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About the Chief Mentor
Aman Soni is a well-known faculty for the UPSC Exam. He has a teaching experience of around 11 years. He is also the author of the books Indian Economy by Aman Soni published by Disha Publications. He has helped multiple rankers in their preparation through his Foundation classes of Indian Economy, current affairs updates and mentorship skills. His more than ten years of teaching experience helps him to understand the day to day problems which the students face in their preparation. His friendly and approachable nature helps the students establish a connection with him.
The preparation lasts for at least one year and the examination process is of another 1 year. So even if a candidate clears in the first attempt, he needs to prepare for atleast 2 years. And as most of the candidates clear the exam in the 2nd attempt (which is also considered to be the best attempt), it is approx. 3 years of preparation. In such a long process, it is very difficult to maintain focus, discipline and consistency. Many times the candidates feel very low, not able to understand how to move forward. In such a circumstance, a direction from an experienced mentor would be of great help.
There are 13 subjects in the GS Mains exam and each one of them has to be studied deeply. Mains answers for each one of these subjects require technical terms. Solving MCQs require in depth knowledge and conceptual clarity. Without guidance, a student can easily get lost in the vast ocean of knowledge.
Answer writing, MCQ solving, essay writing etc are required from a candidate. A mentor can easily guide about all these processes.
A lot of information is available on YouTube and Telegram. But without guidance, it is difficult to separate the relevant information from the irrelevant. A lot of strategy videos are available online where everyone is giving the same solution to everyone (same medicine for different problems).
Most of the students find themselves burdened because of expectations of their parents and relatives. Moreover, social media updates of their college friends, further weigh them down
Who requires Mentorship?
They need help on notes preparation, newspaper reading, finding suitable material for a topic etc. They also need help on how to handle a lot of small questions just before prelims viz. how many mock tests should be written before prelims, how many times one should revise each subject, when should one leave preparation of the mains and optional and start for prelims. Most importantly they need a help in the case where the foundation program of GS is completed and they are not able to score good in the mock exams.
These students appear in prelims multiple times but are unable to qualify. They attempt a lot of mocks, but are still not able to clear the cutoff. They are not able to maximise the output from the prelims test series. They actually do not understand about what is the exact need of test series for them : is it a way to revise or a way to prepare or a way of self evaluation or a way to add knowledge.They just join a test series as everyone else is doing. Add to that the stress of not scoring well in the mock test series and students find themselves stuck.
- Scoring well in mains test series but not getting translated into increasing mains score.
- Regularly scoring less in a specific subject
- Not able to complete all the questions in the
mains exam
Deliverables
- Based on the analysis of strengths and weaknesses and the educational background of students
- Customized study plan and not 1 size fits all policy
- Revision of syllabus in time bound manner.
- With Aman Soni Sir (Teaching and mentorship experience of 11 years)
- 1 session every month
Mentoring and assessment of progress & performance of the students - Catering to individual issues Maintenance of track record of a student by proper filing of records of all sessions
- With a experienced Mentor who has a interview experience for the UPSC exam.
- 1 Mentor for a group of 7 students.
- Students of similar profile will be put in one group.
- Per week 1 session of around 60 minutes
- Focus on note making, clearance of newspaper doubts
Help in consolidation of notes from multiple resources - Tips and guidance on time and stress management Revision of the complete syllabus
- MCQ+PYQ practice(atleast 50 MCQ/week) (Total around 3500MCQs including FLTs)
- AWP (Answer Writing Practice)+PYQ practice (atleast 7 ques/week)+Model answers+Innovative tips for better presentation (Total around 600 questions including FL Ts )
- Analysis of tests (pre/mains mock)written by the student(even from Test Series of a other institute)Â
- Analysis of Toppers’ copies. Content enrichment through Value addition material and ready made Introductions and
- Conclusions for the most important topics(Static and Current).It will improve presentationand content (adding fodder/value addition
points)
- With Aman Soni Sir (Teaching and mentorship experience of 11 years)
- 1 session every month
Mentoring and assessment of progress & performance of the students - Catering to individual issues Maintenance of track record of a student by proper filing of records of all sessions
There will be subject expert mentors and one mentor won’t be mentoring for all the subjects. Subject specific Mentorship by those candidates who have scored well in a specific subject. ( Single mentor can’t do justice to all subjects. There are weak spots for everyone). eg. Geography and environment Mentoring will be done by a mentor who either has a geography optional or has scoredvery well in the GS1 paper in the Mains exam. Thiswill be the pattern for all the subjects. Most of these mentors will be interview appeared
candidates
- Revision Classes (recorded) on the most important & complex topics of each subjectÂ
- Consolidated and comprehensive notes
on high scoring areas in pre and mains
- 4FLTs of Prelims
- 8 FLTs on Mains
*Focus on improvement in English reading speed, handwriting & grammar (only for the students who will be in need of it)
“
It was indeed a great experience to see how such a tough technical subject like economics was made easily understandable by Aman Sir and that provided
the foundation for my preparation for Prelims and GS3 Mains
Ravisankar Sharma
Indian Forest Service (2018)
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I could feel that Aman sir makes it his personal mission to make sure that students do well. If an aspirant is ready to give 100 percent than he will definitely give his 200. He is dedicated and determined towards his students
Ashish Chugh
USPC ESE AIR 30
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The handouts given by Aman Sir according to topics in GS-3 syllabus were very helpful in covering the same effectively. The revision of previous economic
surveys also helped in making my answers rich in content. I thank Sir for
helping me out especially with respect to GS-3 paper.
Divya Chandran
Civil Services 2018, AIR 397
“
Aman Sir masters the art of Simplifying economics with relatable examples and
illustrations
Jithin krishna B
Civil Services 2021, AIR 278
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I was initially very weak in Economics, Before joining the classes, I had tried to
prepare the subject on my own and had terribly failed at that. Aman sir literally became a Saviour for me. Sir explained all the concepts beautifully
using simple examples and made the subject really interesting. He used to
clear even the silliest doubts we had
Shweta T Sugathan
AIR 461 UPSC CSE 2018 / AIR 34
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I started understanding the articles in newspaper related to business and economies. The daily ups and downs in the market became very easy to understand. I never needed to memorize this subject as a logical modular approach was taught by Aman Soni sir.
Ipsita Datta
DesignerDYSP WBCS 2017
