UPSC result 2017: Tapasya Parihar, daughter of a farmer from MP, gets 23rd rank

Tapasya said it was her second attempt this year for the UPSC civil services examination.

Updated on: Apr 27, 2018, 22:38:52 IST

Hindustan Times, Bhopal | By Shruti Tomar

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Tapasya Parihar, a farmer’s daughter from Narsinghpur district in Madhya Pradesh has bagged the 23rd All India rank in the Civil services exam 2017 conducted by the Union Public Services Commission.

The UPSC exam result was declared on Friday evening.

Tapasya did her schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Narisinghpur. She did law from India Law Society’s law college, Pune and was preparing for the UPSC examination while studying in Delhi. According to Tapasya, it was her second attempt this year for the UPSC examination.

Giving the credit of her success to her father Vishwas and her mother, Tapasya said her family had always been supportive to her. They never said ‘no’ to her demand for studies. It was their all-out support that she could get this achievement.

On her success mantra she said, “I have not been an extra-ordinary student but always believed in hard work. I always tried to thoroughly command the subject I studied. This was the reason behind my success.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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