Kanishak Kataria, the 27-year-old who topped the UPSC Civil Services 2018 exam, completed Bachelors in Technology with Honors in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay (2010-2014). Kataria did his schooling from Kota in Rajasthan and got All India Rank of 44 in IIT-JEE examination in 2010. He has also worked with Samsung in South Korea.