I am Anudeep Durishetty, IAS officer of 2018 batch and All India Rank 1 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2017. I secured this rank in my 5th attempt. Over the course of my long tryst with UPSC, I had learnt a lot from my mistakes and I consciously worked to rectify them. I intend this blog to be a repository of my experience so that you don’t repeat the same errors. You’ll find posts on my journey so far, preparation strategy for GS, essay, optional, answer writing and other peripheral aspects relevant to Civils preparation. Aspirants may post their queries in the comments section.
Apart from these, I also plan to write about topics of general interest that fascinate me. I am a native of Telangana and my hobbies are football, reading and meditation. I love Arsenal, Lionel Messi and Roger Federer.
Your blog is going to be very useful. Thank you so much sir.
sir…a great doubt..can u just hep me to find somebody who wrote mains with LAW as optional?
Rank 9
Which meditation technique you practicing sir…?
You can find it here: http://www.insightsonindia.com/2018/05/17/law-optional-strategy-by-saumya-sharma-rank-9-upsc-cse-2017/
Sir, I know the question that I am putting is not in appropriate place but the question is worth it. Firstly , how you got job at google ?. Next, did you already decide during college days that you’ll first get a corporate job and then you’ll become civil servant ?
Hi Anudeep ,I had a passion to be part in system (upsc) but financially unable to spent on taking coaching..I’m Telugu guy with bad communication skills and depending on my hard-work. So give me suggestions on own preparation and reference books.sorry for the bad communication skills .thank you anudeep
Sir I have subscribed to email but am not getting any mail or notification.
Please help me
Sir,
You can prepare for this exam without taking any coaching. You can take help from internet. The only thing you need is focus and dedication. Start from NCERT and try to read English newspaper daily(You can read The Indian Express). And for improving your communication skills, you need to word hard on it. Start with listening. Then try to speak or write. You will definitely improve your communication skills. Just believe in yourself. You can do it.
Best of luck
Regards
Mridul.
Hi brother, I am very impressed that you were very honest .
You have patience Sir, and I learnt many things to you …… You are to help alwaye needy people, children, women, etc.
Yes, he is.
Sir I am 16 and Half year old. I want to buy your book. But I don’t know how to buy this sir can you helf mine. How to buy it although I check it on Amazon bot there are plothorio of books related to this and sir how to cover csat
Sir current affairs section in the blog is missing,please ensure it to be placed asap..
Hi
hello sir thank you……..
Sir…. Plz.. Recommend someone who wrote mains with chemistry optional….please sir it’s a request….
Sir my name is Nagendra I’m from Karnataka ba1sem how to crack upsc exam pls tell mi sir
Sir your preparation strategy tips really helpful for us.Thanku so much .
Thank you so much sir for give the right direction. Your blog is very useful of all over upsc aspinrants who’s are preparing this exam.
Saumya sharma rank 7
Congratulations ma’am for securing air 7
vaishali singh, who secured 8th rank in upsc in 2018.
she had her optional as law.
Sir,what steps would you suggest for beginners?like how to study NCERTs ? How to analyze NewsPaper? How to follow up with Current Affairs?
Sir please can you share with us what books you have read as you mentioned non fiction books…
It will helpful for beginners, after some books we can get an idea about which kind of books are useful to read…
Ms. Saumya sharma AIR 7 in UPSC CSE 2017 has cleared her mains with law optional and scored 287 marks in optional
Mam can you tell us any website where we could find exact correct information and syllabus for ias exam
VAISHALI SINGH AIR8 , 2020
Ayushi Singh, Rank 86,upsc 2018
Kanchan,Rank 35
You can find their mock interview on drishti IAS
AIR 8 OF 2019 is gradu
ated from NLU Delhi & she was having law as optional
Same query !
Good initiative sir.. Thanks for it
A very good initiative. Thanks…
A very good intivative sir,and journey as a aspirant inspired us ,Thank you.
It will help us.. Thank you, Sir!
Thank you much sir
THANK YOU SIR……….
Are you Sandhya Pal ?
Yes!! 🙂
Are You a Civil Servant ?
Thank you for your initiative sir, and this is how you wrote your mains answers……..
thank u sir … it will really helpful for us..
In one of your posts, you had mentioned about downloading the answer booklets of toppers. Are you talking about answer booklets of mock tests? Where do I download it from?
You can download from visions ias
Thanku so much sir to share these exact strategies as you would be follow for ye entire upsc journey.
Definetely, these strategies will help us.
Thanku so much sir to share these exact strategies as you would be follow for your entire upsc journey.
Definetely, these strategies will help us.
Thank you sir… This is really helpful for us.
Thank you sir .This is really helpful for us.
Thank you sir .This is really helpful for us.
Thank you sir.
Thank you so much sir… U stood as an achiever and inspiration as well.. I respect ur work of sharing ,ur experiences and guidance . This is very useful sir.
Thank you sir
Congratulations!
We’d be happy if you can you share your Anthro strategy? Like:- what books? Test series? can we see your mock test papers? Writing practice? anthro examples, diagrams, theories, case studies? Points vs paragraph? What structure? What conclusion? Are they looking for way forward or significance in present scenario even in anthro? How many questions did you attempt in mains? what was the quality of your answers?
Thanks and regards
Hi, I’ve written detailed posts on Anthropology. Find it under ‘Optional’ tab on this website.
Sir I have one doubt may be it is silly for you but my question is you opted offline Forum IAS TEST SERIES where you write these exams while you are working as IRS ?
Sir, I read your other post on UPSC Journey I got the answer that you write Forum IAS TEST SERIES at home with timer.
Yes, I entirely prepared while staying in Hyderabad and so I had to opt for online mode. I wrote all tests from my home.
sir please tell how to prepare economics?
AIR 19 Abhijeet Sinha wrote about it:
https://iasbaba.com/2018/06/economics-optional-strategy-abhijeet-sinha-rank-19-upsc-cse-2017/
Congratulations sir?
Your journey inspired us a lot…
Thanks for sharing your strategy through this initiative. This is so helpful..
Thank you sir
will you please share mains booklist Sir..?
First of all congratulation for your tremendous success Sir.
Sir, I’ve studied till 10+2 in UP and from UP Board, as far as I could remember I left essay writing in my 8th standard only because essay writing was in the syllabus till then. Now while I think to prepare for CSE, I’m stuck that how I should write an essay. Because my mind in essay writing is not developed since I haven’t written an essay for the last 7-8 years. And now if someone tells me to write an essay, I guess it’ll be written at the 8th standard level which is nothing in front of this large CSE- Mains essays. At this stage, I’m not able to decide where to begin with. It could be a problem for other aspirants as well. It’ll be a huge help if you could guide and let us know how to start for the essay writing i.e. read the essay, analyze them etc.. I would love if you could guide us in terms of strategy with some resources where to read up them.
I’ve written a detailed post on Essay writing.
https://anudeepdurishetty.in/writing-a-good-essay-in-upsc-mains-explained/
Hiii sir
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I need your help
Please save my life
Mai apko bht msg ki hu email pe but koi reply nhi aaya so please contact me 7372088251 it’s my no please sir
Thank you
Sir, what are you recomanded book’s in CSE(MAIN)Exam? Kindlly you can tell about your CSE(main) book list please!
yes sir it will be very help full for us..
Arsenal???? man i m judging u now
Could you please share the strategy for mains general studies,book lists and material.