Shimla Chitrangna
Singh from Himachal Pradesh has secured the 59th rank in the Indian Civil
Services Examination held by Union Public Service Commission, the results
for which were declared recently.
Currently posted in Indian
Railways Personnel Services as Assistant Personnel Officer at Jaipur,
30-years-old Chitrangna had appeared in the examination for the fourth time
this year. Happy and satisfied at her performance, Chitrangna said over the
phone that her first preference is Indian Foreign Services, followed by IAS
and Revenue Services.
She was a former staffer with The
Indian Express at Chandigarh from 2002 to 2004.
“Since my father is an IPS
officer, the civil services always attracted me, and I steadily moved
towards it. Though in my second attempt I could make it to Indian Railways
only, it was only the fourth and last attempt that gave me a good rank. I
owe it all to my parents and elder brother, who is lawyer at Delhi,” she
said.
Daughter of Sohan Singh, Director
General of Prisons, in Himachal Pradesh Police and Usha Singh, a homemaker,
Chitrangna spent her formative years in Himachal Pradesh at various schools.
She then headed to Chandigarh for graduation, and did post graduation in
Mass Communication from PU.
When asked about her schedule,
she said, “Ten hours of study during the examination and a little less
during other days was enough.”
