New Delhi

A total of 29 Muslims figure in the final list of the Indian Civil Services, the examination for which was conducted by the UPSC for the year 2022. The final list has been released on Tuesday.

Four of them, including two from Jammu and Kashmir, and one woman, have secured different ranks and positions in the list of the top 100.

Waseem Ahmed Bhat with AIR 7 and Naveed Ahsan Bhat, with AIR 84, hail from Kashmir, while Asad Zubair, AIR 86 also made it to it.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) held the main examination for the Civil Services in September 2022 and Personal Interviews between January and May 2023.

All three toppers are women: Ishita Kishore tops the list and Garima Lohia stands in second place and Uma Harathi N at third position.

List of Muslims in UPSC 2022 with ranks

1.  7 WASEEM AHMAD BHAT

2. 84 NAVEED AHSAN BHAT

3.  86 ASAD ZUBER

4. 154 AAMIR KHAN

5. 159 RUHANI

6. 184 AYASHA FATIMA

7. 189 SHAIK HABEEBULLA

8. 193 ZUFISHAN HAQUE

9. 231 MANAN BHAT

10. 268 AAKIP KHAN

11. 296 MOIN AHAMD

12. 298 MOHAMMAD IDUL AHMED

13. 350 ARSHAD MUHAMMED

14. 354 RASHIDA KHATOON

15. 398 IMAN RIZWAN

16. 441 MOHAMED RISWIN

17. 476 MOHD IRFAN

18. 570 SAYED MOHAMMED HUSAIN

19. 586 QAZI AYESHA IBRAHIM

20. 599 MUHAMMED AFZEL

21. 612 S MOHAMMED YAKUB

22. 642 MOHD SHADA

23. 736 TASKEEN KHAN

24. 745 MOHAMMED SIDDIQ SHARIFF

25. 760 AKHILA B S

26. 768 MD BURHAN ZAMAN

27. 774 FATHIMA HARIS

28. 852 IRAM CHOUDHARY

29. 913 SHERIN SHAHANA T K

A total of 933 candidates have been recommended for IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, and other civil services posts.

The UPSC conducted Personal Interviews of the Civil Services 2022 aspirants in 03 Phases, with the 3rd and last phase ending on May 18, 2023.

In 2021, only 25 Muslims qualified for the coveted civil services. Since the total intake for 2021 was only 685, as against 933 for 2021, the Muslims’ position remains the same in percentage terms. 

Earlier it was erroneously reported that 30 Muslims had been selected.