Bhubaneswar, April 27 -- Rourkela NIT, which is already in the limelight for its students, shone more brightly this year as five of its alumni cracked the UPSC Civil Services Exams-2023.

Significantly, its alumnus, 24-year-old Animesh Pradhan from Talcher emerged second topper in the civil services exam. He did his B-Tech in Computer Science from NIT.

Animesh said, "This exam is tough. Every alternate day one would feel like quitting midway. But one should think about what the initial objective was. If that reason is strong, motivation will come automatically."

Other alumni who secured ranks in the UPSC CSE-2023 are Padmanabh Mishra (rank-176, completed Electrical Engineering from NIT in 2018), Biswajit Panda (Rank-343, completed Elect...