Garima Lohia is an Indian woman and also the UPSC Civil Service topper 2022 with AIR rank 2.
Wiki/Biography
Garima Lohia was born in 1999 in Buxar, Bihar (24 years old; as of 2023). She completed her primary education at Woodstock School in Buxar. Thereafter, he studied at Sunshine School in Bhagwanpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. In 2017, she enrolled in Kirori Mal College, Delhi, where she completed her graduation in Accountancy. In 2020, she returned to her hometown Buxar from Delhi during the Covid-19 pandemic. She started preparing for the civil services exam during the Covid-19 lockdown. Interestingly, she prepared for the exam through the Internet and other basic books and resources, without attending any coaching classes. She did, however, take part in a series of power tests. She failed to pass the preliminaries in her first attempt but scored 1063 points in her second attempt.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′4″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family and caste
Garima Lohia belongs to OBC category.
Parents and siblings
Her father, Manoj Kumar Lohia, is a wholesale clothing trader in Buxar district. He died of a heart attack in 2015. Thereafter, her mother, Sunita Lohia, raised her four children alone. Her mother is a housewife. Garima Lohia lives in a joint family of 13 members, where her grandfather is the breadwinner. Garima has two sisters and a brother. Her sister got married in Jabalpur while her brother Varun Lohia is a student of commerce college. The name of one of her sisters is Astha Lohia.
Garima Lohia and his mother
husband and children
She is unmarried.
Facts/Trivia
- The UPSC CSE results were announced in May 2023 and the top four positions were occupied by women including Ishita Kishore of AIR-1, Garima Lohia of AIR-2, Uma Harathi N of AIR-3 and Smriti Mishra of AIR-4.
- She speaks Marwari, Hindi and English.
- In her free time, she enjoys listening to podcasts, mostly about self-help and self-improvement.
- Her paper on the topic of women’s empowerment was awarded the title of Best Paper by the United Nations Forum.
- Her electives in the UPSC examination were Commerce and Accountancy.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education