NLSIU graduate Avinash V. secures 31st rank in his first attempt and emerges as topper in Karnataka
The results of the Civil Services Examination 2021, which were published by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday, were released by Cheer to 26 persons from Karnataka.
Twenty-four-year-old law graduate from the National Law School of India (NLSIU) -Bengaluru, Avinash V., secured the 31st rank as his first attempt and emerged as the Karnataka State topper.
Mr. Avinash is from Davangere and his parents in the hotel business. He got his BA LLB degree from NLSIU in 2020-21. Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Avinash said, “I am very happy that I achieved this rank in the first attempt. Family support, consistent study, and good guidance are my key points of success. ”
“After I completed my degree, I immediately joined the Insight Academy for Coaching. I consistently read for 6 to 7 hours daily. I helped build myself and I wanted to go for the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), ”he said.
An engineering graduate, Nikhil Basavaraj Patil, 26, from Lakkundi, Vijayapura, got the 139th rank. Having completed his primary and secondary education in Belagavi, Patil got his engineering degree at PES University, Bengaluru in 2017.
Vinay Kumar Gadge
“Then I went to New Delhi for CSE training. In my first two attempts, I failed to crack the preliminary exam. But, in the third attempt, I have cracked the mains and faced the interview, but failed. In the fourth attempt, I became successful, ”he told The Hindu, recounting his journey.
A Karnataka Administration Service (KAS) officer, working as an Assistant Director at Co-operative Audit Department, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru, Vinay Kumar Gadge, managed to secure 151st rank. Dr. Gadge, a native of Bidar, got his MBBS degree from Mysore Medical College. He cracked the KAS exam in 2020 and in the fifth attempt, he became a successful CSE.
“Last year, in the fourth attempt I entered the interview round and failed. Again I tried this year and became successful. I took Anthropology as my major in optional subjects. The CSE for The Hindu Helped Me a lot. Every day, I used to go to the library and study for three hours in the morning before going to the office and four to five hours in the evening and after the office hours. Our department’s top officers are very co-operative and a lot of me, ” Dr. Gadge.
Among the other successful candidates from the state are NJ Benaka Prasad, who got the 92nd rank, Apoorva Basur [191st rank]Nithya R. [207th rank]MP Rajesh Ponnappa [222nd rank]and the 250th rank with Sahithya M. Aladakatti.
Two candidates from Uttara Kannada district also cleared the exam: Manoj Ramanath Hegde with 213rd rank and Deepak Ramachandra Shet with 311th rank.
