Oct 7, 2023, 04:25 PM IST

9 youngest UPSC candidates who cracked IAS exams

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At the age of 16, Roman Saini was able to pass the competitive AIIMS admissions test. At the age of 22, he passed the UPSC exam and was appointed an IAS officer. Madhya Pradesh received Roman Saini as a district collector. Roman Saini, however, was not content with becoming an IAS official and instead desired to become an entrepreneur. In 2015, after leaving his position as an IAS officer, he started Unacademy.

Ansar Shaikh (AIR 361), who overcame numerous obstacles to pass the UPSC CS exam and become an IAS officer at the young age of 21, set an example for many people. At the moment, Shaikh is working as an ADM in Cooch Behar, West Bengal. He was born and raised in the Marathwada area of Maharashtra's Jalna village to an autorickshaw driver father and a farmer mother. 

Delhi candidate Tina Dabi took first place in the 2015 UPSC test. Tina passed the IAS test on her first attempt and received an AIR 1 score at the age of 22. 

At the age of 22, Goyal was appointed an IAS officer in 2006. He was assigned to the Rajasthani district of Barmer, where he achieved great success. He is regarded as one of the top young IAS officers in the nation and is well known for his attempts to do his duties honestly.

Amrutesh Aurangabadkar (AIR 10), an IAS official, was motivated by his father, a groundwater surveyor. He was motivated to pursue an IAS career by witnessing his father's integrity-driven job. By passing the UPSC test on his first try, he created history. His final grade on the written test was 1074 out of 2000.

(AIR 26) Pradeep Singh, a citizen of Gopalganj, Bihar, cleared the UPSC exam in 2020 at just 23, and he later rose to the position of IAS officer. His father had to sell his home in order to fund Pradeep's civil service education. 

 IAS Swati is from Sikar in Rajasthan. In 2007, at the age of 22, she passed the UPSC civil services examination. In her first attempt, she earned an All India Rank (AIR) of 260. As an IAS officer, she was the youngest in her class. 

Ananya Singh, an IAS official, was only 22 years old when she passed the UPSC test and took office as an IAS officer. Ananya Singh, an IAS, received the AIR 51 in the UPSC exam. Ananya Singh is Uttar Pradesh native who attended St. Mary's Convent School. IAS official graduated with honors in Economics from the Delhi-based Shri Ram College of Commerce after being named the district's top student in both Class 10 and Class 12 on the CISCE board.

To pursue a degree in electrical engineering, Simi Karan got in to IIT Bombay. But after getting to interact with kids in slum regions there, her desire to become an engineer changed. She subsequently made the decision to get ready for UPSC.  Finally, she achieved All India Rank 31 in the UPSC in 2019 and was appointed an IAS officer.