List of Muslim candidates who qualified UPSC 2023

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced the results of the 2023 Civil Services Examination (CSE) today. Among the top 10 achievers, a Muslim candidate has made it to the list. Out of the total 1,016 successful candidates, around 50 are from the Muslim community. Aditya Srivastava secured the first rank, followed by Animesh Pradhan and Donuru Ananya Reddy at second and third positions respectively.

Analysis of the results indicates that the performance of Muslim candidates in the UPSC Civil Services Exam was relatively low. In 2023, Muslim candidates accounted for only 4.9 percent of the successful candidates. Although this is a slight increase compared to previous years, it still remains below expectations.

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Over the years, the percentage of successful Muslim candidates has ranged from 2 to 6 percent, much lower than their population percentage in India, which stands at approximately 17.22 percent according to the 2011 census.

Year	Number of Muslim candidates in the selection list	Total number of candidates in the selection list	Percentage of Muslim candidates in the selection list
2016	52	1099	4.73
2017	50	980	5.10
2018	28	759	3.68
2019	44	829	5.30
2020	31	761	4.07
2021	25	685	3.64
2022	29	933	3.10
2023	50	1016	4.9

List of Muslim candidates qualified UPSC with ranks in 2022

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the results of the 2022 Civil Services Examination (CSE). Among the top 10 of the UPSC, there is a Muslim candidate who has achieved a prominent position.

Of the 933 candidates who successfully made it to the final list, an impressive 29 candidates are from the Muslim community.

UPSC conducted the main exam in September 2022, followed by face-to-face interviews from January to May 2023.

S. No.	Name	Rank
1	Waseem Ahmad Bhat	7
2	Muskan Dagar	72
3	Naveed Ahsan Bhat	84
4	Asad Zuber	86
5	Aamir Khan	154
6	Ruhani	159
7	Ayasha Fatima	184
8	Shaik Habeebulla	189
9	Zufishan Haque	193
10	Manan Bhat	231
11	Aakip Khan	268
12	Moin Ahamd	296
13	Mohammad Idul Ahmed	298
14	Arshad Muhammed	350
15	Rashida Khatoon	354
16	Aiman Rizwan	398
17	Arshia Chavi Thakur	406
18	Mohamed Riswin	441
19	Mohd Irfan	476
20	Sayed Mohammed Husain	570
21	Qazi Ayesha Ibrahim	586
22	Muhammed Afzel	599
23	Mohammed Yakub	612
24	Mohd Shada	642
25	Sanya	699
26	Taskeen Khan	736
27	Mohammed Siddiq Shariff	745
28	Akhila B S	760
29	Md Burhan Zaman	768
30	Fathima Haris	774
31	Iram Choudhary	852
32	Sherin Shahana T K	913

The top three positions in the 2022 UPSC CSE have been secured by women. Ishita Kishore has emerged as the overall topper, followed by Garima Lohia in second and Uma Harithi N in third.

Over the past decade, the performance of Muslim candidates on the UPSC Civil Services Examination has varied. Last year, of the 1,823 candidates called for face-to-face interviews, only 21 Muslims made the UPSC Civil Services 2021 Merit List, marking the lowest performance in a decade.

Furthermore, in 2010, among the 875 selected candidates, 21 were Muslim, with Kashmir's Dr. Shah Faisal emerging as the topper at the national level. In 2009, a total of 31 Muslims made it to the list of 791 selected candidates.

Keep Reading

• UPSC CSE result 2022: Here’s complete list of candidates who cracked exam
• Who Is Waseem Ahmad Bhat UPSC 2023 Topper From Jammu And Kashmir?
• Who Is Ishita Kishore UPSC 2023 Topper?

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