Civil Service

What happens when you spend years preparing for the UPSC exam and still don’t crack it? Four aspirants share details on how they dealt with failure.

Pradeep Singh (AIR 1), Pratibha Verma (AIR 3), Ganesh Kumar (AIR 7), Abhishek Saraf (AIR 8 ) and Sanjita Mohapatra (AIR 10) share how mock interviews, essay writing, and more worked in their favour to crack CSE

After attempting the UPSC exams two times previously in 2017 and 2018, Pratibha Verma from Uttar Pradesh managed to secure the 3rd rank and became the woman topper for 2019.

“This programme can not only thrive in Jharkhand, but all over India,” says Siddharth Tripathi, a 1999-batch IFS officer.

“It is very important for your mind to be calm when you sit to study. You will also realise it is much easier to grasp and retain concepts better,” she shares.

IAS officer Nishant Jain went from a group ‘C' government job to group ‘B' and finally to group ‘A' by cracking the UPSC civil service exam.

Without any coaching classes, this IRS officer cracked the UPSC exam with just nine months of preparation. Here's how!

Excessive content, timely breaks to limited resources, IPS Aditya shares the preparation strategy that helped him crack the UPSC.

With a strict zero-plastic policy, you won’t find a single person litter in this village. Here’s how the magic happened.

“The lockdown is the most effective time to start out with the 2-hour study technique. If you are working from home but preparing for the civil services, then this is the perfect method to adopt. "