is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 2020 batch serving in the Uttar Pradesh cadre . He achieved widespread national recognition after securing an extraordinary All India Rank (AIR) 21 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2019 on his very first attempt . Armed with an elite academic pedigree spanning the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM), his journey serves as a definitive blueprint for civil services aspirants nationwide. Early Life and Academic Background
His academic focus on governance, political theory, and international relations gave him a natural advantage in the UPSC mains, especially in General Studies papers II (Polity, Governance, Social Justice) and IV (Ethics). pratyush pandey ias