UPSC Toppers' Strategies and Success Stories
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A comprehensive collection of strategies, insights, and success stories from UPSC toppers who have achieved remarkable results in their civil services journey
UPSC Toppers' Strategies and Success Stories
Welcome to our curated collection of UPSC success stories and strategies. This comprehensive guide brings together valuable insights from candidates who have successfully navigated the challenging journey of civil services examination.
Why Study Toppers' Strategies?
Understanding how successful candidates approached their UPSC preparation can provide invaluable insights for aspirants. While each person's journey is unique, learning from those who have achieved their goals can help you:
- Develop a more effective study plan
- Avoid common pitfalls and mistakes
- Gain motivation and confidence
- Discover proven techniques and methods
Featured Success Stories
Here's our complete collection of topper strategies and success stories:
- Ramkrishna Saran (AIR-404, CSE-21) Agriculture Strategy
- Abhijit Ray (AIR-50, CSE-21) Learnings and Mains Strategy
- Khushhali Solanki (CSE-23 AIR-61) Journey & Strategy
- Paramita Malakar (CSE-23 AIR-812) Motivational Journey & Comprehensive Strategy
- Manav Jain (CSE-23 AIR-634) Comprehensive Strategy
- Merugu Kaushik (CSE-23 AIR-82) Sociology & Comprehensive Strategy
- S Christopher Aimol (CSE-23 AIR-921) Journey & Comprehensive Strategy
- Wardah Khan (CSE-23 AIR-18) Sociology & Comprehensive Strategy
- Ketan Ashok Ingole (CSE-23 AIR-610) Anthropology & Comprehensive Strategy
- Shivansh Singh (CSE-23 AIR-164) Anthropology & Comprehensive Strategy
- Abdullah Zahid (CSE-23 AIR-744) Comprehensive Strategy
- Rekulwar Shubham (CSE-23 AIR-790) Motivational UPSC CSE Journey
- Rijul (AIR-322, CSE-21) Prelims Mains Sociology Strategy
- Vaibhav Rathore (CSE-23 AIR-717) Economics & Comprehensive Strategy
- Hardik Chandel (CSE-23 AIR-304) Comprehensive Strategy
- Apoorv Balpande (CSE-23 AIR-546) Philosophy & Comprehensive Strategy
- Dr. Ghulam Maya Din (CSE-23 AIR-388) Medical Science & Comprehensive Strategy
- Rimita Saha (CSE-23 AIR-566) Anthropology & Comprehensive Strategy
- Manav Jain (CSE-23 AIR-634) Comprehensive Strategy
- Bidipto Sarkar (CSE-23 AIR 987) Comprehensive Strategy
- Anjali Thakur (CSE-23 AIR-43) Sociology & Comprehensive Strategy
- Romit Bhatt (CSE-23 AIR-390) Journey, FAQ & History Optional
- Dr. Ritika Aima (CSE-23 AIR-33) Journey From 186 to 33
- Mohammad Haris Mir (CSE-23 AIR-345) Law, Journey & Comprehensive Strategy
- Rajat Tripathi (CSE-23 AIR-515) FAQs
- Anushka Karnwal (CSE-23 AIR-435) Economics & Comprehensive Strategy
- Dr. Subhadharshini (CSE-23 AIR-83) Motivational Journey & Comprehensive Strategy
- Rohit Sattawan (CSE-23 AIR-997) Comprehensive Strategy
- Megha Dinesh (CSE-23 AIR-268) Sociology & Comprehensive Strategy
- Prajnanandan Giri (CSE-23 AIR-24) Journey, Geography & Comprehensive Strategy
- K.N.Chandana Jahnavi (CSE-23 AIR-50) Comprehensive and Sociology Strategy
- Abhinav Jain (CSE-23 AIR-35) Comprehensive Strategy
- Prerna Singh (CSE-23 AIR-271) Journey, Learnings and Comprehensive Strategy
- Aditya Hriday Upadhyay (CSE-23 AIR-416) Comprehensive Strategy
- Nivedita R (AIR-572, CSE-21) Geography Strategy
- Samiksha Mhetre (CSE-23 AIR-302) Comprehensive Strategy
- Romel Bijalwan (CSE-23 AIR-353) Anthropology & Comprehensive Strategy
- Medha Anand (CSE-23 AIR-13) Journey & Comprehensive Strategy
- Sourabh K, AIR-260 CSE-22 Journey Prelims & Mains
- Jayasree Pradhan (CSE-23 AIR-52) Law & Comprehensive Strategy
- Aparajita Agnihotri, AIR-124 CSE-22 Journey, Prelims & Mains
- Amit Gupta, AIR-246 CSE-22 Detailed Strategy
- Garima Narula, AIR-39 CSE-22 Prelims Mains Essay Sociology
- Dongre Revaiah, AIR-410 CSE-22 Prelims, Mains, Essay & Maths
- Arvind Hanglem, AIR-83 CSE-22 Prelims, Mains & More
- Vikalpa N Vishwakarma (AIR-275, CSE-21) Prelims Mains and Interview Strategy
- Manpreet Singh, AIR-616 CSE-22 Journey, Prelims & Mains
- Aditi Varshney, AIR-57 CSE-22 Strategy and Dos-Don’ts
- Aditya Jain, AIR-326 CSE-22 Prelims & Mains Strategy
- Drishti Jaiswal, AIR-255 CSE-22 Prelims, Mains & More
- Goldi Gupta, AIR-181 CSE-22 Journey, Prelims, Mains (GS-3 101 Marks)
- Mukund Singh Chahar, AIR-273 CSE-22 Journey, Prelims, Mains, History Optional & More
- Pragati Verma (CSE-23 AIR-355) Motivational Journey & Comprehensive Strategy
- Bhaavika Thanvi, AIR-100 CSE-22 Journey, Mistakes, Prelims, Mains & Psychology
- Ritu, AIR-739 CSE-22 Journey, Prelims-Mains Booklist & Strategy
- Aaditya Pandey, AIR-48 CSE-22 Prelims, Mains & Interview
- Surbhi Goyal (AIR-78, CSE-21) GS-2 Strategy
- Arpita Thube, AIR-214 CSE-22 Journey & GS Strategy
- Navita Kumari, AIR-251 CSE-22 Working Professional Journey, Prelims, Mains & Sociology
- Kalpana Pandey, AIR-102 CSE-22 Prelims, Mains, Essay, PSIR & More
- Ayushi Jain, AIR-74 CSE-22 Prelims, Mains, Booklist, Geography & More
- Sakshi Mishra, AIR-299 CSE-22 Prelims, Mains & PSIR
- Vidushi Singh, AIR-13 CSE-22 Economics Strategy
- Priyanka Goel, AIR-369 CSE-22 Journey & Public Administration
- Anurag Ghuge, AIR-624 CSE-22 Journey, Prelims, Mains, Essay, Interview & More
- Deepti Rohilla (CSE-23 AIR-39) Geography 323 Marks & Comprehensive Strategy
- Siddharth Bhange, AIR-700 CSE-22 Journey, Prelims-Mains Booklist & Strategy
- Asrar Ahmad Kichloo (AIR-287, CSE-21) Prelims, Mains, Interview, Medical Science Strategy
- Shaik Habeebulla, AIR-189 CSE-22 Prelims, CSAT, Mains & Anthropology
- Benjo P Jose (CSE-23 AIR-59) Comprehensive Prelims Strategy
- Rochika Garg, AIR-174 CSE-22 Journey & Prelims Strategy
- Kunal Jain, AIR-356 CSE-22 Journey & Learnings
- Dwij Goel, AIR-71 CSE-22 Anthropology (315 Marks)
- Atul Nivruttirao Dhakne, AIR-737 CSE-22 Prelims Strategy
- Damera Hima Vamshee, AIR-548 CSE-22 Journey, Learnings & Sociology
- Madhav Bharadwaj, AIR-536 CSE-22 Management
- Tanisha Jetly, AIR-400 CSE-22 Botany Optional
- Anirudha Pandey, AIR-64 CSE-22 Prelims, Mains & Essay
- Rishabh Hans (AIR-586, CSE-21) Prelims Strategy
- Muskan Dagar, AIR-72 CSE-22 GS & Ethics Topper
- Ishan Sinha, AIR-234 CSE-22 Prelims Strategy in view of 2023 Paper
- Nidhi Goyal, AIR-202 CSE-22 GS-3 107 Marks
- Aakriti Sethi, AIR-249 CSE-22 Journey, Prelims, Mains & Economics
- Kasturi Panda, AIR-67 CSE-22 Prelims, Mains & Interview
- Jatin Jain, AIR-91 CSE-22 Prelims, Mains & Sociology
- Virendra Kumar Meena, AIR-883 CSE-22 Prelims Strategy
- Nazia Parween (CSE-23 AIR-670) PSIR & FAQs
- Avinash Kumar, AIR-17 CSE-22, Philosophy (319 Marks) Strategy
- Abhishek Dawachya, AIR-610 CSE-22 Prelims Sources, GS-1 & Sociology
- Prince Kumar (AIR-426, CSE-21) Hindi Medium Strategy
- Aaditya Sharma, AIR-70 CSE-22 Prelims, Mains, Medical Science & More
- Khushboo Oberoi, AIR-139 CSE-22 Prelims, Ethics & PubAd Strategy
- Gautam Vivekanandan, AIR-211 CSE-22 Essay Strategy (149 Marks)
- Dwij Goel, AIR-71 CSE-22 Journey & GS-2 Strategy
- Anshu Priya (AIR-16, CSE-21) Medical Science Strategy
- Sonali Dev (AIR-41, CSE-21) Answer Writing Strategy
- Garima (AIR-220, CSE-21) Comprehensive Strategy
- Surbhi Goyal (AIR-78, CSE-21) GS-3 Strategy
- Neha Byadwal (AIR-260, CSE-21) Prelims, Mains and Economics Strategy
- Hemant – UPSC 2023 AIR-884 Motivational Journey From MGNREGA to UPSC Bhawan
- Narayan Amit (AIR-70, CSE-21) Anthropology Strategy
- Himani Singhal (AIR-160, CSE-21) Economics Strategy
- Devraj Patil (AIR-462, CSE-21) Prelims, Mains, History Strategy
- Prafull Kumar Sharma (AIR-249, CSE-21) Ethics Strategy
- Pratik Agrawal (AIR-156, CSE-21) Journey and Strategy
- Ravi Kumar (AIR-38, CSE-21) Essay Strategy
- Gourav Uppal (CSE-23 AIR-174) Anthropology & Comprehensive Strategy
- Rachit Kumar Gupta (AIR-286, CSE-21) Chemistry Strategy
- Riju Shrivastava (AIR-124, CSE-21) UPSC Journey and Strategy
- Shubham Shukla (AIR-43, CSE-21) Prelims and Mains Strategy
- Surbhi Singla (AIR-75, CSE-21) Comprehensive Strategy
- Raj Krishna (AIR-158, CSE-21) Essay Strategy
- Akshay Mahadik (AIR-212, CSE-21) Prelims and Mains Strategy
- Manoj kumar Kannedhara (AIR-157, CSE-21) Prelims Strategy
- Anu beniwal (AIR-217, CSE-21) UPSC Journey & Strategy
- Pawan Kumar Goel (CSE-23 AIR-28) Sociology & Comprehensive Strategy
- Pratik Mantri (AIR-252, CSE-21) Sociology Strategy
- Navdeep Aggarwal (AIR-150, CSE-21) Working Professional+Dos+Pre+Mains+Socio+Interview Strategy
- Harshivani Singh (AIR-579, CSE-21) Mental Strength+Prelims+Mains Strategy
- Mridul Shivhare (AIR-247, CSE-21) Prelims+Mains+PSIR Strategy
- Shubhankar Pratyush Pathak (AIR-11, CSE-21) Maths Strategy
- Ashwin Rathod (AIR-265, CSE-21) Strategy
- Anjali Verma (AIR-577, CSE-21) Comprehensive Strategy
- Surbhi Goyal (AIR-78, CSE-21) Essay Strategy
- Aradhana Chauhan (CSE-23 AIR-251) Sociology & Comprehensive Strategy
- Shubhankar Pratyush Pathak (AIR-11, CSE-21) Comprehensive Strategy
- Roja S Rajan (AIR-108, CSE-21) Comprehensive Strategy
- Anjali Shrotriya (AIR-44, CSE-21) Prelims & Mains Strategy
- Shubham Bhaisare (AIR-97, CSE-21) Civil Engg. Strategy
- Sparsh Verma (AIR-644, CSE-21) Prelims Strategy
- Arpit Gupta (AIR-54, CSE-21) Prelims, Mains & Maths Strategy
- Nivedita R (AIR-572, CSE-21) Strategy
- Gautam Singh (AIR-549, CSE-21) Psychology Strategy
- Shubham Satyam (AIR-497, CSE-21) Detailed Prelims Strategy
- Anna Sinha (AIR-112, CSE-21) Strategy
- Pankaj Gujar (AIR-423, CSE 21) Working Professional Strategy
- My UPSC Journey – Mudit Jain
- Hiren Barot (AIR-332, CSE-21) GS & Sociology Strategy
- Management Optional Strategy – Saurabh Sharma, IRS
- Dilip K Kainikkara (AIR-21, CSE-21) Maths Strategy
- Anuraj Jain IAS – Psychology Topper Strategy 333 Marks
- Antriksh Jain (AIR-130, CSE-21) Sociology Strategy
- Keshav Gupta (AIR- 439, CSE-21) Economics Strategy
- Sampada Trivedi (AIR-79, CSE-21) Philosophy Strategy
- Abhijeet Sinha, IAS – Economics Optional Strategy
- Bhuvanesh Ram (CSE-23 AIR-41) Psychology & Comprehensive
- Saumya Anand, IAS, CSE-2020 Strategy
- Prelims Strategy: Shilpi Mittal, IRS
- Kalpesh Sharma, IAS Prelims Strategy
- Checked Ethics Copy – 118.5 Marks
- How Darshan Overcame 4 Prelims Failure to get into IRS while Being a Working Professional
- What Does UPSC/Examiner Wants From Aspirants?
- Soubhagya Beelagimath (CSE-23 AIR-101) Anthropology & Comprehensive Strategy
- CSE Preparation – Good Habits
- N.S.Anusha (CSE-23 AIR-818) Comprehensive Strategy
- Tricks To Clear CSE
- ‘X Factor’ Of CSE Preparation
- Daily-Weekly-Fortnightly Time Table
- Maths Optional-Saurabh Baranwal IRS
- Nooh Siddiqui Urdu Optional Strategy
- Prelims Preparation and more: Nand Kishore Mewara Former IRS, IPS and Now IAS.
- How to read Decode Ethics Book?
- हिंदी साहित्य – प्रणव अनंत कानिटकर (भारतीय राजस्व सेवा)
- Sumit Kumar Rai|AIR-54|Public Administration
- Sociology | Pradeep Singh IAS
- Prafull Kumar Sharma (AIR-249, CSE-21) Physics Strategy
- Siddhartha Nahar, AIR 182 busts few myths
- Law Optional: Himanshu Verma IPS, Former IRS.
- Tejas Agnihotri (CSE-23 AIR-37) Prelims Strategy
- Shreyans Kumat AIR-4: Prelims Journey — Strategy & Motivation
- History Optional (324): Vikas Ahlawat IRS-17, AIR 146 CSE 18
- Anand Sharma IAS : Pep Talk
- Pranav Kanitkar IRS: Prelims last 10 days strategy
- Philosophy Strategy Juhi Jalota IFS
- Shivani Gupta IFS CSE17: Prelims-Mains-Answer writing-Commerce
- Utsah Chaudhary IAS CSE 2017: Hacks and Practical tips for Mains
- Anjali Shrotriya (AIR-44, CSE-21) Geography Strategy
- Maths Optional Strategy by Ram Prakash IAS CSE 2017
- 175 in Essay. Strategy by Apurva Pandey IAS CSE-2017.
- PSIR Strategy by Tushar Gupta IPS, CSE-2017
- Maths Optional Notes – Ram Prakash IAS
- Philosophy Strategy by Sakshi Tomar (Rank 369 CSE 2017)
- Anthropology Strategy – Anupama Anjali, IAS CSE 2017
- Annapurna Singh (CSE-23 AIR-99) Journey, Geography & Comprehensive Strategy
- Pubad Strategy Ankit Jain IPS (309 marks)
- Rank-2 Anu Kumari Sociology Strategy (318 marks)
- Asim Mujteba (CSE-23 AIR-481) Comprehensive Strategy
Each story offers unique perspectives and actionable advice that you can incorporate into your own preparation strategy. Remember that while these strategies worked for these successful candidates, it's important to adapt them to your own strengths and circumstances.