Archives for July 2014

Harikrishna Pai IPS (CSE 2013 Rank 218) shares the list of the books and study materials he referred for UPSC Civil Services Prelims and Mains in this part of his interview with Clear IAS. If you missed Part 1 and Part 2 of the Harikrishna Pai’s, topper’s interview with ClearIAS, follow the corresponding hyperlinks given […]

We have covered the brief bio-data, inspirational journey and background of Harikrishna Pai (CSE 2013 Rank 218) in the Part 1 of interview. Now the bigger questions: the study plan for Prelims and Mains and the daily time table followed. Hari also explains about the websites followed and magazines he referred in this part. We hope […]

Harikrishna Pai is a role model for many students who wish to prepare for Civil Services Exam along with studies. He had a vision early in life and managed to study for a totally different exam during his engineering college days. The result: All India Rank 218 and a probable selection into the Indian Police Service at the first […]

This is the last part of the detailed interview of Gaurav Agrawal (CSE 2013 Rank 1) in ClearIAS.com’s UPSC Topper’s Interview series. Gaurav has already shared his background, approach, preparations strategies, books referred, UPSC interview etc in the previous parts. In this 5th part, he answers queries about his backup plans, previous attempts, work experience, detailed marks etc. […]

Well, if you missed the UPSC Topper Gaurav Agrawal’s (CSE 2013 Rank 1) Interview – Part 2, where Gaurav discusses the books referred for UPSC Civil Services Prelims, you can read it by following the hyperlink. Having already shared the background and approach and Prelims study-materials, Gaurav goes into the details of his preparations strategies and books referred […]