Sathish IFS

This article is exclusively aimed at IFoS aspirants. This will be helpful to those who wish to crack IFS along with their civils prep, in general and those who don't have common optional in the two mains, in particular. I have few Disclamers to make before i proceed. - My Strategy is temperory in nature and is not written in wall. UPSC is evolving every 1gle day. - These are purely my personal thots and you may choose to ignore them partially or totally. - This article can be riduculously long. Hence breaking it into 2 parts. So, before i proceed with my optional strategy for Agriculture n Geology, i wish to clear some misconceptions abt IFS. Back in 2013, i held these misconceptions that  - UPSC did injustice by merging IFS with Civils Pre. - I shouldnot give IFS as i will be doing injustice to Genuine IFS aspirants. - I am not interested in Forests. - I can't study new optionals exclusively for IFS.

Thank You Alka mam for that Wonderful Interview Score. If it weren't 200+, it would have become really difficult for me to figure it out on Y i got lesser.... My strategy worked... :-) Decoding a word or two about UPSC....   P.S.  Will be sharing my overall strategy for IFoS soon.

************************************************************ Name: Naga Sathish Gidijala Board : Alka Sirohi mam Optionals : Agriculture and Geology Civils Optional : Geography Hobbies   : Watching movies and Cricket, Internet browsing,  Watching news channels in TV. Attempt : 1 for IFoS, 3 for Civils mains Qualification: MTech CSE   IIT Roorkee, BTech ECE, Andhra University. Present Job : Jobless..hehe... left my job an year back in Feb 2013 Past Jobs: Software Engineer, Cisco Systems, Bangalore - 2.5yrs exp                    Software Engineer, Informatica Business Solutions, Bangalore - 1 year exp Achievements : Best Student in college, ISTE                              Best boy in School     ...

So before my memory fades, let me recapitulate my tryst with IFoS Exam 2014. I never knew abt IFS before n how to enter into it. It all started when Civils n IFS prelims got merged in 2013. I dint even opt for IFS in 2013 simply becoz i was ignorant. I totally lived in the darkness. But goodness me, the failure in Mains 2013 opened my eyes. I felt it to be disastrous to base all my future on 1 single exam that is Civil Services. Soon i decided not to skip other exams... keep attempting them but the ultimate Goal is the IAS... In the process, i applied for Bank POs(Just to get CSAT practise), CAPF (PET clashed with IFS mains, hence left it), RBI Grade B(again for apti practise) and ultimately Indian Forest Services. IFoS never loomed large even now coz of my ignorance. Still it was just one of those exams which gives me practise for civils. But how ignorant i was....I was just underestimating an All India Service just because it was not included in Civil Services Exam.. Anywayz,...