An IIT Bombay graduate, working as a software engineer in South Korea, quit a comfortable international career to attempt UPSC for the first time. He came back as India's top-ranked IAS officer of 2018.
When UPSC CSE 2023 results came out on April 16, 2024, Aditya Srivastava was already in uniform. He had cleared UPSC CSE 2022 with AIR 236 and was serving
She holds a Computer Engineering degree with a 9.21 CGPA. She chose Sociology as her optional subject. She cleared GPSC at Rank 55 while still preparing
An engineering graduate from a small town in Madurai. Seven years of preparation. Two government exams cleared. And on March 6, 2026, AIR 2 in UPSC CSE 2025,
Akansh Dhull spent four years finding out. Four attempts. Three documented results. A steady, measurable climb that ended with AIR 3 in UPSC CSE 2025, declared in March 2026.
An electrical engineering graduate from VIT Vellore. A former IT professional who quit his job after less than a year.
That is the arc of Shakti Dubey's UPSC journey, and it is one that every aspirant sitting with a bruised previous result needs to read carefully.
Self-studying for the UPSC Civil Services Examination (IAS) is a marathon that requires extreme discipline, but it is entirely achievable with a structured roadmap. Since you are navigating this without a coaching institute, your “mentors” will be the Syllabus and…
Writing for Anthropology as an optional subject is like being a professional storyteller with a scientific soul. You need to balance the cold, hard facts of human evolution with the nuanced, qualitative depth of cultural practices. The Anatomy of a…
In the grueling marathon of competitive exams like the Civil Services, your answer script is your only representative before the examiner.