Delhi girl tops civil services examination

Tina Dabi, a 22-year-old Delhi girl, has topped the civil services examination for 2015, the results of which were declared on Tuesday.

A graduate from Lady Shri Ram College, Tina cracked the examination, arguably the toughest in the country, in her first attempt.

Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan, 23, from Jammu and Kashmir, came second while the third position went to another Delhiite, Jasmeet Singh Sandhu, an Indian Revenue Service officer.

An ecstatic Tina told she was not expecting the first rank. “I am very happy. I cannot express my feeling in words. I would say the key to my success has been patience, focus, discipline and the support of my family.”

She credited her mother, a former Indian Engineering Service officer, for her success and said she was the one who motivated her to pursue humanities in Class XII even when other toppers from her school were opting for science and commerce.

Tina’s interest and hard work paid off and she scored 100 per cent in political science in Class XII. She also topped her batch in Lady Shri Ram College last year.

Tina has chosen Haryana as her cadre because she wanted to contribute in empowerment of women there.