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My Strategy

Neha Kumari. Rank – 26, CSE –

2014

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste

it living someone else’s life. Don’t be

trapped by dogma, which is the

result of living with the results of

other people’s thinking. Don’t let the

noise of other’s opinions drown out

your own inner voice. And most

important, have the courage to

follow your heart and intuition.

They somehow already know what

you truly want to become.

Everything else is secondary.”

These are golden lines spoken by

Steve Jobs which i truly believed in.

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With these words in my mind and

the beautiful dream of getting into

Indian Administrative Services I left

Jamshedpur to Bangalore.

The obvious questions in people’s

mind—BANGALORE?? who goes to

Bangalore for Civil Service

preparation? Are you crazy? But call

it destiny or intuition , I followed my

heart which said a 1000 times not to

get trapped by the Delhi

coachingwallas.

On reaching Bangalore, I met Vinay

Sir. Simple, dedicated, encouraging

and inspiring ,He is an epitome of

hard-work and courage. His

emphasis on writing practice can be

seen from the fact that just after half

an hour of landing in Bangalore, I

was made to answer questions

from Ethics Mains paper!

He has been a guru,mentor and

guide, more of a friend than a

teacher in this most grueling and

challenging journey of civil service

preparation. Whenever in self doubt

I would pour out our fears and

inhibitions to him, and he like a very

patient listener would say — ”

Neha,You have nothing to lose. You

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of insightsonindia.com. Calling it a

coaching institute would be

degrading the philanthropy and high

ideals which run in the background

behind it. This site is extremely

helpful for those people who live far

away from the so called Meccas of

UPSC preparation and are unable to

afford the high coaching fees or can’t

spare so much time to be physically

present.

The prelims test series covered

almost all the portion on which I

solely depended, and the awesome

result and feedback of prelims speak

for itself. It is elaborate and covers

the entire portion to suit us such

that even a novice like me does not

get overwhelmed by seeing the huge

portion.

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aspirants to write online. This is an

excellent idea which help in building

conceptual clarity and cultivating the

essential traits of time management.

Feedback from sir and other co-

aspirants will help in filling the

loopholes and lacunae in our

preparation. It is the best way of

reading the newspaper and helps in

better memorization.

I strongly recommend the future

aspirants to take daily at least 1

hour of answer writing practice

to improve their presentation skills,

answer structure, speed and time

management, finally to maximise

their marks. I followed it for one

year and the result is there to see.

I was fortunate enough to manage to

get enrolled in the Mains offline

programme of Insights which did

not include any conventional

classroom program like typical

coaching institutes.

We were given daily targets to read

for the various topics in CSE Mains

exam and we were expected to

answer them in the limited time.

This was extremely strenuous and

needed 100% concentration and

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will surely come out successful.” We

as an uncut piece of diamond, would

be chiselled to shine one day

through this programme.

It would have been impossible

without Insights to succeed in this

exam. Thank you Insights!

Post the Mains exam, though it was

a relaxation phase, I was constantly

in touch with the newspaper

editorials. And after that I was told to

work and prepare on my DAF. The

personality test does not only check

the depth of knowledge but more of

what you principles you stand for. I

tried to fine tune my opinion on

various issues.

I took interview guidance from

Vinay Sir and Kerala Samajam

Academy, who had organised mock

interviews with IAS,IPS,IRS and

other officers already in service. This

was an eye-opener for me and the

fear and nervousness of facing the

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major problem, implicated in poverty, ill

health and exploitation. Inequality has

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final interview board was not there.

Though I thought I did well in

interview, I have been awarded 157

marks.

The journey was full of challenges

but at every stage I could feel the

grace of god, where I would get an

internal drive to achieve what I

aspired for. The life stories of great

people like George Washington,

Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. APJ Abdul

Kalam gave me strength and

courage.

Family support at each stage was

very crucial and helped me to fall

back upon.

My friends Sameer, Ankita,

Himanshu, Rinkesh, Aditi, Laxmi,

Punitha,Krishna, Nitin, Mahendra,

Ashish, Shailendra were pillars of

strength and I owe this success to

them too.

Mrunal (of mrunal.org) has been a

great help and source of inspiration

for me. If it was not for you economy

would have been a very hard nut to

crack! Thank you Mrunal.

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Anthropology was also very helpful.

I thank all those people who have

been a part of this beautiful journey.

I thank all of you for being there.

Note from Insights:

Neha came to Bangalore leaving her

well paying job at Tata Steel. She

started her journey in January –

2014. It was going to be her first

attempt. From the Day – 1 to till

Mains – 2014, she worked very hard.

Almost every day she wrote

something. She revised what she

read. She followed a single strategy –

read and write relentlessly what’s

relevant for the exam. In her very

first attempt, she has secured All

India Rank – 26 in 2014 Civil

Services Examination. She is an

example to prove that anyone who

works hard consistently by following

a right strategy, would succeed no

matter what comes in their way. Few

days ago, before the final result was

announced, she was already again

into practising answer writing!

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Ten scores in 2014 exam. We wish

her good luck in her future

endeavours. You too can succeed if

you have faith in you abilities and in

a strategy that you choose to follow.

Follow one strategy that works for

you.

Neha has profusely thanked us

which we honestly do not deserve. It

was solely her hard work which

earned her the Rank. It is us who are

proud to have got such student

amongst us. It is we who need to

thank her for showing us that

anyone with strong will power and

right desire can succeed in this

exam.

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follow the same strategy we follow

on website in our class. It is just you

need self-motivation to follow things

posted here and work hard

consistently (As Raju Mishra,

Abdaal, Aparna, MSI and scores of

others have done) Success will be

yours today or tomorrow if you have

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Neha Dubey • 5 months ago

> bhaz

hi,

My score is

Essay 158

GS 1 116

GS 2 82

GS 3 68

GS 4 132

ANTHROPOLOGY 271

PERSONALITY TEST 157 :(

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Zombie1100 • 5 months ago

Grt team effort by vinay sir and

neha..kudos .. Vinay sir, a

humble request-as only a few

students can join ur offline mains

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students can join ur offline mains

answer writing coaching if u can

post d everyday study task given to

such students on the website then

lacs of ur student followers can

simultaneously prepare likewise.

Make it a paid privilege if need be;

just like ur prelims test series. Plz

give it a serious thought, it can

turn out to be the most successful

and popular Insightsonindia

initiative yet. Thnks.

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che • 5 months ago> Zombie1100

The Insights team must

give thought to this. The

offlin class preperation

must be provided online

too. If need be, on a paid

basis. It will take a lot of

extra work but definitely

worth it.

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shrill • 5 months ago

Neha- A girl of great dreams not

only for herself but for everyone

around her. I have known her for

long and what I really admire

about her is her honestly, integrity

and simplicity. She always wanted

to join the service not for the glory

but for the service. I realise that

she is a person with a high

commitment for changing the

system around her no matter

however bad things look. This is

just a beginning. Curious, Humble

, Diligent and smart. With

inspiration and motivation she will

set high goals for the state she will

work for. All the best Neha .

Congratulation to Insightonindia

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Congratulation to Insightonindia

too! whenever I asked Neha where

she was coaching, she would try to

make us understand how exactly

she was not " being coached in a

classroom" but was being guided .

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Vishnu Priyen • 5 months ago

Hats of u sir...inspiring article

...beyond tat 1 thing s today all

institutes are rushing up to show

their results eventhough they do

not deserve...but u made a history

by appreciating students

hardwork....

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SUBHASH tadala• 5 months ago

No words to applaud your work.

Oxford dictionary is also saying to

refer other sources... But I can say

wordless. ☺

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Navya • 5 months ago

This article is so motivating.

Congrats Neha Mam for the

tremendous success. :)

Dear Insights,

Its really so sweet of you not to

take any credits for their success.

But we know the fact. Along with

their hard work it is also your

guidance which has made them

achieve the feet. "We are not

promoting our classes through this

article" this statement says how

humble you people are!...

Thank You so much for helping us

remain focused and being our

guide and a friend in our journey

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Thejaswini HP • a month ago

All the best Neha..Now Bangalore

is becoming Mecca of IAS

aspirants because of Insights..

Proud to be in Bangalore:)

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raju ganachari• 3 months ago

Sir please let us know about the

offline class I am from Karnataka

completed my BE in Bangalore ...

I am CSE 2016 aspirant ...

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BHABANI SHANKAR Das• 3 months ago

really a great work Vinay sir,

#respect

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Amrit Pal Singh• 3 months ago

What was your strategy for essay

paper and the ethics paper?. U

have scored outstandingly in both

these papers.

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Raghu D J • 4 months ago

hai neha mam....

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Diehard Insight Fan• 5 months ago

Congratulations Neha Mam and

Vinay Sir..

Such articles motivate aspirants to

go on and important for self-belief.

Stories like this truly inspire one to

take as much efforts as are needed

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take as much efforts as are needed

to clear this exam. Thank you for

writing this.

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Piyush Kaprawan• 5 months ago

What is the criteria to join offline

batch?

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suraj • 5 months ago

great efforts neha, thank you very

much insights.

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Venu Lingampally• 5 months ago

sir please start SUPER 30 series for

offline..so that more aspirants will

get benefited. We all daily follower

of insights ..

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archana • 5 months ago

congrates.. Neha mam.. plz share

your strategies... regarding

anthropology....

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SAG • 5 months ago

Now Insight is in greatdemand.

Every one blindly want to jump

into offline class.

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shalini sinha • 5 months ago

Hi insight

I want to ask when notification for

offline test series declared??? I am

regularly following and there was

a post regarding it that it will be

declared after prelims 2015.Please

give us chance to apply for it.

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Mayuresh Pawar• 5 months ago

Congrats!!!Neha...and Best of

Luck....

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Srikanth Bandi• 5 months ago

congrats and the targets she said,

can those be uploading in the

insights page daily?

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Krishna • 5 months ago

Sir i am interested in answer

writing practice in personal rather

than offline.If it is possible for few

sessions like 1 week or 15 days , so

that a brief idea how to write

answer. so that after prelims we

can come down to banglore. Its

upto your discreation. As you

cannot accomadate all i think so, i

mean it may difficult to handle or

we dont know know on what basis

you actually take students.

Thank you sir

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AMD • 5 months ago

Really inspiring ....Anybody can

crack civil services exam and

anybody cannot crack it also. It

depends on your startegy,

approach, hardwork and 3D(

dedication, determination and

devotion).

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Anwar • 5 months ago

Inspiring and motivating, thanks

for sharing

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Radhika R • 5 months ago

congrats neha.... very inspiring

article....

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urken • 5 months ago

Hats off for her hard worked and

wonderful enlightened guidance by

insights team member... Thank

you very much insights for

providing us treasure of knowledge

and guidance.......

Iam too interested in offline

coaching provided by you kindly

please tell me how would be I

select in that 30 fortunate slot......

Your reply is highly solicited

regarding getting admission in

offline class.

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ias-2015 • 5 months ago

@insights

sir........I wrote u several

times....plzz reply...I need mains

test series,I can attend offline

staying in Banglore. plzz provide

the schedule or process. I know its

extremly difficult to reply each

query but I need this. Plzz help

me.

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raju ganachari • 3 months ago

> ias-2015

What is the mail id where

we can mail to Vinay sir ? I

am from Bangalore

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Naina target 2016• 5 months ago

Thank you Insight and Neha

ma'am for such a wonderful

article which boost me up and to

focus towards the right

strategy...thank you soooo much

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