Saikiran Nandala AIR 27 , UPSC CSE - 2023 -Coaching & resources

Regarding Coaching & resources:

1. I didn't enroll for any classroom coaching, but I took help of material and test series from many institutes.

2. Over the course, I enrolled test series from VISION( 2022 GS& Sociology), Lukmaan( 2022 Ethics & essay), Forum(2023 GS), Shankar ( 2023 Socio), lesrnsociologyupsc(2023 Socio daily answer writing), V V patil's Digicate( 2023 GS daily answer writing & essay).

3. Apart from standard books, I used resources of Vision ( current affairs, PT365, Mains 365, Value addition material), Sunya notes ( prelims notes for quick revision, Mains value addition material); forum red book for ethics , Toppers notes for sociology ( Tusharanshu Sir , Dhatri reddy Ma'am, Kasturi Panda Ma'am).

<< I will update my resource lists in subject wise strategies>>

4. For 2023 Mains: I did daily answer writing for GS ( with mentorship of VV Patil sir of Digicate IAS) and sociology ( learn sociology upsc telegram channel initiative). This improved my answer writing skills and plugged in the gaps.

5. For interview I took many mock interviews & mentorship of Dr.Vivekananda Sir from Reflections IAS academy helped me a lot to improve my interview answers.

6. Most importantly, toppers telegram groups and blogs helped me the most.

I don't recommend class room coaching per se it's upto the individual choice. But I feel enrolling for good test series is a must, as it keeps you on track with completion of syllabus and make you prepare to sit and write for 3 hrs. If you are unable to find your own mistakes in answer writing or if you don't get enough time to deeply analyse your answers, it's advisable to do cognitive off-loading and let other experts to find your mistakes and you can just work upon them. So I enrolled for daily answer writing for 2023 Mains..( This was needed for me as I have very little time for me during Mains because of full time job).