified for the mains and of them 1,886 were selected for the personality test. The selected candidates include 22 physically challenged.