In the Combined Graduate Level Examination 2016 and 2017, the candidates from the technological background had an upper hand in comparison to those graduating from non-tech fields.
2016: 5176 BTech/825 BE
2017: 4546 BTech/800 BE
Engineers everywhere..!!!
The News
In the current administration,
46 of the 84 secretaries studied science before joining the civil service
28 are engineers
Rest studied Zoology, Biotechnology, Physics and Botany
There is also an MBBS doctor and an Ayurveda doctor.
Note:
At least 22 of the 28 engineers are from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)