Who is Shruti Sharma? UPSC topper who scored 340 out of 400 points

On May 30th, UPSC announced the final results of the 2021 Civil Services Examination. Delhi's Shruti Sharma topped the list, followed by Kolkata's Ankita Agarwal and Anandpur Sahib's Gamini Singla. Union Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh, congratulated the candidates, marvelling at the top three, saying, "Women power at its best!" It is a proud feeling to see girls doing so well in all the areas of life and education.

The complete list of all the candidates who made the cut can be found on the official website of UPSC. Six hundred eighty-five candidates are shortlisted for various civil services fields under the Central Government of India, like IAS, IPS, and IFS.

Among these 685 candidates, 244 belong to the General category and 73 Economically Weaker Sections. Other than that, 203 candidates are from Other Backward Class, 105 from Schedules Casts, and 60 from Scheduled Tribe categories. The results of 80 candidates are provisional, while the result of 1 candidate has been withheld due to unknown reasons.


The toppers are selected according to their performance in three rounds of selection conducted by UPSC, namely - Prelims, Mains, and Interview. The prelim exam was held on October 10th, 2021, while the Mains exam was conducted in January. The successful candidates in these two exams went through rigorous interviews from April 5th 2022, to May 26th 2022.

To check the final results of UPSC 2021, go to the official website of UPSC and click on "UPSC Civil Services Result 2021 -Final Result". You will see a PDF file containing the details of the selected students. You can download the file and take print it for future reference.

We congratulate Shruti Sharma and all the other toppers for their outstanding performance in UPSC. Our heartfelt best wishes to those who couldn't make it this time. Learn from your failures and thrive well in the future.