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M e s s a g e

Kerala State Civil Service Academy, functioning under Centre for Continuing

Education(CCEK), has established itself as a veritable centre of learning/training for the top cadre

jobs of our Country in ten years time. Founded in 2005, the academy has produced a good Crop

of Civil Service officers-around three hundred. This high-tech institute has all that is required for

the young minds to equip themselves for cracking the Civil Services examination. They will find

nothing lacking here - air conditioned class rooms, highly competent faculty, well-equipped library,

Wi-fi connectivity, just to list a few.

Welcome to Kerala State Civil Service Academy, “the mother of all Civil Service

Institutions.”

V.P. Jayanand Director-in-Charge

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History

It was found that since 1970s there had been a steady decrease in the number of Keralites getting into the Civil

Services. When we analysed the reasons for the depressing fall in the number, we understood that it was largely

due to the absence of quality coaching centres in the state. Though the success in the civil service examination

depends largely on the individual initiative and performance, a well-equipped library

is indispensable to an institution that advertises itself as a coaching centre. A large

number of aspirants used to go to Delhi in search of good training centres. The climate

in Delhi and lack of affordable accommodation and food cost them dear.

So, considering the

above facts, Centre for

Continuing Education

Kerala (CCEK), func-

tioning as an autono-

mous body under the Higher Education Department

of the Government of Kerala, in consultation with

Dr.D.Babu Paul IAS (Rtd), thought of establishing a

quality-coaching centre in Thiruvananthapuram in

the first instance. The Director, CCEK took up the

matter with higher authorities, and Shri. K. Mohandas, the then Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department

showed keen interest in the idea of establishing a Civil Service Examination-Coaching Centre. The Government

of Kerala issued orders sanctioning the establishment of Kerala State Civil Service Academy under the CCEK.

Dr. D. Babu Paul, former Additional Chief Secretary, agreed to be the Academy’s Chief Mentor Emeritus. Thus the

Kerala State Civil Service Academy, an institu-

tion in the Public Sector, was established in 2005

under the CCEK with the explicit intention of providing

quality coaching at a relatively lesser cost to the civil

service aspirants of our state. The new sub

centres of the Academy at Palakkad and Kozhikode

are also running effectively well.

The Academy campus, Palakkad

The Academy campus, Thiruvananthapuram

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Governing Body

The administrative matters of Kerala State Civil

Service Academy are controlled and monitored

by a Governing Body with Shri. P.K.Abdu Rabb,

Hon’ble Minister for Education, as the Chairman and

Shri. B. Srinivas IAS, Secretary, Higher Education

Department, as the Vice Chairman.

CIVIL SERVICES PRELIMS EXAMINATION COACHING

Admission

Admission is open to graduates and post-

graduates, who are selected through an

admission test. Candidates opted for Evening

Batch need not appear for admission test. The marks scored in the admission test will be the criterion for admis-

sion. The specific areas included for the admission test are as given below.

TOPICS COVERED FOR THE ENTRANCE TEST FOR ADMISSION TO CIVIL SERVICE PRELIMS EXAM COACHING

1 Current Affairs (20 Questions)

2 Mental Ability Plus two level (10 Questions)

3 History Plus two level (10 Questions)

4 Geography Plus two level (10 Questions)

5 Physics Plus two level (5 Questions)

6 Chemistry Plus two level (5 Questions)

7 Economics Plus two level (10 Questions)

8 Biology Plus two level (5 Questions)

9 Political science Plus two level (10 Questions)

10 Law Basic Level (5 Questions)

11 Reasoning (10 Questions)

Total 100 Marks

8% seats for SC students and 2 % seats for ST students are reserved for admission.

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Date of Commencement of Course

The coaching programmes commence in the months of June and December. In June,

admission is given to candidates for regular batch, weekend batch and evening batch.

But in December, admission is given only for candidates of regular batch.

June Batch (Regular)

This is a six months intensive coaching programme which begins in the first or the

second week of June and ends in the second week of November. Classes are held

from Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 4.00

p.m. General Studies (common for all civil serv-

ice aspirants) are held between 9.00 am and

4.00 pm. The presence of students at the library

during leisure hours is mandatory. Test papers

are invariably conducted in every week. Classes

for optional subjects will be either from 7.00 am

to 9.00 am or from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm. [Im-

portant topics of the first paper of each optional

subject will be covered during the period of pre-

lims coaching.

December Batch (Regular)This is a course of six months duration which begins in the first or the second week of December and ends in

May. Classes are held five days a week between 9.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. All the activities including the classes for

optional subjects designed for the June Batch are meant for the December Batch as well.

Weekend BatchWeekend batch classes are arranged on Saturdays and Sundays for the convenience of those who have jobs.

These classes start in June, and end in the second week of April. Classes are held from 7 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Test

papers are conducted once in every fortnight. Classes for optional subject will be either from 7.00 am to 9.00 am

or from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm. Important topics of the first paper of each optional subject will be covered during the

periods of Prelims coaching.

Evening BatchThis is a course of one year duration which begins in the first/second week of June every year and ends in the sec-

ond week of April next year. It is a course which is meant for the Civil Service aspirants of Kerala who are employed

or studying for various courses. The timing of the class will be between 6.00 pm and 8.00 pm from Monday to

Saturday. They are not required to appear for the entrance test for admission.

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Course FeeThe Course Fee for all these batches is Rs. 30,000/- plus Service Tax which is collected in full at the time of admis-

sion. The fee once remitted will not be refunded even if the candidate discontinues his/her studies after attending

any of the classes. Rs.1000/- will also be collected as caution deposit at the time of admission and will be reim-

bursed as and when the student demands it after the completion of the course.

Civil Service Prelims - Crash Course This course has only two months duration from the first week of June to the first week of August. The topics of the

Prelims Examination, paper-I and paper- II, will effectively be covered during the course period. Classes are held on

all days except religious holidays, from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm.

The course fee of Rs. 10,000/- plus service tax and a refundable library caution deposit of Rs.1000/- have to be

remitted at the time of admission.

Main Exam Coaching (Thiruvananthapuram Centre)Adoption Batch:

Coaching classes for the Civil Services Main Examination will be commenced immediately after the Preliminary

Exam is over. A course fee of Rs. 20,000/- plus Service Tax and a refundable library caution deposit of Rs.1000/-,

have to be remitted at the time of admission. The course fee will be refunded when the student is found eligible, i.e.

has passed the prelims examination for admission to the adoption scheme.

January Batch:

Duration - 4½ months - All papers for the Civil Service Main Examination including optional subjects will be covered

during the course period. Course fee is the same as above.

Scheme of Civil Services Examination

(I) Civil Service Preliminary Examination (Objective Type ) - for the selection of candidates for Main Examination,

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(II) Civil Services Main Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various All

India Services.

A. Preliminary Examination:

The examination comprises of two compulsory papers of 200 marks each.

Paper – I (200 marks) Duration: Two hours

• Currenteventsofnationalandinternationalimportance

• HistoryofIndiaandIndianNationalMovement

• IndiaandWorldGeography-Physical,Social,EconomicGeographyofIndiaandtheWorld

• Indian Polity and governance- constitution, Political system, Panchayati Raj, Public policy, Rights,

Issues, etc

• Economic and social development, Sustainable development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics,

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Social Sector initiatives, etc

• General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio- diversity and Climate change- that do not require

subject specialization

• Generalscience

Paper – II (200 marks) Duration: Two hours

• Comprehension

• Interpersonalskillsincludingcommunicationskills

• Logicalreasoningandanalyticalability

• Decisionmakingandproblemsolving

• Generalmentalability

• Basicnumeracy(numbersandtheirrelations,ordersofmagnitude,etc)(ClassXlevel),Datainterpre-

tation(charts,graphs,tables,datasufficiency,etc-ClassXlevel)

• EnglishLanguageComprehensionskills(Classxlevel)

B. Main Examination

The details of the written examination and personality test marks counted for final ranking.

Paper Subject Maximum MarksPaper - I Essay 250Paper - II General Studies - I 250Paper - III General Studies - II 250Paper -IV General Studies - III 250Paper -V General Studies - IV 250

Paper - VI Optional Subject Paper - I 250Paper -VII Optional Subject Paper - II 250

Personality Test 275Grand Total 2025

Adoption SchemeThe students who pass the Civil Service Preliminary Examination will be adopted by the Academy and will meet all

the expenses in connection with his/her studies for the Main Examination and Personality Test by the UPSC at Delhi.

They will be provided with free coaching and model interviews for Personality Test. They will be given air fare for

their journey to and from New Delhi and free accommodation and food at Kerala House, New Delhi for attending the

Personality Test conducted by the UPSC.

AchievementsKerala State Civil Service Academy has so far produced around 300 successful candidates, who now hold top

cadre positions, in IAS, IFS, IPS, Indian Revenue Service, Indian Postal Service, Indian Railway Service, Indian

Information Service, etc. To mention a few of the toppers from the Academy since 2007 are Mr. N. Prasanth IAS,

Mr. S. Harikishore IAS, Mr. Anish Rajan IFS, Ms. T. Mithra IAS, Ms. Priyanka Mary Francis IAS, Ms. T.V. Anupama IAS,

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Ms. P.I. Sreevidya IAS, Ms. N.M. Veena IAS, Ms. Devi Gopinath IFS, Mr. Eldos Mathew Punnoose IFS, Dr. Thelma

John IFS, Mr. Abhiram G. Sankar IAS, Mr. Gokul S.R. IAS, Dr. Tariq Thomas IAS, Dr. Aneesh Sekhar IAS, Dr. Laksh-

manan S. IAS, Mr. Visakh G. IAS, Mr. Reghu G. IAS, Mr. Rahulnath A.R.IAS, Mr.VishnuV.IAS, Mr.Krishnanunni H.IAS,

Ms.Annies K.Joy IAS, Mr.Sameeran G.S. IAS, Mr.Bastian N.Chacko IAS, Mr.Bijin Krishna IAS, Mr.Arul R.B.Krishna

IPS, Dr. Divya S. Iyer IAS, Dr. Chithra IAS. The Institute bagged 1st, 2nd and 4th ranks in the Civil Services Exam-

2012 respectively through Kum. Haritha V. Kumar, Dr. SreeRam Venkittaraman and Mr.Alby John Vargheese. In

2013 fourty five students cleared the examination with Dr. Divya S. Iyer on top.

Facilities at the Academy(a) Library

As is stated earlier, no candidate can aspire

for success in the civil services examination with-

out using the library properly and regularly. The

Academy has a full-fledged library having in-

numerable books on a wide range of topics. The

Academy subscribes for ten news dailies with

multiple copies and forty magazines and eleven

Educational CDs. Academy has a well furnished

A/C reading room which can accommodate 120 students at a time. The library will remain opened from 8.00 am

to 8.00 pm on all days.

(b) Internet and Virtual Classroom

In addition to the library facilities, the Academy provides high speed Internet connection so as to enable the

students to browse it for the materials they need. To add to the technical caliber, the Academy has now been made

a Wi-Fi enabled Campus. Virtual class facility is another attraction of this Academy. Using this facility the students

can interact with the subject experts from various corners. The academy provides virtual classroom and studio

facility by which classes by experts can be made available to the students of the sub-centres at Ponnani, Palakkad

and Kozhikode.

We hope all our youngsters who aspire for a career in the All India Services, will make use of the facilities that have

been set up at this institution. The parents can assure themselves that they have chosen the right institution and

their children will get all the facilities needed for passing the Civil Services Examination here.

Faculty

Kerala State Civil Service Academy has an impressive array of members in the section of teaching faculties who

have had several years of experience in handling classes for civil services examination. The list ranges from

college professors of various disciplines (retired as well as in service) to experts from various branches of

learning.

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The following are the Faculty members-

1. Dr. A.V. Sujith (Geography)2. Prof. N.S. Syamaprasad (Indian Polity, Political Science & Public administration)3. Prof. T. Nandakumar (Indian Polity, Political Science & Public Administration)4. Prof. K.S. Ravisankar (Life Sciences)5. Prof. G. Padmakumar (Reasoning, Philosophy)6. Mr. K.P. Sreekumar (Analytical Ability)7. Prof L. Vijayan (History & Current Affairs)8. Sri. K.K. Philip (History)9. Dr. P.C. Prasannakumar(Political Science)10. Dr. N. Gangadharan Nair (English)11. Smt. Jayachandrasekhar (English)12. Smt. Jaya Susan (English)13. Dr. N.Mini Nair(Malayalam)14. Dr. Naduvattom Gopalakrishnan (Malayalam)15. Adv. V.Bhuvanendran Nair (Law)16. Dr. K. Radhakrishnan (Mathematics)17. Mr. Jeevan(Sociology)18. Dr. S.Vinod Kumar (Psychology)19. Dr. K. Murukan (Botany)20. Prof. S. Krishna Moorthy (Physics)21. Prof. M.N.Peethambaran (Chemistry)22. Prof. N. Ajaykumar (Chemistry)23. Smt. Meena.G.Nair (Commerce)24. Dr. V.S. Sivakumar(Hindi)25. Sri. Rajan Thiruvoth (Malayalam)

Besides these veteran teachers, eminent personalities and officers in IAS/IFS/IPS are occasionally in-vited to interact with the civil service aspirants. Shri. K.P.S.Menon (Jr.) IFS (Retd.), Dr. P.J. Alexander IPS (Retd.), Smt. J. Lalithambika IAS (Retd.), Shri.T.P. Sreenivasan IFS (Retd.); Shri. P.M. Abraham IAS (Retd.), Shri. N. V. Madhavan IAS (Retd.), Dr.K. Sukumaran Nair IPS(Retd.), Shri. K. Mohandas IAS (Retd.), Shri. G. Krishnan IAS (Retd.), Dr. Alexander Jacob IPS, Dr. Beena IAS, Dr. B.Asok IAS, Shri. Pranabjyothinath IAS, Shri. N.Prasanth IAS, Dr.Ambadi IIS, Shri. Keshvendra Kumar IAS, Shri. Loknath Behra IPS, Shri. Karthik IAS, Shri. Anandakrishnan IPS, Dr. Mehr Singh IPS, Shri. Hari Kishore IAS, Shri. Anupama IAS, Smt. Swagath Bhandari IAS and a few other noted personalities also associate themselves with the coaching programme of the Academy. The Government of Kerala has issued a directive to the junior IAS/IPS officers of the State to associate with Kerala State Civil Service Academy in its civil services examination training programme. All the proud winners of this Academy are happily sparing their valuable time to visit the Academy to interact with the students, advising and encouraging them for achieving success in the examination.

DisclaimerWhile the Centre for Continuing Education Kerala would stick to whatever is stipulated/ scheduled/ promised in the

prospectus, changes beyond its control may happen for which Centre for Continuing Education Kerala shall not be

held responsible.

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CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION KERALA Shri. P.K. Abdu Rabb Hon’ble Minister for Education, Chairman

Shri. B. Srinivas IAS Secretary to Govt., Higher Education Dept. Vice-Chairman

Dr. D. Babu Paul IAS (Retd.) Chief Mentor Emeritus

Shri. K. Roy Paul IAS (Retd.) Mentor Emeritus

Shri. V.P. Jayanand Finance Officer & Director (i/c)

Shri. K. Raveendran Administrative Officer

Prof.P.M. Rajeev Co-ordinator

Shri.P.K.Sankaran Kutty Co-ordinator

Dr.M.Noorjam Beevi Co-ordinator

Kerala State Civil Service AcademyCivil Service Examination Winners

2008 No. Name Rank

1 Ms. Mithra T 10

2 Ms.Priyanka Marry Francis 54

3 Ms. Thelma John 70

4 Mr. Thomson Jose 119

5 Ms. Ayesha Rani A 139

6 Mr. Ben Mathew Varkey 173

7 Mr. Vishnukanth P.B. 217

8 Ms. Mini Chandran U 214

9 Mr. Rajesh R. 284

10 Mr. Jerin G. Anand 317

11 Ms. Devi Gopinath 320

12 Mr. Vinod Kumar V. 408

13 Mr. Kiran S 451

14 Mr.Sivaprasad S 467

15 Mr.Deepak Mathews 528

16 Mr. Johannes George 542

17 Mr. Sarin P. 555

18 Mr. Rahul R. 564

19 Mr. Abdul Hakeem 664

20 Ms. Veena N.M 746

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2009No. Name Rank

1 Ms. Anupama P.V. 4

2 Ms. Sreevidya P.I. 14

3 Ms. Devi Gopinath 81

4 Mr. Eldos Mathew Punoose 96

5 Mr. Laxmanan S. 126

6 Ms. Divya V. Gopinath 131

7 Mr. Vishak G. 146

8 Ms. Veena N.M. 207

9 Mr. Nishanth K. 261

10 Mr. Rahul P.R. 303

11 Mr. Jyothis Mohan 358

12 Mr. Anilkumar S. 445

13 Ms. Sreeparvathy S.L. 479

14 Ms. Deepthi L. 586

15 Mr. Arunji Joy T.K. 528

16 Mr. Reuben Mathew Jacob 542

17 Ms. Neethu Sona M. 727

2010

No. Name Rank1 Mr. Abhiram G. Sankar 4

2 Mr. Gokul G.R. 19

3 Mr. Tariq Thomas 35

4 Mr. Aneesh Sekhar S 48

5 Mr. Lakshmanan S 71

6 Mr. Visakh G 80

7 Mr. Reghu G 82

8 Mr. Nikil Nirmal 178

9 Ms. Haritha V Kumar 179

10 Ms. Rekha S 196

11 Mr. Mohammed Ali Shihab A 226

12 Ms. Manjulekshmi K 235

13 Ms. Divya Gopinayh 275

14 Mr. Nakidi Srujan Kumar 293

15 Ms. Divya Sara Thomas 336

16 Mr. Reuben Mathew Jacob 339

17 Ms. AnuJose 356

18 Mr. Hari Sankar 359

19 Ms. Nikita S Chandran 375

20 Mr. Ilyas K P A 404

21 Mr. Sabareesh G 407

22 Mr. Hari V R 425

23 Ms. Laina Balan 528

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24 Mr. Stephen Mani 554

25 Mr. Annies K Joy 580

26 Mr. Denning K Babu 586

27 Mr. Arun Balagopal 681

28 Ms. Parvathy V. 715

29 Mr. Raseem M. 744

30 Ms. Renu B. Raj 797

31 Mr. Anish D. 851

32 Mr. Midhun T.R. 868

33 Mr. Sooraj Mon R. 894

2011

No. Name Rank1 Mr. Rahul Nath A.R. 27

2 Mr. Vishnu V. 34

3 Mr. Krishananunni H. 40

4 Mr. Sameeran G.S. 66

5 Mr. Bastin N. Chacko 90

6 Mr. Bijin Krishna 96

7 Mr. Arul R.B. Krishna 125

8 Ms. Divya S. Iyer 139

9 Mr. Stephen Mani 140

10 Ms. Asha Antony 156

11 Ms. Manjulekshmi K. 159

12 Mr. Midhun T.R. 188

13 Mr. Aravind Menon 201

14 Mr. Georgy Grorge 203

15 Mr. Amarnath K. 224

16 Ms. Adeela Abdulla 230

17 Mr. Shanavas C. 235

18 Mr. Avinash Menon Rajendran 275

19 Ms. Haritha V.Kumar 294

20 Ms. Nikitha S. Chandran 326

21 Ms. Sherin M.S. 402

22 Mr. Sreeraj Ashok 420

23 Ms. Gayathri Krishnan Bhavani 433

24 Ms. Shreya P. Singh 444

25 Ms. Aswathy V. 470

26 Mr. Joby Thomas K. 477

27 Mr. Dheep Joy Mampilly 545

28 Ms. Parvathy Rahul 586

29 Ms. Lakshmi Priya M.S. 593

30 Dr. K.P.A. Ilyas 764

31 Ms. Dhanya Sanal K. 771

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2012No. Name Rank

1 Ms. Haritha V. Kumar 1

2 Dr. Sri Ram Venkittaraman 2

3 Dr. Alby John Varghese 4

4 Ms. Aswathi. S 24

5 Mr. Avinash Menon Rajendran 30

6 Dr. Rajendra. K.V 32

7 Ms. Gayathri Krishnan Bhavani 37

8 Mr. Vineeth. S. 56

9 Ms. Manjulekshmi. K. 63

10 Ms. Shreya. P. Singh 86

11 Mr. Panicker Harishanker 116

12 Mr. Vasudev Ravi 134

13 Ms. Aswathy.V 141

14 Mr. Jaidev. G 158

15 Ms. Anupama James 159

16 Ms. Divya Sara Thomas 214

17 Ms. Mayuri Vasu 216

18 Mr. Vishnu S Warrier 221

19 Mr. Lipin Raj. M.P 224

20 Ms. Smithamol. M.S 241

21 Mr. Anil Sasidharan 284

22 Mr. Aravind Menon 308

23 Mr. Abraham Renn. S 354

24 Ms. Nandini R Nair 389

25 Ms. Gayathri. P.G 449

26 Mr. Sreeju. S.S 489

27 Mr. Anees. C 525

28 Mr. Georgy George 548

29 Mr. Surekh Reghunathen 614

30 Mr. Ajay Joy 629

31 Mr. Joyce Philip 631

32 Mr. Joby Thomas. K 634

33 Ms. Raji. N.S 727

34 Ms. Lakshmipriya. M.S 743

35 Mr. Hrudeep. P. Janardhanan 751

36 Ms. Meera Vijaya Raj 796

37 Mr. Visakh. K 869

38 Mr. Krishnenthu Raja Mintoo. P.S 890

39 Ms. Stefi Sofi 918

40 Mr. Rejoy Krishna

41 Mr. Nijo Varghese

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2013No. Name Rank

1 Dr. Divya S. Iyer 48

2 Mr. Deepak Jacob 57

3 Mr. Akash P. 63

4 Mr. Ajith John Joshua 78

5 Ms. Chithra S. 102

6 Ms. Jincy R. William 105

7 Mr. Unice Rishin Ismail 146

8 Ms. Priyanka Thomas 158

9 Mr. Harikrishna Pai 218

10 Ms. Aparna N. 223

11 Mr. Prasanth M.S. 226

12 Mr. Shafeeq S. 250

13 Ms. Sruthi J. S. 264

14 Dr. M.S. Lakshmi Priya 287

15 Mr. Sankar S. 305

16 Mr. Siyad N. 308

17 Ms. Gayathri P.G. 325

18 Ms. Anju Ravikumar 330

19 Mr. Krishnaprasad K.K. 352

20 Mr. Aravind Vivekanandan 438

21 Mr. Nirmal Joy 464

22 Ms. Nisha N.S. 518

23 Ms. Nikitha S. Chandran 545

24 Mr. Abraham Renn 565

25 Mr. Aneesh R. 587

26 Ms. Roshni Thomson 598

27 Mr. Soorya Narayan S. 604

28 Mr. Abhay Sankar S.R. 606

29 Mr. Nair Akhil R. 623

30 Mr. Deepu Krishnan 691

31 Mr. Jyothish K.A. 695

32 Mr. Sherief Rasheed 715

33 Ms. Simi S. 785

34 Mr. Nidhin Lal E.S. 793

35 Mr. Nahas Ali 851

36 Mr. Kiran T. A. 854

37 Mr. Balamurali M. 888

38 Mr. Vishnu Chandran B. 903

39 Mr. Arunmohan K. 911

40 Mr. Anees C. 935

41 Ms. Karthika J. Kumar 941

42 Mr. Neeraj Surendran 943

43 Mr. Sreejith M. 1015

44 Mr. Prem Krishnan S. 1048

45 Mr. Senthil R. 1094

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