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Satish TJ

He is a graduate from NITK Suratkal - 2007 . He worked with Adobe for couple of years . If you are using Flex 3, you may find him in the developer's list . and his love for the examination took him to Delhi . He has written Mains - 2009 waiting for the results.His optionals are Public Administration and Sanskrit

He will be handling Public Administration and General Studies . He generally pens down
his idea in this blog .

PS: Some faculty name cannot be disclosed on the web since it has been requested by them as that would affect their regular university jobs and other reasons . You may drop in to the class and check out the profile is described here .

Sanskrit :
Vidhvan who has completed his PHD from Bangalore Univ and MA from Mysore university and been teaching Sanskrit from twenty years , has guided many PHD candidates and now with Namma IAS for guiding Civil Service aspirants . Materials are designed in a manner to help aspirants score a 300+ with little but sustained effort.

Anthropology:

Classes will be held by a person who had cleared UPSC but his rank got stuck up due to some problems . He has also got a interview call from KPSC .
The whole course is designed for 95 hours and timings early morning ..

Sanskrit for UPSC is a subject from where candidates can easily predict the questions which can be asked in the examination . So no room for any surprises if you have prepared well as we have designed .

The study materials are designed with innumnerable experience of teachers and also hardwork of students . This material has fetched more than 320 marks in past UPSC examinations [ Essay is a variable]

A detailed stratergy

Section-A

1. Significant features of the grammar, with particular stress on Sanjna, Sandhi, Karaka, Samasa, Kartari and Karmani vacyas (voice usages) (to be answered in Sanskrit).
   This is the Grammar part which is also very scoring .
2. 1. Main characteristics of Vedic Sanskrit language.
   2. Prominent features of classical Sanskrit language.
   3. Contribution of Sanskrit to linguistic studies . [ To be answered in Medium of Exam]
      Generally one question comes from this part . All the answers are well defined . So possibility of high marks
3. General Knowledge of
   1. Literary history of Sanskit,———- [ To be prepared in Medium of Exam]
   2. Principal trends of literary criticism —– One question from here . Since answer is well known and scientific .High marks
      
   3. Ramayana,
   4. Mahabharata —————— A cursory look on these two would be fine
      
   5. The origin and development of literary geners of:
      • Mahakavya
      • Rupaka (drama)
      • Katha
      • Akhyayika
      • Campu
      • Khandakavya
      • Muktaka Kavya. ——————- on these Its advised to skip . Because more effort is needed and you have option to skip . One is generally advised to avoid this Question
        

Section-B

1. Essentials of Indian Culture with stress on
   1. Purusarthas-
   2. Samskaras-
   3. Varnasramavyavastha
   4. Arts and fine arts
   5. Technical sciences ———————— To be answered in Medium of Exam
      
2. Trends of Indian Philosophy
   1. Mimansa
   2. Vedanta
   3. Nyaya
   4. Vaisesika
   5. Sankhya
   6. Yoga
   7. Bauddha
   8. Jaina
   9. Carvaka ————————————– Skip this question
3. Short Essay in Sanskrit ———————— One place where marks varies [ Not a very high scoring area]
4. Unseen passage with the questions, to be answered in Sanskrit. —————– High Scoring area. Simple questions will be given . If u can understand Sanskrit then you can definitely score here

Paper-II

Question from Group 4 is to be answered in Sanskrit only. Question from Groups 1, 2 and 3 are to be answered either in Sanskrit or in the medium opted by the candidate.

Section-A

General study of the following groups:-

1. Group 1
   • Raghuvamsam-Kalidasa
   • Kumarasambhavam-Kalidasa
   • Kiratarjuniyam-Bharavi
   • Sisupalavadham-Magha
   • Naisadhiyacaritam-Sriharsa
   • Kadambari-Banabhatta
   • Dasakumaracaritam -Dandin
   • Sivarajyodayam-S.B. Varnekar—————————– Before hand preperation .[ So medium scoring ]
2. Group 2
   • Isavasyopanisad
   • Bhagavadgita
   • Sundarakanda of Valmiki’s Ramayana
   • Arthasastra of Kautilya
3. Group 3
   • Svapnavasavadattam- Bhasa
   • Abhijnanasakuntalam- Kalidasa
   • Mrcchakatikam-Sudraka
   • Mudraraksasam-Visakhadatta
   • Uttararamacaritam- Bhavabhuti
   • Ratnavali-Sriharshavardhana
   • Venisamharam- Bhattanarayana———————— Advised to Skip
     
4. Group 4
   Short notes in Sanskrit on the following
   • Meghadutam-Kalidasa
   • Nitisatakam-Bhartrhari
   • Panchtantra-
   • Rajatarangini-Kalhana
   • Harsacaritam-Banabhatta
   • Amarukasatakam-Amaruka
   • Gitagovindam-Jayadeva—————————— To be answered in Sanskrit . Pre preperation is necessary

Section-B

Questions from Groups 1 & 2 are to be answered in Sanskrit only. (Questions from Groups 3 & 4 are to be answered in Sanskrit or in the medium opted by the candidate).

This Section will require first hand reading of the following selected texts :-

1. Group 1
   • Raghuvansam-Canto I, Verses 1 to 10
   • Kumarasambhavam-Canto I, Verses 1 to 10
   • Kiratarjuniyam-Canto I, Verses 1 to 10—————- To be answered in Sanskrit . [ High score area]
     
2. Group 2
   • Isavasyopanisad-verses-1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 15 and 18
   • Bhagavatgita II chapter verses 13 to 25
   • Sundarakandam of Valmiki Canto 15, Verses 15 to 30 (Geeta Press Edition)———— To be answered in Skt [ High Score area]
     
3. Group 3
   • Meghadutam-verses 1 to 10
   • Nitisatakam-Verses 1 to 10 (Edited by D.D. Kosambi Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Publication)
   • Kadambari-Sukanasopadesa (only)————————————————- To be answered in English
     
4. Group 4
   • Svapnavasavadattam Act VI
   • Abhijnansakuntalam Act IV verses 15 to 30 (M.R. Kale Edition)
   • Uttararamacaritam Act 1 verses 31 to 47 (M.R. Kale Edition)——————————- Skip
     

The above stratergy will enable one to answer all the questions as of UPSC .

So in
Paper 1

Section A
You need to prpepare { I , II , III ( a,b) ( c &d Cursory look) (Skip e)

Section B
You need to prepare {I , Skip II , III ( Sanskrit essay) IV ( unseen passsage)}

Paper II
Section A
Prepare
{ Group I and Group IV}
Section B
Prepare
{ Group 1 , 2 and 3 }

Study Material : Detailed Study material and a book on subashitas which will help the candidate to beautify his answers are available @Namma . Kindly contact us .

Classes : Will be held in June 2010 for IAS Mains 2010 by experienced Vidhvan who has completed his PHD from Bangalore Univ and MA from Mysore university and been teaching Sanskrit from twenty years , has guided many PHD candidates and now with Namma IAS for guiding Civil Service aspirants .

1. IAS vs MBA vs SW
This is the most common question which a person from Bangalore will encounter . All are good but to get a better picture , I would like to quote this example

1. Horses — Technical people , the good the horse more it gets to eat , better stable, this is a Sw engineer . So be a good horse you will get good .

2. Jockey — One who rides the horse . While riding horse if horse is good he may not be very good , else he has slog his full self .. He is a manager . . a MBA

3. Goal post setter – The person who sets goal which this jockey has to reach is the Administrator .

Now I guess you can take a better decision , what u want to be ? Horse , Jockey or Goal post setter .

This for all the candidates who have written CSE - Mains in 2009
Namma IAS takes pride in starting the programme for Interview preparation free of cost .
The programme structure .

Sources are specified alongside

1. Know the Karnataka -- Karnataka Hand Book -2005 and Websites
2. Forming Decision tree of Questions : Help each candidate to build possible questions based on the Mains form which he has submitted .
3. Government Policies : Totally 28 govt policies from Websites
4. International Relations : JN Dixit and newspapers.
5. A panel interview experience : [ The cost will be shared among participants to invite some bureaucrats ]

All aspirants WHO HAVE WRITTEN MAINS ARE WELCOME !!
venue : NSVK School Time : 6:00 pm Date : 27th November onwards

A initiative of Namma

Namma IAS is looking for dynamic persons from Hubli , Gulbarga , Mangalore and Bellary .

Whats the opportunity ?

Namma IAS is looking for people who can conduct test series at above places . We provide the question papers and answers . The person is responsible to distribute the question papers to the students , conduct the test on every Sunday and email back the marks obtained by the students back to us .



If you are interested , call 9844042465

Dont keep wondering which optionals should I take . The best way is to look at the marks of previous years how each optional has performed .

Download Marks of Final candidates ( In service)
Download All candidates who appeared for Mains

Analyse them ..Its a Excel sheet .. Type the subject name and click the button , It will show you the average etc ..

Make decisons on data rather than any arbit suggestions .

Batches start from November 2009 .
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1. Exclusive Prelims Classes(Crash Course) : Rs 4,500 (45 hr of lecture)
2. Prelims Cum Mains Course : Rs 12,000 ( 220 hr of lecture)
3. Prelims Test Series : Rs 2000 ( Chapterwise + 3 full length tests)

Salient features :
1. Faculty is a gold medalist from Bangalore University and has firm understanding of UPSC
2. Guidance from Sri Ravi Chokalingam of "The Rising" from Delhi
3. Complete and coherent coverage of the subject .
4. Complete study materia

Hi ,
This post is in reply to "Chetan's Comment" who thinks we "dupe" people and fees is too high.You have to always look at per hour cost .

Since Namma IAS is commited to give quality coaching for IAS , we have to increase the number of hours , which would increase the cost also . But if you cannot afford it , then you can still join by giving your time . You get complete benifits .

1. General Studies

Some institutes in Bangalore charge 7k-8k for General Studies . But there is a flaw .

a. They don't provide you with complete Study Material.
b. They are not offering 21 Test Series + 3 Mock Tests
c. They are not giving Mains Test Series and 40 day Mains Classes after Prelims
d. They are not giving 142+ hours of lecture . They are not covering India Year Book ,MYB etc

For the same structure/level of coaching in Delhi the cost is Rs 40,000 . Hence the cost of training has gone up .

2. Optionals

Kindly check out the pedagogy plan .

If you still feel the fees is high , please let Namma know your suggestions . We are a community oriented organisation and work for the community .

Regarding "Duping " people .

I dont understand what "duping" is he referring to . Since anywhere we are not demanding a "single extra paise" . In its perfect management terms it is called "Co-operative membership" .
Its a model which hasnt come to India , but very much existant in UK .

If you call , passing profits back to the customer as "duping" .. and If you call "Giving market acess dirctly to farmers as duping " without charging "1 extra paise" from end customer , but giving back a part of his expenditure , then yes we are .