17 J&K candidates crack prestigious All- India civil service exam

Jammu: As many as 17 candidates from Jammu & Kashmir have qualified the prestigious All India Civil Services Examination, the results of which were declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday.
Among the qualifiers from Jammu & Kashmir, Suvan Sharma secured the highest position with an All India Rank of 148, followed by Sugandha Gupta with Rank 207.
According to the result declared on Friday Towseef Ahmad Ganaie from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district achieved Rank 254, while Ritika Bhan secured Rank 456.
Bhan, a Kashmiri Pandit whose family currently resides in Jammu, is originally from Batpora, Shopian. She had earlier secured 17th rank in the Jammu & Kashmir Combined Entrance Examination and has completed her Master’s in Zoology from Cluster University, Jammu.
Other qualifiers from J&K include Sooyash Raj Shivam (572 rank), Muneeb Afzal Parrah (581 rank), Ghulam Maya Din (683 rank), Dwarka Gaadhi (721 rank), Akash Jaggi (747 rank), Koh E Safa (763 rank) Yassar Ahmed Bhatti (811 rank), Abhishek Kumar Dhyawana (820 rank), Pankaj Kumar (856 rank), Mohd Ajaz Ul Rehman (869 rank), Azhar Asif Khan (886 rank), Mohd Sarfraz Choudhary (936 rank) and Irfan Ahmed Lone (957 rank)