Moment of Pride

Nineteen Successful UPSC Candidates Make SPIPA

Proud
Final Selection List Throws Up Highest Number So Far From Gujarat
Ahmedabad, July 4, 2015: It was time for jubilation at the Sardar Patel
Institute of Public Administration (SPIPA) today, as it clinched the title of doling
out the highest number of successful UPSC candidates so far from the state of
Gujarat trained at its own SPIPA IAS Study Centre.
A total of eighteen successful candidates made their mark on the national
horizon like never before. The institute attributed the success to an upgraded
faculty that made it happen along with an array of experts from New Delhi and
Mumbai made available to the students in due course for ample guidance.
SPIPA meanwhile has also beefed up its training procedure, making it more
intensive and quality- backed with a slew of mock tests planned accordingly.
Recordings of mock interviews were done followed by an intensive weekly
feedback on the same leaving a lot of room for improvement before the grand
finale.
Our efforts have paid off well and we feel proud of our students. SPIPA put in
the right efforts at an opportune moment. Key among them was keeping the
study centre available and open 24x7. The hostel accommodation and food
were well taken care of. An intensive, eight month training groomed the
students well to make an approach with confidence and belief. This is the
highest turnout so far, from our institute and Gujarat, said Mr Vipul Mittra
(IAS), Director General, SPIPA.

SARDAR PATEL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Opp. "ISRO", Satellite Road, Ahmedabad-380 015
PHONE 079-26747612 / 7636 / 1879 / 1956 FAX 079-2676 1512, 079-2674 9048

Gujarat as a state becomes more prominent in the process. In the 2013 edition
of UPSC, sixteen students tasted success and there were twelve successful
candidates in 2012. The total number of candidates making their way into the
final selection list in the last five years since 2010 are sixty seven.
For the year under consideration (2014), of the 11,274 applications received,
SPIPA selected 340 trainees. Of them, 115 cracked the prelims. Then on, 61
went through to take the mains examination and finally 18 turned up winners.
Among them again, three have made it among the top-100 ranks nationally.
They are Dr. Anil Dhameliya (BHMS), rank 23, with geography as his mains
optional subject. He was followed by Shri Mihir Patel, rank 27, with philosophy
as his optional mains and Shri Rajendra Kumar Patel, rank 70, who had Gujarati
Literature as his mains optional subject.
SPIPA is an autonomous apex training institute for the state of Gujarat that
hones and develops human capital and specializes in training in domains like
public administration, local self government and rural development.

SARDAR PATEL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Opp. "ISRO", Satellite Road, Ahmedabad-380 015
PHONE 079-26747612 / 7636 / 1879 / 1956 FAX 079-2676 1512, 079-2674 9048