Pathways: 3 & 2 Years IAS Foundation Course

PATHWAYS is an especially designed customised course for the aspirants who wish to start the journey of UPSC during college days only. The course is well suited for the students who wish to prepare for UPSC along with their hectic college schedule. The timing, duration, course content, faculty, pedology etc, all have been customised keeping in mind an aspirant who is in his undergraduate studies.

College is not only the right time to start but it is the most perfect time to start. Here goes the reasoning:

1. Early preparation saves the quality time of your career. Generally, students start their preparation after graduation and further preparation takes 2 more years.
2. During College days, normally students can carve out some quality time for preparation like after college schedules, during vacations, weekends, occasional leaves, etc.
3. Our experience in interaction with hundreds of toppers makes us believe that all the Rankers who qualify in very first attempt start right in the college itself.
4. Its more matter for giving career an early start which demands self-discipline and time management, rest everything is easy-going.

Anyone who is pursuing his college degree post class 12^th or those are in the second year of their graduation is an ideal candidate.

One-year courses are intensive and it is difficult to cope with the demand of college studies. In this course which is designed especially for undergraduates is easy-going. The course has been designed for two years programme and three years programme so that any undergraduate student can learn smoothly.

Since this course is easy-going as time availability is long so students are required to maintain consistency and follow a schedule and self-study plan only. Mentors will help candidates to design self-study plans. We honestly expect from the students to adhere to the advice of mentors and maintain self-discipline.

Since our students in this course are scattered throughout the country and so we have designed this course in complete online mode. Daily 2 Hours session is being scheduled for four days per week. Weekend batch is separate.

Since the course has been designed exclusively for undergraduate students, we have taken into account the exam factor of colleges. Hence, we have evolved two strategies. Firstly, the actual duration of course will be of ten months each year i.e break of two months during exam time has been taken into picture. But since India is a vast country and so it’s almost impossible to synchronise the course with all universities. And so if students miss a few classes during the exam then they need not worry as recoded lectures would be provided to them and they can watch all the lectures after the exam.

The course will move in module wise manner i.e one subject at one time. Such module wise coverage gives you smooth completion of syllabus. So our pattern will be- One Subject> Sectional Tests> Completion of Subject> Full Subject Test> Next Subject.

It’s a mentoring programme and so every class and test give the opportunity to all the students to clear their doubts. There will be frequent interactive doubt clearing sessions with faculties. Students can also clarify their doubts over the phone and also personally if all other factors are met.

Any course for such a high standard examination would miss the desired objective unless it regularly tests students. Assessment keeps us on the right track. Students will get regular assignments for assessment.

Current Affairs will be discussed along with the subject lectures. It will be clubbed along with the static part. For example, while teaching the institution of Governor, recent politics around the Governor would also be discussed. Apart from this, students will get a weekly magazine of Current Affairs, Gist of Yojana, PIB, Rajya Sabha TV debates, etc.

Our study materials are considered to be the best among the aspirants. Hence, along with the class, students are going to get hard copies of comprehensive study materials. They would also get regularly updated soft copies for value additions.

A limited and standard textbooks list will be provided to the candidates. Mentors will guide you about the correct time and way to approach standard books. The course is very comprehensive and thus standards books are there only for reference. We honestly believe that our class notes and study materials are quite sufficient to crack the nut.

The course has been designed in such a way that it demands your 8-10 Hrs per-week. As we are aware of your hectic college life, we are going to demand only a reasonable but sincere time of yours.

You can watch the recorded version within.

Definitely! We honestly believe that in the journey of UPSC, the role of a mentor is extremely important, given the vastness and span of the syllabus. Thus we have nurtured a culture of vibrant Faculty-Student Engagement.

Yes, For further information go to course curriculum section.