The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) recently announced the final result of the UPSC Civil Services Examination, 2021. Soon after the result was declared on May 30, several people took to social media platforms to congratulate the top rankers of the exam.
This year the top three ranks have been bagged by female candidates, however, many claimed that the fourth rank is also secured by a women candidate. The confusion emerged due to the candidate’s name, which many mistook as a women candidates. Many took to Twitter to congratulate, 4th rank topper Aishwarya Verma from Madhya Pradesh, using ‘her/she’ pronouns.
Hailing women empowerment many bigwigs including Mamata Banerji and others took to Twitter to congratulate Aishwarya, thinking he is a female candidate.
Heartiest congratulations to Shruti Sharma, Ankita Agarwal, Gamini Singla, Aishwarya Verma for securing the top 4 positions in Civil Services Examination, 2021. You have done us really proud.(1/2)— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) May 30, 2022
Another twitter user congratulated Aishwarya with a hashtag women power
Thrilled to see women achieve 4 topper slots in the UPSC examination1⃣Shruti Sharma2⃣Ankita Agarwal3⃣Gamini Singla4⃣ Aishwarya Verma
Women Power
My congratulations and best wishes to all those who have cleared the prestigious exam ! All the best !
— Netta D’Souza (@dnetta) May 30, 2022
By the time Aishwarya’ friends and family came on Twitter to rectify people’s mistake, many netizens had come up with memes surrounding the confusion row.
Aishwarya Verma , 4th Rank, UPSC Topper & he is a Male Candidate ????#UPSC #Topper #AishwaryaVerma pic.twitter.com/YIrWgOqTkR— Anil Kumar (@anilontwiitter) May 30, 2022
Jus found out that 4th #UPSC ranker Aishwarya Verma is actually a maleHe after seeing ppl wishing him under “women empowerment” tags pic.twitter.com/1RYVVAYxYM
— Shruti (@kadak_chai_) May 30, 2022
Aishwarya Verma after reading tweets of him being declared female candidate #UPSC #UPSC2022 #ias pic.twitter.com/B2xIIAis2F— Jai (@jai1526) May 30, 2022
People congrats top 4 #UPSC candidates with the hashtag #womenpowerMeanwhile Aishwarya Verma who is a male candidate pic.twitter.com/3i8Z1XDj8d
— DEBARATI (@DebAnu2002) May 30, 2022
This year Shruti Sharma stood first in the civil services examination 2021, followed by Ankita Agrawal and Gamini Singla. The fourth rank is taken by Aishwarya Verma, who is a a graduate student in electrical engineering, studied at New Delhi for the UPSC for four years before applying.
This year as many as 685 candidates have qualified for the prestigious test this year said the Commission. The civil services examination is conducted annually by the UPSC in three stages – preliminary, main, and interview – to select officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.
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