UPSC IFoS Final Result 2025 Released — Basavaraj Kempawad Tops, 148 Candidates Recommended
Official UPSC Press Note | 8 May 2026 | Legacy IAS, Bangalore
🕐 Last Updated: 9 May 2026 | Source: UPSC Official Press Note
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has officially declared the UPSC Indian Forest Service (IFoS) Examination 2025 final result on 8th May 2026. A total of 148 candidates have been recommended for appointment to the Indian Forest Service against 150 reported vacancies. The result has been published in order of merit containing roll numbers and names of all recommended candidates.
At Legacy IAS, Bangalore, we bring you the complete and accurate IFoS 2025 result with the full merit list of all 148 candidates, category-wise data, key dates, and everything recommended candidates need to know about next steps.
148
Candidates Recommended
150
Total Vacancies
71
Provisional Candidatures
9
PwBD Vacancies
Topper Spotlight
Who Topped UPSC IFoS 2025? Basavaraj Kempawad Secures AIR 1
Basavaraj Kempawad (Roll No. 0332660) has secured All India Rank 1 in the UPSC Indian Forest Service Examination 2025. The top 5 candidates in order of merit are Basavaraj Kempawad, Anshuman Kumar Singh, Siddharath, Karan Kumar Singh, and Aanchal Sharma.
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Basavaraj Kempawad
Roll No. 0332660 · IFoS 2025 AIR 1 Topper
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All India Rank
Complete Merit List
UPSC IFoS 2025 Full Merit List — All 148 Recommended Candidates
Below is the complete list of all 148 candidates recommended for appointment to the Indian Forest Service in the UPSC IFoS 2025 final result, in order of merit as published in the official UPSC press note dated 8 May 2026.
| Rank | Roll Number | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0332660 | Basavaraj Kempawad |
| 2 | 1512197 | Anshuman Kumar Singh |
| 3 | 6312068 | Siddharath |
| 4 | 0833493 | Karan Kumar Singh |
| 5 | 0805539 | Aanchal Sharma |
| 6 | 0306750 | Anoop Reddy A |
| 7 | 0502603 | Akshat Singhal |
| 8 | 0402658 | Sankalp Dixit |
| 9 | 1221229 | Ravi Laxmipriya |
| 10 | 0808117 | Ashwani Kumar Rai |
| 11 | 2623778 | Aakash Singhal |
| 12 | 0333956 | Joshi Nikhil Laxmanrao |
| 13 | 6313375 | Abhimanyu Balyan |
| 14 | 0329736 | Deekshith N |
| 15 | 3402986 | Praney Slathia |
| 16 | 5200292 | Anushka Babel |
| 17 | 0415575 | Ravinanadan Gupta |
| 18 | 1538925 | Divyanjali Jaiswal |
| 19 | 0840133 | Abhay Raghav |
| 20 | 2619274 | Ashish Gupta |
| 21 | 0405787 | Aditya Sahariya |
| 22 | 0814102 | Kumar Vivekanand |
| 23 | 1123996 | Shubham Singh Rathore |
| 24 | 1900033 | Manisha Asok |
| 25 | 0847197 | Puneet Kumar |
| 26 | 0503809 | Kadam Sumati Yashawant |
| 27 | 0600854 | Aman Ayushkar |
| 28 | 0806421 | Aman Kumar |
| 29 | 0800058 | Mahipal Bera |
| 30 | 3600352 | Phadtare Omkar Sunil |
| 31 | 0830610 | Wadavkar Sushant Uttam |
| 32 | 0802277 | Sushmita Singh |
| 33 | 0816165 | Aditya Rana |
| 34 | 1911507 | Athul Ajay |
| 35 | 0854986 | Anurag Kumar |
| 36 | 0832870 | Nikhil Yadav |
| 37 | 1211838 | Megathees P S |
| 38 | 0802726 | Aashish Jain |
| 39 | 1202466 | Agnes Meritta Steffy A |
| 40 | 5816367 | Deepshikha |
| 41 | 0851999 | Bote Harshal Sunil |
| 42 | 6801293 | Siddhant Kumar Jain |
| 43 | 0839329 | P Vibisha |
| 44 | 0507449 | Adhish Kumar Tiwari |
| 45 | 1108159 | Monika Sharma |
| 46 | 6614486 | Jagtap Mohini Ashok |
| 47 | 0834038 | Narendra Pal Singh |
| 48 | 1100561 | Arun Prasad |
| 49 | 6313753 | Rajat Kumar |
| 50 | 1023233 | B Jaya Aswantha Reddy |
| 51 | 0333163 | Chandan Y |
| 52 | 0836930 | Sanskar Bharti |
| 53 | 0230438 | Kushagra Deep |
| 54 | 1540448 | Mrityunjay Kumar |
| 55 | 0411117 | Harsh Jain |
| 56 | 6500379 | Sachin Datt |
| 57 | 6621457 | Jadhav Omkar Shivajirao |
| 58 | 0852820 | Kumar Shubham |
| 59 | 4111069 | Pritesh Sinha |
| 60 | 6304749 | Sachin Panwar |
| 61 | 1204510 | Gunasekaran N |
| 62 | 6612905 | Malavekar Rohit Tukaram |
| 63 | 7303134 | Anusha Srinivas |
| 64 | 1217093 | Kaviya P |
| 65 | 0835510 | Ashish |
| 66 | 6307203 | Nikhil Kumar |
| 67 | 2614655 | Saurabh Singh |
| 68 | 0305337 | Manjunathamruth A M |
| 69 | 0812183 | Pawar Rohit Sanjay |
| 70 | 1216449 | Abijai Anand P |
| 71 | 1216085 | Kalaipriyan K |
| 72 | 5820130 | Anurag Kumar Dwivedi |
| 73 | 6318107 | Abhishek |
| 74 | 1543486 | Omkar Kumar |
| 75 | 0845927 | Shende Soham Namdev |
| 76 | 0840698 | Rounak Khandelwal |
| 77 | 0846921 | Manav Gupta |
| 78 | 1017007 | Dahagama Shashank |
| 79 | 0850983 | Prityesh Raj |
| 80 | 5600641 | Reshma Nivetha R |
| 81 | 0814964 | Pawar Akshay Haribhau |
| 82 | 1906815 | Midhun Ajith |
| 83 | 0854074 | Rahul |
| 84 | 0414262 | Sambhav Kumar Jain |
| 85 | 1215560 | Rakesh R |
| 86 | 0316632 | Ashwathnarayana H N |
| 87 | 0811801 | Purvi Soni |
| 88 | 0818625 | Rajat Kataria |
| 89 | 6400055 | Satyam Pandey |
| 90 | 6806867 | Rajat Kumar |
| 91 | 7703258 | Ajay Gupta |
| 92 | 1218323 | Praveen Arokia Raj J |
| 93 | 0849446 | Kailash Chand Yadav |
| 94 | 6629370 | Patil Shubham Jaysing |
| 95 | 1305073 | Hinge Harshad Pandurang |
| 96 | 6620684 | Pawar Onkar Mahesh |
| 97 | 3511664 | Vinod Kumar |
| 98 | 6311020 | Sweta Kandpal |
| 99 | 6317671 | Dharmendra Choudhary |
| 100 | 3802526 | Kushare Pratik Chandrashekhar |
| 101 | 4002580 | Dessosaa Manoj A |
| 102 | 6625403 | Suryawanshi Darshan Rajendra |
| 103 | 1127801 | Piyush Choudhary |
| 104 | 1212090 | Roshan V |
| 105 | 6317768 | Gurudayal |
| 106 | 1134310 | Ankit Goyal |
| 107 | 0860600 | Katte Abhishek Yogiraj |
| 108 | 1106601 | Prafull Kumar Manav |
| 109 | 1131540 | Ajay Suthar |
| 110 | 0229894 | Saurabh Kumar Pal |
| 111 | 5601062 | Venkatesh M |
| 112 | 1123875 | Ravi Shanker Meena |
| 113 | 6205610 | K Sai Goutham |
| 114 | 0321936 | Sanjay Bagali |
| 115 | 1022441 | Ganji Srikanth |
| 116 | 6615866 | Aswar Sarang Ramdas |
| 117 | 1804050 | Azhar Asif Khan |
| 118 | 1703278 | Kritika Negi |
| 119 | 1034851 | Challa Yamini |
| 120 | 1220485 | Pavithra V |
| 121 | 0324829 | Banothu Bharath Kumar |
| 122 | 7301527 | Abhishek Nayak G S |
| 123 | 0810778 | Himanshu Kumar |
| 124 | 0808558 | Satyam Shivam Sundaram |
| 125 | 6601508 | Kamble Kabir Rahul |
| 126 | 0834433 | Amit Kumar |
| 127 | 0404070 | Divyansh Ahirwar |
| 128 | 5600080 | Arun Vadivarasan E |
| 129 | 1010829 | Satya Pal Arya |
| 130 | 2612131 | Aakash Verma |
| 131 | 1140862 | Ajay Kumar Ushara |
| 132 | 0832841 | Dhumal Vinayak Shankar |
| 133 | 1129019 | Vikalp Mandawaria |
| 134 | 4401227 | Ningthoujam Rishikant Singh |
| 135 | 1114943 | Jagdish Prasad Khoker |
| 136 | 1115170 | Pradeep Meena |
| 137 | 7812185 | Prateek Kumar Meena |
| 138 | 0837917 | Devender Kumar Verma |
| 139 | 5907710 | Manish Kumar |
| 140 | 0109751 | Barhe Akshay Vijay |
| 141 | 1204029 | Chinthanai Selvan T |
| 142 | 3530904 | Ritu |
| 143 | 6404972 | Naresh Mandhan |
| 144 | 5922992 | Rajan Sharma |
| 145 | 1224350 | Arun Adithya R |
| 146 | 5000436 | Iytha Venkataramaiah |
| 147 | 1403472 | Manoj H P |
| 148 | 0844323 | Radhika Paikra |
Category-Wise Breakdown
UPSC IFoS 2025 — Category-Wise Recommended Candidates
The category-wise break-up of the 148 candidates recommended in the UPSC IFoS 2025 final result is as follows. The General category includes 2 PwBD-2 and 2 PwBD-3 candidates; OBC includes 1 PwBD-2 and 1 PwBD-3; ST includes 1 PwBD-1.
General (UR)42
OBC52
EWS21
SC22
ST11
Total Recommended148
Exam Timeline
UPSC IFoS 2025 — Important Dates at a Glance
Written Examination: 16th November – 23rd November 2025
Personality Test (Interview): 6th April – 15th April 2026
Final Result Released: 8th May 2026
Marks Available on UPSC Website: By approx. 23rd May 2026 (within 15 days of result)
Important Notes
Key Points from the Official UPSC IFoS 2025 Press Note
📌 Result of 1 candidate has been withheld. The candidature of 71 recommended candidates has been kept provisional, subject to verification of reservation status under EWS, OBC, SC, ST, and PwBD categories by the concerned authorities.
Two current vacancies of PwBD-1 have been carried forward to the next recruitment year due to non-availability of suitable candidates. Appointments shall be made by the Government according to the number of vacancies available and subject to candidates fulfilling all prescribed eligibility conditions.
Next Steps
What Should Recommended IFoS 2025 Candidates Do Now?
Candidates who find their names in the UPSC IFoS 2025 final merit list should take the following steps immediately:
Check UPSC website regularly: Visit upsc.gov.in for updates on marks, document verification, and appointment formalities.
Verify your marks: UPSC will publish individual marks within 15 days of result declaration (by approximately 23rd May 2026).
Keep category documents ready: Candidates with provisional candidature must ensure their EWS / OBC / SC / ST / PwBD certificates are valid and ready for verification.
Contact UPSC for queries: UPSC Facilitation Counter — 011-23385271 / 011-23381125 — on working days between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Frequently Asked Questions
UPSC IFoS Final Result 2025 — FAQs
Below are the most commonly asked questions about the UPSC IFoS 2025 final result, answered directly from the official UPSC press note. Click any question to expand the answer.
The UPSC Indian Forest Service (IFoS) Final Result 2025 was officially released on 8th May 2026 by the Union Public Service Commission. The result is available on the UPSC official website at upsc.gov.in.
Basavaraj Kempawad (Roll No. 0332660) secured All India Rank 1 in the UPSC Indian Forest Service Examination 2025. The next four ranks went to Anshuman Kumar Singh (AIR 2), Siddharath (AIR 3), Karan Kumar Singh (AIR 4), and Aanchal Sharma (AIR 5).
A total of 148 candidates have been recommended for appointment to the Indian Forest Service in the UPSC IFoS 2025 final result, against 150 reported vacancies. The shortfall is due to non-availability of candidates for 2 PwBD-1 vacancies, which have been carried forward to the next recruitment year.
The category-wise recommended candidates are: General – 42 (including 2 PwBD-2 and 2 PwBD-3), EWS – 21, OBC – 52 (including 1 PwBD-2 and 1 PwBD-3), SC – 22, ST – 11 (including 1 PwBD-1). Total vacancies reported by the Government were 150, including 9 PwBD vacancies.
The written part of the Indian Forest Service Examination 2025 was held from 16th November to 23rd November 2025. The Personality Test (interviews) were conducted from 6th April to 15th April 2026.
UPSC has stated that the marks of all candidates will be made available on the official website (upsc.gov.in) within 15 days from the date of declaration of the result, which means by approximately 23rd May 2026.
As per UPSC norms, the candidature of 71 recommended candidates has been kept provisional because their claims regarding reservation status under EWS, OBC, SC, ST, and PwBD categories are subject to verification by the concerned Government authorities. These candidates must ensure their category certificates are valid and complete.
UPSC IFoS (Indian Forest Service) and UPSC Civil Services (IAS/IPS/IFS) share the same Preliminary examination (UPSC CSE Prelims). However, their Mains examinations are entirely different. IFoS Mains focuses on science, forestry, and environmental subjects, while Civil Services Mains covers General Studies, Essay, and optional subjects. IFoS recruits officers for the Indian Forest Service, while Civil Services recruits for IAS, IPS, IFS, and other central services.
Candidates can visit the UPSC Facilitation Counter near Examination Hall Building at the UPSC campus in New Delhi on working days between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Alternatively, they can call 011-23385271 or 011-23381125. Results and updates are also available at www.upsc.gov.in.
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