IAS officer Srushti Deshmukh, whose husband and IAS officer Nagarjun Gowda is accused of taking ₹10 crore bribe, cleared the UPSC exam in 2018 in her first attempt. She secured All India Rank 5 and was also the top-ranking woman candidate of her batch. Srushti, born on March 28, 1995 in Bhopal, is a graduate in Chemical Engineering.