KalimNews, Kalimpong, 5 May 2024:
* On 7th May, at Gorubathan Government Degree College a seminar is organised at 10 am.
* The three UPSC passed out candidates will present motivational speech to those who are preparing for the UPSC examinations and also other aspiring candidates and also guide regarding coaching and preparation for the examinations.
* About 13 lakh candidates appeared in the UPSC examination 2023.
Result of the UPSC Examination 2023 proves that a new batch of honest, dedicated brave Gorkhas who protect the country’s borders are now preparing for the higher administrative services of the country.
By passing the UPSC civil service examination, three Gorkhas of the 2023 batch from the beautiful, gentle, peaceful Himalayan district of Darjeeling have held the head of the Gorkha community higher than the Mount Everest.
Gorubathan Future Vision and Gorubathan Government College will jointly honour those warriors with pen on May 7 during the programme. It is confirmed that Jayasree Pradhan and Ajay Moktan will attend the program, while due to an examination Goutam Thakuri will not be able to attend it.
Puran Rai, the chairman of Future Vision, said that in order to celebrate this historic achievement of our Gorkha heroes by congratulating them and to share their experiences to the local educated youth, a motivational program is organized for the graduate students of Gorubthan and adjoining areas.
“The youth icons Jayasree, Gautam and Ajay are and have now become celebrities”, Rai said. With their significant achievement, the administrative and educational strength of the people of Darjeeling Hills has been marked in the map of the country. He further said that this achievement should be taken as a turning point by the Gorkhas. Dissemination of information, proper guidelines and coaching will come forth with more similar result in the future days too.
Darjeeling’s Jayasree Pradhan (52 Rank), Gautam Thakuri (391 Rank) and Ajay Moktan (494 Rank) were amongst the 14,624 successful students who cleared the UPSC Examination 2023, out of the 13 lakh candidates who appeared in the said examination.
UPSC conducts this exam every year to select candidates for the higher administrative posts of the ranks of IPS, IAS, IFS, IRS, and others. The UPSC CSE exam is held in three phases – prelims, mains and interview. Generally around 10 lakh students attempt this examination every year, however, only 0.2% use to pass the examination. This shows how difficult this exam is.
The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2023 was conducted on May 28, 2023. A total of 10,16,850 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 5,92,141 candidates appeared in the examination Out of these, a total of 14,624 candidates qualified for appearance in the Main exam which was held in September 2023.
Out of the total 10,16,850 candidates applying for the UPSC Civil Services examination, as many as 5,92,141 candidates actually appeared. Of them, 14,624 candidates qualified for the UPSC CSE Main (written) examination and a total of 2,855 candidates qualified for the interview and personality test of the examination in which three Gorkha candidates of the Darjeeling district were the qualifiers..
The result of the UPSC Preliminary Examination was declared on 12th June 2023. These successful candidates filled up the DAF form for UPSC Mains 2023 from September 15 to 24, 2023. Candidates who cleared the mains were called for the interview round which was conducted between January 4 and April 9. UPSC has kept the candidature of 355 recommended candidates in provisional. Of the 1,016 recommended candidates, as many as 347 are from the general category, 115 are from the EWS category, 303 candidates are from the OBC category and from SC and ST, the number of recommended candidates are 165 and 86 respectively.