Hello everyone. I am Vaibhav Rathore. I have cleared CSE-23 with AIR-717 in my 2nd attempt with Economics Optional. I had also cleared IES-23 with AIR-10. I did graduation in Mechanical Engineering from Bits Pilani Hyderabad Campus (2021 batch), Post Graduation (MSc) in Economics from IIT Delhi (2023 graduate). You may contact him on LinkedIn I started CSE preparation during 1st year of MSc itself. This was my 2nd attempt and 1st Mains and Interview. I did not do coaching for GS, but took for Economics optional from NextIAS (Vibhas Jha sir) and balancing both Masters and CSE preparation was ..read more

Hello Dear Aspirants! My name is Apoorv Balpande. I got AIR 546 in UPSC CSE 2023. Through this blog I would like to share my experience as an aspirant as well as provide guidance to you. Brief about me: I am from Nagpur and I did my graduation in mechanical engineering. It was during my graduation that I decided to pursue civil services. It took me 5 attempts and 2 interviews to clear it due to some mistakes I did in my preparation. You may contact him on Instagram Mistakes In my 1st attempt I just read books without any attempt to analyze PYQs or solve adequate tests. So I was thoroughly ..read more

Background and Journey I was born in Berhampore, in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Due to my father’s transferrable job at the Border Roads Organization, I have lived in various places throughout my life. I graduated from Kalyani Government Engineering College with a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering in 2020. In my academic life, I have changed around nine institutions since childhood, which has taught me to face challenges and adapt to difficult situations as they arise. Living in remote border regions, we were often faced with extremist threats. This inculcated a certain amount of ..read more

This is Anjali Thakur here. I secured AIR 43 in CSE 2023 and this was my 3rd attempt and 2nd selection. I have benefitted from these blogs and thus sharing mine too so that the aspirant community can avail of some learnings from my journey. I’m from Surat. I’ve done all my education there only including UPSC preparation. I started my journey in 2019 when I enrolled myself in Career First IAS Academy, an institute in Surat only. I availed the basic guidance from there and then lockdown was announced and I utilized that time for self-study. You may contact her on Instagram I graduated in ..read more

Hi, I  am Romit Bhatt. I originally belong to garhsher, Bageshwar (Uttarakhand) and currently living in Tanakpur . I have given three attempts in UPSC CSE  and secured All India Rank – 390 in CSE 2023. Background I did my schooling from ST. FRANCIS SCHOOL , tanakpur. I completed my class 12 in 2018 with PCM subjects. Then I did my graduation in BA (H) HISTORY from SGTB KHALSA COLLEGE, DELHI UNIVERSITY.  I passed from college in 2021 and completed MA HISTORY from IGNOU in 2023. Meanwhile, I also cleared UGC NET JRF in History subject. You may contact him on Instagram Journey F ..read more

From 186 TO 33: A Journey of Finding Peace Within               Hi, I am Dr. Ritika Aima and I had gotten AIR 186 in UPSC CSE 2022 while this year I am AIR 33 in UPSC CSE 2023.               So what did I do differently? When I look back at my UPSC preparation journey, I see hard work, perseverance, dedication and extreme forms of self -discipline. But through this write up I do not want to focus on all that, I think these are necessary qualities that any “ser ..read more

I , Rajat Tripathi have cleared UPSC CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION 2023 with a Rank of 515 in my 3rd attempt. I belong to a small village in district Lalitpur of Uttar Pradesh. I have done my B.E civil engineering from SGSITS INDORE. I have been preparing since last 3-4 years and have also qualified in INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION 2022. You may contact him on Instagram I have faced many problems during my preparation ranging from decline in self belief to financial difficulties. But these are part of life of most aspirants. The dream of Civil services started as refuge from my problems bu ..read more

From reading others’ to writing my own! It feels great. Introduction Hello there! Myself Anushka Karnwal, CSE 23 AIR 435. I come from a small town of Noorpur in the Bijnor district of West UP. I have done my graduation in Economics from LSR, University of Delhi (COVID batch 2019-22). This was my first attempt. Through this blogpost I will try to share my story of joining civil services, highlighting some challenges. Mostly, I will try to highlight some mistakes that I did so that they give a better clarity of what to avoid. I will definitely not talk about books since they are the same almost ..read more

Hello everyone, this is Dr. Subhadharshini, AIR 83 in UPSC 2023. Introduction & Journey I’m a small-town girl from Tamilnadu and I’m a qualified dentist. I graduated in 2015, worked for a year and quit dentistry for a career in Civil Services. This was my 7th attempt and in all my previous attempts I had not even crossed preliminary stage.. There were many challenges during my journey from financial to emotional and a lot more. But, the hope and trust and to achieve the goal I had set for myself, I continued to persist and now I have finally ticketed the box in 2024 after 9 years of strug ..read more

Background and Journey Hello everyone! I am Rohit Sattawan. I am from Jaipur, Rajasthan. I have secured an AIR 997 in UPSC CSE 2023. This was my 3rd attempt, 2nd mains and my optional is Sociology. I completed my schooling from Modi Public School, Kota. I graduated in Civil Engineering from Vivekananda Institute of Technology, Jaipur. I gave my 1st attempt in 2021 in which I reached up to mains but missed PT call by 1 mark. Then in my 2nd attempt in 2022 i could not clear prelims. How to Start Preparation You can start with selected NCERTs initially and then move to basic books for each subje ..read more