Jaipur-based Kanishak Kataria, who topped the UPSC Civil Services 2018 exam, achieved the feat in his first attempt. The IIT Bombay graduate's father, Sanwarmal Verma, is also an IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre (2007) and is posted as Director cum Joint Secretary at Social Justice and Empowerment Department. In 2010, Kanishak achieved All India Rank 44 in IIT-JEE.