Telangana's Ananya Reddy, who got the third rank in UPSC CSE 2023, said she studied for 12-14 hours everyday before cracking the exam. "Since childhood I wanted to serve society. So, I took up civil services," Reddy said in an interview after being named the topper among women. Lucknow's Aditya Srivastava got AIR 1 in the exam.