Himachal girl ranks 59 in IAS exam 2009

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.”