UPSC and Beyondd with Shubham Ajmera

✨News: Launch of JNU’s Conference on Indian Knowledge Systems📚📝 “From July 10–12, 2025, JNU is hosting an annual Indian Knowledge Systems conference, with over 100 papers, sponsored by AYUSH Ministry, ICSSR, ICHR, and inaugurated by Vice‑President Dhankhar” 📱USAGE: On topics like Indian knowledge traditions, interdisciplinary education📓, and policy support for indigenous knowledge📖. Key themes : 🎹 ✅“Decolonizing Indian🇮🇳 Education”📖 ✅“Interdisciplinary research integrating IKS with modern science”🤪 ✅“National Education Policy (NEP) 🧑‍🎓2020 focus on IKS” ✅“Holistic, value-based, and sustainable learning models🧑‍🎓” ✅“Reclaiming India’s intellectual heritage🇮🇳” For more such content..click here to follow us : https://t.me/essaysandbeyond

Feedback by one the mains giving candidate on Navya Mam's essay session she took with us. 15 marks is a game changer let me tell you. Feels so good to be helping.( Original message). (It was for 5 students and the initiative is over) Will be trying to get more sessions and more mentors as far as it's practically feasible and you guys show love and support to the mentors and me. Personal channel of Navya mam: https://t.me/lifeandcsewithnavya Do follow it for more tips and suggestions from her in her long experience of being a mentor. For people who are new to this channel, check pinned message thoroughly as i have compiled everything there.

News🔔: India’s First Hydrogen‑Powered Train🚊 Coach – Green Transport Milestone A hydrogen‑powered coach has been tested successfully in India, marking progress towards the sustainable rail transport🚃. Usage: GS‑3 – Technology, sustainable mobility, energy transition. Features appreciable: ✅Propulsion: Uses hydrogen fuel cells to generate electricity, which powers the traction motors🚙. ✅Zero Tailpipe Emission: Emits only water vapour💦; no carbon dioxide or particulate matter. ✅Retrofit Capability: Designed to be fitted on existing train coaches, reducing cost and transition time. Way forward: On the lines of Decarbonisation, Supports India’s National Green Hydrogen Mission 🔼by reducing railway carbon footprint👣. Hit❤️ to appreciate and follow us for more such content:https://t.me/upscandbeyondd

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Day 36: Diagramification of your Mains Answer ✅Theme: Emotional Intelligence Every EI answer quotes Daniel Goleman. Very few show what Goleman actually said. His model fits in a 2x2: Self + Recognition = Self-awareness Social + Recognition = Social awareness Self + Regulation = Self-management Social + Regulation = Relationship management The arrows matter. You can't manage an emotion you haven't recognised, and you can't handle others before you handle yourself. Put one administrative example against each box (a DM during a riot, a doctor facing an angry family) and the body of your answer is done. EI keeps coming back, sometimes as theory and sometimes hidden inside a case study. Keep this one ready. 💡The EQ-IQ balance and the Values for EI wheel are in the GS4 Diagram Booklet, ₹399, Civil Services Compass app ✉️Follow us for more such updates

If anyone wants to write to me, got selected/didn’t get selected feel free to! Also mention how did we help you @sidiswel

Thinking of a fun game with any course you want as a give away for FREE 🎁 (Yes, you heard it right) What’s the game? 🎮 ✅We are soon going to reach 10k on YouTube, but we don’t know the exact date, so you have to guess a date, send it to @UPSCand_Beyond in a format as asked below! ⬇️ ➡️Your NAME, Your NUMBER, your EMAIL and Guess any date randomly! Whichever date we reach 10k on, every person who has guessed the date correctly, will get ANY 1 COURSE FOR FREE OR A REFUND OF ANY 1 COURSE (IF ALREADY BOUGHT FROM US BEFORE)- GS course only, not optional! 📌Only one guess allowed! ✅Just two preconditions- 1. You have to subscribe to our YouTube channel to be eligible 2. Send us the same details by which you will register on our app (name, number, email) [it will be better if you register on app first] 📱Our YouTube (click here) 📱Our App (click here) 😎 Our Instagram (click here) 📌IOS app will be coming soon, you guys can also take a guess, by giving details You can take guess only for next 48 hours!!!

This is for those with Anthropology Optional as many people have DMed me how to approach it. I scored ~260 this year which is a fairly decent score considering the performance of the subject as well as other optionals this year. What worked for me: 1. Multiple Revisions of the subject (at least 5-6 times between Prelims and Mains) 2. 5-6 times sounds too much. Am i exaggerating? No. Here is the second suggestion. I made short notes of almost both papers by the end of July itself. Then I used those to revise my entire optional. 3. 'Not all heroes wear capes' - this can be said for Optional Short notes. I had almost over 1000 pages of notes for both Paper 1 and Paper 2. This included both foundation notes as well as value additions in the same notebook. But my short notes made it much easier for me to revise. 4. A very important part of my notes were Value-additions. For that, I relied on Shiva Teja Sir's content(he's been my friend and mentor much before he became a full-time professional teacher). 5. I can recall a few of the questions in 2024 like Research Methods and the questions related to Tribals, I wrote his case studies and researches verbatim which certainly gave me an edge. 6. I did not copy any toppers notes or completely relied on their material. Many students still follow Mandar Patki Sir notes. The times are gone when you could do that. If you are giving Mains this year, no need to panic if you have done this. Simply, do some value additions and try to make your content unique and gain conceptual clarity rather than rote learning. 7. I only wrote PYQs but did them daily. There are even questions I have written 5-6 times all over again. For feedback, I relied on Shiva Sir. 8. For the optional answers, it's not the same as writing GS answers. Optional answers must be written in paragraphs mostly and must contain some description and not in short form. 9. Link Paper 1 and Paper 2 concepts in the answers. Try to sprinkle the thinker's name and their studies every now and then. 10. Lastly have faith in your optional. I was once about to leave Anthro for something else. Marking in every optional is now being scaled down and the papers are not merely a repetition of PYQs. All optionals are equally good and bad and have their own pros and cons. What you should focus on is getting conceptual clarity. @Prashantgupta23 (P.S. This is not an endorsement for Shiva Sir. I have genuinely gained from his content. I have tried to be as honest as I could have. Before exploring any course by any teacher, do your own research always.)

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This student had given interview in 2024, and Failed Prelims in 2025! Take a learning from him! You can easily read 100 pages! Offer of 299 gets over today!

https://t.me/+SjK0XLJ6sYZmZjQ1 Collection of best toppers notes in my 6 years of experience with UPSC. Personally checking for only best possible notes.