7 From Punjab Region Make It to UPSC Top 100 | CSE 2025 Results
Seven candidates from the Punjab region made it to the UPSC CSE 2025 Top 100, five of them women.
7 From Punjab Region
Make It to Top 100
UPSC Civil Services Examination 2025 · Five of the seven are women
Seven candidates from the Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh region have broken into the top 100 of the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2025 — five of them women, in what is being celebrated as a landmark result for the region.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced the results of the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2025 on Friday. Overall, Anuj Agnihotri, a 26-year-old MBBS graduate from AIIMS Jodhpur, secured the national All India Rank 1. The commission recommended a total of 958 candidates — 659 men and 299 women — for appointment to various government services.
Rajeshwari Suve M from Tamil Nadu and Akansh Dhull from Panchkula bagged the second and third national ranks respectively. Akansh, a BCom graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University, cracked the exam in his third attempt. He is the son of Krishan Dhull, a former office-bearer of the Haryana State Council for Child Welfare, and a government school principal.
Meet the Seven Regional Stars
Top Rankers at a Glance
25 years old, from Birarahwal village, Nabha block. Daughter of vegetable farmer Kuldeep Singh. BCom (Hons) graduate. Cleared the exam in her fourth attempt.
25 years old, national-level fencing player. Economics graduate from St Stephen's College, Delhi University. Switched to Sociology as her optional subject. Cleared in her fourth attempt.
22 years old, from Madanpur village in Rajpura. Daughter of PSPCL lineman Jaswinder Singh. BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from Panjab University. Cracked it in her first attempt.
32 years old, from Bahadurgarh, Haryana. Studied biotechnology engineering before completing a Master's in Political Science. Previously worked at State Bank of India. Cleared in her fourth and final attempt.
26 years old, inspector in the Punjab Cooperative Department. BTech in Mechanical Engineering from Symbiosis, Pune. Currently pursuing MTech from PAU. Cleared in his third attempt.
Schooled at Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School. BE in Production and Industrial Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. Cleared in her fourth attempt.
25 years old. BCom from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University. Commerce and Accountancy was his optional subject. He now serves in the Indian Audit and Accounts Service. Cleared in his third attempt.
Rasneet Kaur cleared the exam in her very first attempt at just 22 years of age — one of the most impressive debuts from the region this year.
Highlight · UPSC CSE 2025Inspiring Stories Behind the Ranks
Simrandeep Kaur, whose father is a vegetable farmer, completed her BA and later a Master's in Political Science from Khalsa College, Patiala. She had also qualified the UGC NET in Political Science, but chose to continue preparing for civil services with Political Science as her optional subject. Her persistence paid off in her fourth attempt.
Bhavika Chopra originally took Economics as her optional subject in earlier attempts but smartly switched to Sociology. She had cleared the 2024 examination too and was allotted the Indian Postal Service, but came back to improve her rank. Her father, Puneet Chopra, is a chartered accountant and her mother, Monika Chopra, teaches at Carmel Convent School in Chandigarh.
Rakhi left her job at the State Bank of India in 2020 to prepare full-time for the civil services exam. Both her parents are teachers in Haryana, which perhaps inspired her to aim for a career in public service.
Sunawardeep Singh Mosoun from Faridkot comes from an academic family — his father, Kuldeep Singh, is director of PAU's regional station in Faridkot, and his mother, Gagandeep Kaur, teaches commerce at Government Barjindra College.
Other Notable Qualifiers from the Region
Several more candidates from across the Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh belt also made the cut:
- Navneet Kaur, Bathinda AIR 111
- Shreya Gupta, Panipat AIR 114
- Aakriti Singla, Fazilka AIR 122
- Suvan Sharma, Jammu & Kashmir AIR 148
- Vikas Panwar, Shimla AIR 159
- Mukul Jindal, Ambala AIR 243
- Lovekesh Gupta, Karnal AIR 488
The overall success of candidates from this region — particularly the high share of women — reflects a growing culture of serious UPSC preparation in Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh, with students making multiple focused attempts and choosing their optional subjects strategically.
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