Rahul Shekhar

Rahul Shekhar secured All India Rank 75 in UPSC CSE 2025, scoring 830 in the written papers and 175 at interview for a total of 1005. He took Mechanical Engineering as his optional, the subject he read for his B.Tech at IIT Kanpur, and cleared on a later attempt rather than a first one.

He was schooled at Sainik School Ghorakhal in Uttarakhand.

He mentors across the four General Studies papers and the Essay, and takes Mechanical Engineering optional.

He also holds All India Rank 32 in GATE 2021.

• B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur