When UPSC CSE 2023 results came out on April 16, 2024, Aditya Srivastava was already in uniform. He had cleared UPSC CSE 2022 with AIR 236 and was serving

She holds a Computer Engineering degree with a 9.21 CGPA. She chose Sociology as her optional subject. She cleared GPSC at Rank 55 while still preparing

An engineering graduate from a small town in Madurai. Seven years of preparation. Two government exams cleared. And on March 6, 2026, AIR 2 in UPSC CSE 2025,

Akansh Dhull spent four years finding out. Four attempts. Three documented results. A steady, measurable climb that ended with AIR 3 in UPSC CSE 2025, declared in March 2026.

An electrical engineering graduate from VIT Vellore. A former IT professional who quit his job after less than a year.

She was a qualified Chartered Accountant with a stable career ahead of her. She had failed Prelims not once, but twice.

That is the arc of Shakti Dubey’s UPSC journey, and it is one that every aspirant sitting with a bruised previous result needs to read carefully.

Writing for the UPSC Mains is often described as an “art” because it requires you to compress vast knowledge into a strictly timed,

Uttar Pradesh is home to over 240 million people. It has more districts than most countries have states. And yet, thousands of critical administrative posts sit vacant every year.