Chandigarh, March 8 -- Chandigarh's Devyanshi Kaura, 27, has secured All India Rank (AIR) 71 in the 2025 Union Public Service Commission Civil Services Examination, achieving her long-cherished dream of entering the administrative services through the fifth attempt.

A resident of Sector 19, Devyanshi studied at Carmel Convent School Chandigarh. She chose economics as her optional subject in the examination. She completed her bachelor's in economics from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, affiliated with University of Delhi, and later pursued a master's in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Her ambition to become an IAS officer was shaped early in life by her parents, particularly her father. However, she lost both her parents at ...