Kerala Administrative Service: 105 toppers to get advice memo on November 1

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The public Service Commission (PSC), on Friday, published the maiden rank list of candidates eligible for appointment in Kerala Administrative Service (KAS). The rank list of KAS, touted as the state’s own civil service cadre, was prepared in three streams. While the first stream is for direct recruitment of candidates to KAS, streams two and three are for government employees in non-gazetted and gazetted categories.
As many as 68 candidates found place in stream one’s main rank list, while 70 and 69 candidates made it to the main rank lists in second and third streams.PSC chairman MK Sakeer announced the rank list. A total of 105 vacancies have been reported till date and PSC will issue advice memos to 35 candidates from each stream on Nov 1, he said.
Candidates who secured the first five ranks in three streams are as follows. Stream one: Malini S, Nandana S Pillai, Gopika Udayan, Athira SV and Gauthaman M. Stream two: Akhila Chacko, Jayakrishnan KG, Parvathy Chandran L, Lipu S Lawrence and Josho Bennet John. Stream three: Anoopkumar V, Ajeesh K, Pramod GV, Chithralekha AK and Sanob S.
KAS is the top-level examination conducted by PSC. KAS was formed by the government with an objective to improve the efficiency of middle-level management in government by identifying competent candidates through a rigorous two-step exam.
The notification for KAS junior office was issued on Nov 19. Both freshers (with a university degree) and government officials with prescribed set of qualifications are eligible to participate in the competitive exam.
“Generally exam syllabus is published along with the exam programme. However, KAS syllabus was published along with the notification,” Sakeer said. As many as 308138 candidates appeared for the preliminary exam in stream one while 20,291 and 1,396 candidates appeared for the same in streams two and three. Interviews were held in September 2021 and 197, 189 and 196 candidates were invited from the first, second and third streams for interviews.