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Peak Performance, Unlocked
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University students
and Government
exams: Content

• Numbers and facts

• Our survey with 2.5+ lakh students
• Univ aspirants: Challenges and Concerns
• CivilsDaily and Govt exam aspirants
• About CivilsDaily

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/03 • UP among the highest number of graduates as
per All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)

Few numbers and facts

• Job vacancies annually:
• UP ~15000
• Central Govt and other states = 1.5 lakh (for which
UP domiciled are eligible)

• Around 80% of the total graduates (especially

technical) are not employable
NASSCOM survey

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UPSC and other Government service exam toppers bring
laurels to their state, district & University

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According to the
official UPSC Website, 1. University of Delhi: 43

most of the UPSC 2020

2. Jahawarlal Nehru
Toppers came from
University: 26
three institutes
3. IIT Kanpur: 22

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1. University of Delhi: Third
Current Rankings of
these Universities 2. Jahawarlal Nehru University: Second
according to NIRF
3. IIT Kanpur: Fourth

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Not all who prepare, are able to crack the UPSC exam, but

they crack other prestigious government service exams.

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/08 Successful in other exams
but not in UPSC

53%
1. State PSC
2. UPSC EPFO
3. RBI Grade ‘B’ Exam
4. SSC CGL
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5. IBPS PO & Other Banking

Exams
6. IB Exam
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We counseled 2.5 Lac+ students in
our Mentorship Program.

What did we find?

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• Lack of Mentorship
•
•
Right strategy
Guidance
What do the
•
•
Planning preparation
Resources and study material
aspirants
•
•
Conceptual clarity
Consistency
struggle with?
• Time management
• What to study and what not to?
• Fears and anxiety

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26-28 yrs
Average age to clear UPSC and
Working other government exams
professionals Still in
28.1% College
36.5% 3-4 years
Average Time Taken to Clear the
Exam
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36.5%
Preparing full College/University Students
time
35.3% preparing for the Exam:

Our findings
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Government Exam Prep is a long
process. (unproductive for many)

Conclusion If started in the final year, a UPSC/Government exam

aspirant spends 3+ productive years only preparing

from the Starting early is the key to early

survey success.

An aspirant will be ready to face the

exam by fourth year if they start from
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the first year itself.
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“As a college student, from libraries to
alumni & professors, I had the right
guidance to clear UPSC”
Tina Dabi
AIR 1, UPSC 2015
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Started preparation in
college 1st year,
cleared exam in first
Ansar Ahmed Shaikhi, AIR 135, 2015
attempt just after Tina Dabi, AIR 1, UPSC 2015

college.

Satyam Gandhi, AIR 10, 2020

Srushti J. Deshmukh, AIR 5, UPSC 2018
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Success
stories
University students x Government
exam toppers

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Students won't have to travel CivilsDaily IAS | 2022-23

to far-flung coaching centers after

their college

Academically charged Solution:

environment
where ambitious and like-minded
students will motivate and push
In-campus
Mentorship
each others

They start early

and not regret later or waste their
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University aspirants: Challenges

and concerns

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Expectations of Government

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recruiters/exams (like UPSC,
UPPSC, SSC)

Information and sources

Exam pattern, vast syllabus, study
material and book sources, test
series, etc.
Key
challenges
How to start? and keep it
moving
Unmanageable preparation,
Timetable, note making, , lack of
motivation/fosus,
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'Elephant and the blind men',
students know about
Government exam prep only in
bits and pieces

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Miss out on any
one of these and
it's a year wasted

This pattern must be

integrated in the preparation

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FREE initiative to understand

aspirants and their preparation
statis

How CivilsDaily helps

1-1 Mentorship
Dedicated mentor assigned to Government service exam
every student for a supervised
preparation
aspirants?
Best resources and study
material

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Most comprehensive coverage of
topics, current affairs through
videos, notes and live sessions
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Preparation status
Weakness/strengths
Learning style
Motivations
Time they have

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Empowering
Strategy and study plan
Helping understand - exam,
pattern and syllabus
Emotional support
Preparation monitoring
Our Approach
Personalised
Intensive
Comprehensive

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CivilsDaily and University students

Our plan to popularize Government Service exam among university

students

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Loyalty Awareness

Six point framework

Commitment Discovery

Intent Evaluation

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Awareness Intent
Introduce IAS, IPS, and government Gauge Interest by completion of specific
services career options to 1st year college tasks on our app
students by inspiring them

Commitment
Discovery
Conduct an All-India Admissions Test Conduct a Topper’s Talk Session by a
CivilsDaily student who cleared the exam
with our mentorship

Loyalty
Evaluation Daily 2-Hr Syllabus Completion Classes on
Active Counseling of Shortlisted Students Campus with Online Strategy Sessions Off
Through Interviews by a Panel.  Campus

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1st year
Building Basic Blocks: Introduction to Syllabus,
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NCERTs, Current affairs & Analysis Classes,
Weekly Revision.

2 year
nd
Program Outline
Completing The Advanced Portion: Scheduled
Classes with timetable, Syllabus Completion of
Standard Books, Interlinking of Static-Current Completion of 360 Topics in 3 – 4 years
Affairs Issues, etc.

3rd year
Setting Revision Targets: Daily Prelims + Mains
Tests, Strategy Sessions Based on Performance,
Monthly Essay Writing Practice, Weekly
Discussions on RSTV Debates, Group Studying
Sessions & Doubt Clarification Classes. 
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About CivilsDaily IAS

Our story since inception
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Founded in 2015
Co-founded by Sajal Singh,
Shikhar Sachan and Rohit Pande
CivilsDaily started off as a website.

CivilsDaily is now a serious

contributor in the Government
exam preparation space helping
aspirants realize their dream year
after year.

It has an app and website with 2

crore learners on it.

It is based in Delhi with a pan-India

operations. /29
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Vision
Inclusive, affordable and accessible
government exam preparation.

Mission
To increase the participation,
What drives
awareness and eventually the success
rate of tech graduates from UP in
State/National competitive
us?
government exams.
• Make Technical graduates in Uttar Pradesh Employable and

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competitive

• To generate at least 100000+ direct jobs in Uttar Pradesh

• To increase the share of UP domicile Tech graduates in

competitive exams conducted by the State Public service
commission.

• Increase the share of candidates from Tier 3 and Tier 4 cities

Our Goals
in Overall selection in State and National level competitive
exams.

• Bring Abhyudaya Program to students and colleges for

better synergy and outcome of the vision of the Government
of Uttar Pradesh.

• To increase the share of candidates from Uttar Pradesh in

competitive exams conducted by UPSC.
1. Live Online classes

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2. Monthly Offline sessions by our experienced mentors

3. One-on-One Mentorship support to each student

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4. End to end academic support for state-specific competitive exams 

5. Course-related inclusions

6. Complete Notes and Study Material

What are we
7. Regular 1:1 strategic Session by serving and retired Civil servants

8. Weekly Current affairs Classes and Notes

going to
9. Monthly mock tests for assessment

10. Special focus on EWS, SC/ST, OBC, Women and Physically

provide?
handicapped candidates
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2. Need auditorium once a week for online
lectures and offline mentorship sessions.
Our expectations
3.​​Marginal increase in Fees for students
who opt for the initiative in Private
engineering colleges.

4. Government subsidy/Viability gap

funding in Institutions under the
Government.
From government and institutes
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Students
Exponential gains in both online and
offline students

Rankers
From just one ranker in 2016 to 250+ in
Growth
highlights
2020

From Delhi based to pan

India
Students from India and even overseas

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60

In lakhs
40

20

Students
0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

and
500*

400*

rankers
300*

200*

100*
Our pan India reach is diverse and
shows an interesting trend 0*
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Students (top) and Rankers (bottom) graph

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Pan India
presence
With highest concentration of learners in
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UP followed by North East and South

India.

30% from rest of India.

We have students from US, UK, Middle

East as well.
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60% are female students

Tier 1
Tier 3 and 4
30%
35%

About our
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students
Tier 2
35%
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Course completion rate of our
students

98.97%
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It is only 58-60% by our

competitiors
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Our students
made us proud
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250+ in 2020
2000+ rankers since inception
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CD Alumni
Previous Rankers and toppers

Our community
Guiding light
Ex-bureaucrats, in-service officers,
academics
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Our students
Both offline and online students
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CD Alumni
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250+ in UPSC 2020 including IAS,

IPS, IFS, and other state/central
government services

2500+ overall
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Shri Shankar Dr. Noor Mohammad, Dr. P. K. Aggrawal
Aggrawal, IAS 1977 batch (retd), IAS 1976 batch (retd),
IAS 1980 batch (retd), Former Chief Electoral Officer Former Chief Secretary, West Bengal
UP Cadre Former Election Commissioner
Former Secretary to
GoI
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Academic
counselors
Former bureaucrats, in-
service officers and
Dr. S. D. Singh,
Sh. T N Thakur Professor Amin Usta academics
Retd. IFoS,
Retd. IAAS, Former Dy Jamia Millia Islamia
Uttarakhand cadre
CAG
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Lets create a more employable and
competent Uttar Pradesh.

Thank you!
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