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Gazette IAS · New Delhi · Est. 2014

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Third Attempt2024

Priya Nair

B.Tech graduate · switched from Geography to Sociology optional

Thiruvananthapuram → New Delhi

"My first two attempts were not failures. They were drafts."

After two unsuccessful attempts with Geography optional, Priya walked into Gazette carrying a marked-up copy of her Mains answer sheets. The diagnosis was precise: her answer structure was descriptively strong but analytically thin.

We rebuilt her approach from the question paper backward. New optional — Sociology — chosen not for trend, but for her background in social work. Six months of structured mentorship, weekly answer reviews, and mock interviews that were harder than the real one.

UPSC CSE 2024. Rank 47.

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Final Rank · UPSC CSE 2024

47
IAS·Kerala Cadre
Gazette IAS mentored · Strategy session → Result
First Attempt2024

Arjun Mehta

Software engineer · studied only on weekends for 18 months

Bengaluru → Bhopal (posting)

"I had 16 hours a week. We made them count like 40."

Arjun was three years into a product management role at a mid-size tech firm when he enrolled. He could not quit — EMI on a flat, aging parents. The constraint was non-negotiable.

Gazette built him a weekend-only curriculum: two deep-focus Sundays and three weekday evenings. High-yield, high-density. No coaching center had designed a schedule around his constraints before.

He cleared Prelims on the first attempt, wrote Mains while managing a product launch, and sat for the interview in the same suit he wore to client meetings.

Young Indian man in business casual shirt working at a laptop with notes beside him

Final Rank · UPSC CSE 2024

112
IPS·Madhya Pradesh Cadre
Gazette IAS mentored · Strategy session → Result
Second Attempt2024

Sunita Verma

Kisan family · Hindi medium · first graduate in village

Banda, UP → IAS Academy, Mussoorie

"The exam is in two languages. The preparation should be too."

Sunita had cleared Prelims in her first attempt but struggled in Mains. The diagnosis was clear: her Hindi answer writing was strong in content but weak in structure. English comprehension in GS papers was costing her marks she had earned.

Gazette's Hindi-medium track gave her a mentor who had himself cleared in Hindi medium. Answer writing workshops. Bilingual current affairs. No condescension — only strategy.

Her essay in the 2024 Mains drew a remark from the evaluator: "Structured thinking, clear voice." Rank 89. IAS.

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Final Rank · UPSC CSE 2024

89
IAS·Uttar Pradesh Cadre
Gazette IAS mentored · Strategy session → Result
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Gazette IAS · 2024

Topper's
Study Plan

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The study plan that took
Rank 47 from Draft 1.

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It is completely free. No enrolment pitch, no hidden fee. The session is a diagnostic — our faculty maps your profile and gives you a strategy document. If you want to join a batch afterward, that's a separate conversation. Most people who attend do enrol, but there is zero pressure.
Yes. Roughly 40% of our selections in the last three years were working professionals — engineers, doctors, bank officers, teachers. We build schedules around your constraints, not around an imaginary aspirant who studies 12 hours a day. The free session will show you exactly what a realistic plan looks like for your situation.
No. Hindi medium candidates have cleared in top-100 ranks from Gazette. Our Hindi-medium track has dedicated mentors who themselves cleared in Hindi medium. Current affairs, answer writing workshops, and mock interviews — all available in Hindi.
This is the most common question we get, and the answer is: it depends. Do not switch based on trends or what your friends are doing. In the free session, we analyse your optional scorecard, your academic background, and available time — and give you a data-backed recommendation. Priya Nair switched from Geography to Sociology and got Rank 47. But that decision took three months of analysis, not three minutes of advice.
Our GS Foundation batches are capped at 60 students. The next batch begins the first week of April 2026. The free strategy session on 8 March is the right starting point — we will walk you through whether the April batch makes sense for your timeline.
You are exactly on time. Starting with structured preparation in your first attempt is the single biggest advantage you can give yourself. The aspirants who regret their first attempts most often say they wasted the first year without direction. The free session will tell you exactly where to start.

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