Al Haqeeqa
New Delhi
A total of 30 Muslims figure in the final list of the Indian Civil Services, the examination for which was conducted by the UPSC for the year 2022. The final list has been released on Tuesday.
Four of them, including two from Jammu and Kashmir, and one woman, have secured different ranks and positions in the list of the top 100.
Waseem Ahmed Bhat with AIR 7 and Naveed Ahsan Bhat, with AIR 84, hail from Kashmir. Muskan Dagar, AIR 72, is the only Muslim woman in the top-100 list while Asad Zubair, AIR 86 also made it to it.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) held the main examination for the Civil Services in September 2022 and Personal Interviews between January and May 2023.
All three toppers are women: Ishita Kishore tops the list and Garima Lohia stands in second place and Uma Harathi N at third position.
List of Muslims in UPSC 2022 with ranks
1. 7 WASEEM AHMAD BHAT
2. 72 MUSKAN DAGAR
3. 84 NAVEED AHSAN BHAT
4. 86 ASAD ZUBER
5. 154 AAMIR KHAN
6. 159 RUHANI
7. 184 AYASHA FATIMA
8. 189 SHAIK HABEEBULLA
9. 193 ZUFISHAN HAQUE
10. 231 MANAN BHAT
11. 268 AAKIP KHAN
12. 296 MOIN AHAMD
13. 298 MOHAMMAD IDUL AHMED
14. 350 ARSHAD MUHAMMED
15. 354 RASHIDA KHATOON
16. 398 IMAN RIZWAN
17. 441 MOHAMED RISWIN
18. 476 MOHD IRFAN
19. 570 SAYED MOHAMMED HUSAIN
20. 586 QAZI AYESHA IBRAHIM
21. 599 MUHAMMED AFZEL
22. 612 S MOHAMMED YAKUB
23. 642 MOHD SHADA
24. 736 TASKEEN KHAN
25. 745 MOHAMMED SIDDIQ SHARIFF
26. 760 AKHILA B S
27. 768 MD BURHAN ZAMAN
28. 774 FATHIMA HARIS
29. 852 IRAM CHOUDHARY
30. 913 SHERIN SHAHANA T K
A total of 933 candidates have been recommended for IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, and other civil services posts.
The UPSC conducted Personal Interviews of the Civil Services 2022 aspirants in 03 Phases, with the 3rd and last phase ending on May 18, 2023.
In 2021, only 25 Muslims qualified for the coveted civil services. Since the total intake for 2021 was only 685, as against 933 for 2021, the Muslims’ position remains the same in percentage terms.
