Jagrati Awasthi, the 24-year-old who secured AIR 2 and topped UPSC Civil Services Exam 2020 among women, is a resident of MP's Bhopal. She completed her BTech in electrical engineering from Bhopal's Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT). She joined BHEL in 2017 as technical officer after clearing GATE. She left her job to prepare for UPSC in 2019.