UPSC Civil Services Exam 2012 Final result declared

04-May-2013

Woman tops civil services exam for third consecutive year.  Haritha V. Kumar from Kerala, a probationer of Indian Revenue Service 2011 batch, has begged top slot of the coveted exam, according to the results declared on Friday by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

27-year-old Haritha, who hails from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, is at presently working as a probationer of Indian Revenue Services (IRS) undergoing training in National Academy of Customs Excise and Narcotics (NACEN) in Faridabad.

Haritha, who has studied engineering, chose economics and Malayalam as her main subjects for the top most exam in the country.

"One's life revolves around economics. For any problem, you can find that the root cause in economics. Malayalam is my mother tongue and from my childhood I have a special liking for Malayalam". It is after two decades that a candidate from Kerala has emerged topper in the All-India Civil Services Examination.