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'''Muskan Jindal''' is a Indian Foreign Service officer in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)]] and business Student. She was the 87th highest-scoring individual in the [[Union Public Service Commission|UPSC's]] [[Civil Services Examination]] for the year 2019. She completed her  B.Com from SD College located in [[Chandigarh]]. Jindal topped the exam in her first attempt, to become the first girl from [[Baddi]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]] to top the civil services exam in first attempt<ref>{{Cite news|title = Muskan Jindal clears upsc exam in first attempt|url =  https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/solans-muskan-jindal-clears-upsc-exam-in-first-attempt-secures-87th-rank-122058 |work = The Tribune| access-date = 2020-08-04}}</ref>

Muskan Jindal  was born in [[Baddi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Baddi girl secures 87th rank in UPSC exam|url = https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/schools/baddi-girl-secures-87th-rank-in-upsc-exam-122123|work = The Tribune | accessdate = 2020-07-05}}</ref> to Pawan Jindal and Jyoti Jindal. Her father is an businessman and mother is an housemaker. she had got all India rank of 87 when she wrote the UPSC exam in 2019 She was just 22 years old, and it was her first attempt<ref>{{cite news |title=Himachal girl qualifies Civil Services exam in first attempt |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/education/himachal-girl-qualifies-civil-services-exam-in-first-attempt-1502914221.html |work= The Statesman |date=4 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>she completed her Schooling from VR Senior Secondary School, Baddi. Muskan has been a bright student since her school days. She had scored 96 per cent marks in Class XII. After 12th, she completed B.Com from SD College, Chandigarh, in 2018. She had also secured the fifth rank in the merit list in Panjab University, Chandigarh. She started her preparation right in the final year of graduation. Muskan says that becoming IAS Officer was her childhood dream and she would say it to everyone since childhood.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Himachal prodigy pursues childhood dream of becoming an IAS officer|url = https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/india-news-high-on-confidence/303583|website = outlookindia.com | accessdate = 31 August 2020}}</ref>  She nurtured this dream for long and achieved it one fine day.<ref>{{Cite web|title =IAS Success Story: Muskan Jindal|url = https://www.abplive.com/education/success-story-of-ias-topper-muskan-jindal-1543432|work = ABP News | accessdate = 29 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title =Father is very happy with his daughter's success. They say that God has given everything to my daughter. He is proud of his daughter's success.|url = https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/himachal-pradesh/solan-himachal-upsc-pass-out-muskan-jindal-chosen-indian-foreign-service-hpvk-3271191.html|work = News 18 | accessdate = 20 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title =22-year-old Muskan Jindal of Himachal becomes IAS officer, 87th rank nationwide in first attempt|url = https://www.jagran.com/himachal-pradesh/kangra-twenty-two-years-of-muskan-jindal-clear-civil-service-exam-and-became-ias-officer-in-first-attempt-20589866.html|work = Dainik Jagran | accessdate = 4 August 2020}}</ref>

Clearing the toughest exam in her very first attempt, Jindal got posted in [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://himachalpr.gov.in/OnePressRelease.aspx?Language=1&ID=21530|title=IFS Muskan Jindal calls on Governor |website=Himachal Pradesh Government |access-date=2021-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title =Himachal's Muskan Jindal selected in Indian Foreign Services|url = https://www.jagran.com/himachal-pradesh/kangra-twenty-two-years-of-muskan-jindal-clear-civil-service-exam-and-became-ias-officer-in-first-attempt-20589866.html|website = www.amarujala.com | accessdate = 26 September 2020}}</ref>  Indian Foreign Service officer Muskan Jindal who hails from Baddi of Solan district called on Governor Bandaru Dattatraya at Raj Bhavan. She is undergoing a State Attachment Course organized by HP Institute of Public Administration, Fairlawn, Shimla from April, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title =Indian Foreign Service officer Muskan Jindal calls on Governor|url = https://www.5dariyanews.com/news/319754-Indian-Foreign-Service-officer-Muskan-Jindal-calls-on-Governor|website = 5dariyanews.com | accessdate = 8 April 2021}}</ref>  Chief Minister appreciated the efforts of Muskan Jindal for cracking this examination in her maiden attempt. He wished Muskan a very bright future and all success in her career,[[Suresh Bhardwaj (politician)]], [[Rajiv Saizal]], [[Paramjeet Singh]], parents of Muskan were also present on the occasion among others.<ref>{{Cite web|title =Muskan Jindal calls on CM|url = https://www.5dariyanews.com/news/300545-Muskan-Jindal-calls-on-CM|website = 5dariyanews.com | accessdate = 11 August 2020}}</ref>