Jamia Milia Felicitated its 32 RCA students who cleared civil service exam 2024
Jamia Milia Islamia has felicitated its 32 students who cleared the much coveted UPSC civil service exam 2024. Out of these 32 seven cleared IFS and 6 state and other central service exams. The program was hosted on June 21, 2025, at the Conference Hall of FTK-CIT, JMI. The program was presided over by the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, JMI Prof. Mazhar Asif.
The other notable dignitaries on the dais were the Registrar, JMI, Prof. Md. Mahtab Alam Rizvi; the Chief Guest on the occasion, Shri Madhup Kumar Tiwari, IPS (Spl. Commissioner of Police, Law & Order – Delhi); Special Guest, Shri Sagar Preet Hooda, IPS (Spl. Commissioner of Police, Intelligence – Delhi); and the Professor In-charge, RCA, Prof. Samina Bano. Prof. Bano outlined a brief history of the RCA since it was established by the UGC in 2010 under the aegis of the Centre for Coaching and Career Planning (CC&CP), JMI, to provide free coaching and residential facilities to the students of SC, ST, women, and minorities for civil services and other competitive examinations.
Jamia Milia Felicitated its 32 RCA students who cleared civil service exam 2024
It is worth noting that 32 candidates from RCA have been selected in UPSC’s Civil Services Exam 2024 out of 78 students who appeared in the interview. 12 out of 32 selected candidates are women. Alfred Thomas, ranked at 33, is a topper from Kerala while Adiba Anam Ashfaque Ahemad ranked at 142, is set to become an IAS from Maharashtra. From the 07 out of 15 selected in the Indian Forest Services, Anusha Rizvi, a female candidate from RCA, scored 22 All India rank in the Indian Forest Services.
The panelists, former civil servants who had helped the candidates with mock interviews, were also thanked by the dignitaries and the chief guest for the tremendous role that they played in mentoring the candidates and in their grand success. The Chief Guest, Shri Madhup Kumar Tiwari, IPS (Spl. Commissioner of Police, Law & Order – Delhi), in his address commended the persistence and hard work of the selected candidates, given that the Civil Services Examination was getting more difficult each year. Sharing the practical experiences from the field, he reminded the selected candidates about their role and responsibilities in their public offices.
The Special Guest, Shri Sagar Preet Hooda, IPS (Spl. Commissioner of Police, Intelligence – Delhi) lauded RCA, JMI on its remarkable success in producing civil servants over the years and praised it for becoming a coveted and well-sought-after academy for civil services exam preparation. In order to be a competent civil servant, Shri Hooda cautioned the successful candidates against falling prey to corruption in any way and underlined the need for perseverance, dedication, and commitment to public service. Stating that “integrity is non-negotiable,” he advised the candidates to embrace the power of empathy by listening to the public. He urged the future officers to be adaptable to new developments and resilient to difficulties and praised the Vice Chancellor of JMI for his humility, dedication to achieving academic excellence, and efforts to make RCA the success story that it is today. Registrar, JMI, Prof Rizvi after congratulating the successful candidates, emphasized the importance of continuous hard work. He informed the audience about the visits made by him and the Hon’ble VC to the RCA to ensure that not only was the teaching in order but that the physical facilities like the library, the hostels, and the mess were also in place. He also threw light on their efforts, including recent visits to different ministries of the Central Government to procure funds for setting up a fully air-conditioned library and a separate hostel for girls. In the presidential address, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Prof. Asif extended his gratitude to the experts and panelists who trained the candidates at the university’s RCA and played a significant role in producing such outstanding results.
