Kajal Jawla and Ankit Kumar, IAS and IFS officers respectively, share tips on how to pick the right optional paper and making an effective study schedule.
Kajal Jawla, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who bagged the All India Rank (AIR) of 28 and Ankit Kumar, an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer with an AIR of 31, share tips to study for the UPSC CSE during the pandemic.
Jatin Kishore, with a Master’s degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, went from not being able to clear the preliminary examination to securing the All India Rank of 2. He shares tips with UPSC aspirants.
New dates announced for IIT JEE Advances, JEE Main, CBSE, NEET exams. The government has also reduced the CBSE board examination syllabus for 2021 by almost 30 per cent.
Undaunted by the challenges that came her way, IRAS officer Dr Surya Lakshmi Chellapilla from Vikshakhapatnam cleared UPSC Civil Service examination in her first attempt without any coaching.
“I failed even in growing tomatoes which are the easiest. Once I tried growing potatoes but the plant ended up giving me chillies,” says Dr Shivani Kalra, who is now growing watermelons and various other vegetables in grow bags like a pro.