: You Can Clear UPSC CSE Without Coaching; Heres How I Did It: IAS Officer #IndiaNEWS #Civil Servants Self-study for the Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) Civil Service Examination (CSE) most

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You Can Clear UPSC CSE Without Coaching; Heres How I Did It: IAS Officer #IndiaNEWS #Civil Servants
Self-study for the Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) Civil Service Examination (CSE) most certainly seems like a daunting task to aspirants. While some aspirants choose to enrol at various institutions and academies to study, a handful may opt for self-study. Sarjana Yadav, a 2019-batch officer who secured an All India Rank (AIR) of 126, is one such aspirant who chose to take the path less taken.
Sarjana’s childhood was spent in Delhi/NCR where she attended school and college. “I am a BTech graduate from the Delhi College of Engineering. Post-graduation, I worked with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) as a research officer. During my stint at TRAI, I decided to attempt the CSE, and in 2018 I gave my first attempt,� she tells The Better India.
“I come from a family where a majority of people are involved in government service and jobs. My father also is a part of the Indian Engineering Service (IES) and my maternal grandfather was an Additional District Magistrate in Bihar. So, my foundation was intact, and I just followed that path,� she says. Given how fast-paced life in a metro is, Sarjana says that it just took her some time to finalise on appearing for the examination.
She continues, “Even when I was working at TRAI we would report to civil servants and that further strengthened my desire to appear for the examination. I got to see how they were often part of the decision-making process and involved in bringing about change. I was sure of wanting to be on that side. �
In 2019, Sarjana says that she gave her second attempt after quitting her job at TRAI.
Sarjana Yadav
“In fact, I didn’t even tell my parents I had quit my job at TRAI. The few people who knew would often tell me I was being silly in giving up a good stable government job. However, I knew what I needed to do, so I persisted. �
After Sarjana quit her job, she started preparing for the 2019 UPSC CSE in June 2018. She says, “I continued to stay with my parents in Noida and started my preparation from there. The one thing I was clear of was to not enrol in any coaching class. � This stemmed from her own experience of attending coaching classes when she was preparing for the IIT entrance exam. She explains, “I missed out on getting into IIT by one mark and that was perhaps the first heartbreak that I went through. I felt that in a coaching setup, everyone starts to think in one direction. There is a uniformity in thought and I did not want that. �
She shares the self-study techniques that worked for her:
1. Be disciplined:
“One of the most important things is to make a schedule and be very disciplined in following it.

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