Malegaon boy cracks UPSC

Malegaon: Niteen Yeola, the first candidate from the Wani (trader) community from Malegaon passed the Civil Service Exams 2010, secruing the 106th position in his second attempt. Son of a school teacher, Niteen is an additional commissioner of income tax (probationary) and posted in Nagpur.

Niteen, who topped the UPSC in Maharashtra, did his engineering in electronics and telecommunication from the College of Engineering, Pune in 2005 batch. Niteen said he was keen to join the Indian Foreign Service (IFS).