* Indian Muslims <http://www.indianmuslims.info/> Indian Muslim News and Information * ** *27 Muslims selected for Civil Services *By Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircle.net http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/may/14/17_muslims_selected_civil_services.html
New Delhi: A total of 17 Muslims have cleared the written and interview process of the Civil Services Exam of 2006. The top Muslim candidate Shamim Abidi appears on rank 16. The written exam was help in October-November of 2006 and interview held in April-May of this year. The List of 474 candidates was released by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) today. The successful candidates are recommended for appointment to Indian Adminstrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and Central Services. The list of 474 candidates include 214 General (including 13 Physically Challenged candidates), 144 Other Backward Classes (including 03 Physically challenged candidates), 80 Scheduled Castes (including 02 Physically challenged candidates) and 36 Scheduled Tribes candidates. 17 Muslims among the list of 474 successful candidates give Muslims a representation of 3.59% which considering their lower number in higher studies is quite remarkable and indication of hard work put on by Muslim students. Another welcome trend this year is an increase in number of Muslim girls clearing the Civil Services Exam. Appointment to various services is based on available vacancies and merit ranking of candidates. The number of vacancies reported by the Government for the Indian Administrative Service is 89 (45 General, 24 Other Backward Classes, 13 Scheduled Castes and 07 Scheduled Tribes); for the Indian Foreign Service is 20 (10 General, 05 Other Backward Classes and 05 Scheduled Castes); for the Indian Police Service is 103 (51 General, 28 Other Backward Classes, 16 Scheduled Castes and 08 Scheduled Tribes); for the Central Services Group is 294 (152 General, 80 Other Backward Classes, 43 Scheduled Castes and 19 Scheduled Tribes) and for Central Services Group is 27 (15 General, 07 Other Backward Classes, 03 Scheduled Caste and 02 Scheduled Tribe). This includes 18 vacancies for Physically Challenged candidates in the Indian Administrative Service and Central Services Group Rank Name 16 SHAMMI ABIDI 32 MOHAMMAD QAISER ABDULHAQUE 51 MOHAMMAD TAYYAB 71 NAAZNEEN BHASIN 121 SYED WAQUAR RAZA 207 MEERAJ KHALID 242 SHAHNAWAZ UL RAHMAN 262 FARHAT KHAN 282 ASLAM KHAN 315 SHABANA PARVEEN 338 MAIMUN NISHA ANSARI 387 MOHAMMAD IRFAN AZIZ 394 J MOHAMMED NAVFAL 407 SAYEED RASHID 410 LEYAQAT ALI AAFAQUI 439 MOHD SULEMAN CHOUDHARY 448 AYAZ AHMED KOHLI See the list here: http://www.twocircles.net/2008may17/27_muslims_selected_civil_services.html -- http://www.TwoCircles.net <http://www.twocircles.net/> : news http://twitter.com/twocircles : editorials http://www.indianmuslims.info/calendar
