He is an electrical engineer but didnt choose Electrical Engineering as an optional subject for UPSC and chose Geography as his optional subject.He secured fourth position in the UPSC exam 2021. A total number of 10,93,984 candidates applied for the exam, out of which a total of 5,08,619 candidates appeared for this exam.In an interview, he was asked about what was his reaction when the results were announced. He answered and said, It took me some time to digest this information. It was a pleasure to see my name in the merit list at number four. Things that study continuously for 16-16 hours a day are not correct. [1]Aaj Tak.After the announcement of the result, people read the toppers list and referred to him as she/her pronouns, and Twitter was flooded with girl power tweets, stating that the top four toppers are females. After this, journalist Anil Kumar twitted to clarify the fact that the fourth ranker, Aishwarya Verma, is a male candidate. [2]Twitter.He also talked about how he has been teased since childhood for his name and said, People always teased me for my name. I always tried to explain this to everyone. I thought that after growing up, one day I would come on TV and tell people that my name Aishwarya is not Aishwarya. [3]Aaj Tak.