Tamil Nadu topper bags 7th rank in UPSC exams

Chennai: Of the 82 Tamil Nadu students who secured ranks in the UPSC exams, Chennai student Sharanya Ari secured the overall seventh rank and was the state’s topper.

“My parents had a goal that I have to serve the nation. So, I chose civil service over defence forces. I would like to work for the development of women and children,” she said.  She said she was inspired by civil servants whom she met during her college days  and their work.

She cracked the UPSC exam in the fourth attempt. Her optional subject was sociology.

She studied at Kendriya Vidyalaya at Tambaram and I did my B.Tech (IT) in SRM University. Her father M.Arivazhagan is a retired Air Force officer and mother was  working as PG teacher.