Respected seniors and sirs
I am currently working in iocl but I have been selected in engineering services and achieved air 15 now joining is in Dec so I have resigned from iocl and decided to join some ias coaching classes
As I can do coaching upto dec vajiram is not feasible but I can join ALS raus study circle sriram which is better of these.
I think raus is best
Please give me suggestions
Also you can suggest other better coaching classes.
congratulations on achieving an enviable rank.
Regarding your quest on coaching, I'll confine my viewpoints to Vajiram and Sriram only.
Go for Vaji if u are a totally blank and think that it's difficult for u to get a basic understanding by urself. Because they will teach u just the way as they do it in schools. They will also give their own proper printed books.
However, if u have got some grasp and u think that u can cover the basic things by urself and need guidance more wrto how to write answers and get a deeper understanding of the issues, especially current events, go for Sriram's. Because Sriram covers them well in his classes and he provides u with enough dimensions. His notes on Polity, Economics are really good. He keeps on revising them every year.
However no coaching can help u unless u put in ur own efforts.
And just to clarify one aspect, which, though u haven't asked for, but I feel it's better if u are aware of it. The preparation for IAS is not as same as preparing for IES. Why so?
1. the syllabus for IES is absolutely static. there is just one paper on GS, that too is pretty easy
2. what all quests can be asked in exam are also defined. all from textbook- innovation is rare.
3. IES tests u for indepth knowledge, ur command over ur discipline.
4. Hardwork is the key to success
For IAS
1. the syllabus though seems defined is pretty much undefined.
2. though there are some basic books but none of them can guarantee that they cover all the probable quests which the UPSC can ask
3. there is no in-depth testing. one has to cast his net far and wide.
4. even if u work damn hard for 5 yrs...read 3-4 newspapers everyday, mug up all the basic books...even then u might not be a topper...infact even then no one can guarantee u a selection!! the thing u need is Smart work...if u go for material there is plenty of it...enough to bury one under that one will never be able to come out of it...but then u have to use ur own discretion.
my basic point was to make it clear enuf that though it's the same UPSC which conducts both IES n IAS exams, the two exams still aren't same! they are fundamentally different. so tread ur path carefully. However since u've achieved a good rank in IES, so i assume that u've a head to understand what i mean!
All the Best for ur preparations!!
fellow competitor
-nkit
