The IAS Mentor
Welcome to "The IAS Mentor". I am Babu Gunasekaran cleared the UPSC examination 3 times in the years CSE 2013, 2016 & 2017 with All India Rank 629, 337 & 737 respectively and also secured a score of 200 Marks in the Personality Test in CSE 2013.
Over the last 8 years, I have worked as an IAS faculty in some of the renowned coaching institutions in Delhi specializing myself in the area of Polity, Governance & Ethics in Governance.
This channel is intended to provide general mentorship to students preparing for IAS examination as many students find it difficult to get the right guidance during the process of their preparation.
Apart from the general mentorship the videos will also focus on the subject matters like Polity, Governance, Ethics in Governance, Public Administration etc. In addition to general guidance & subject specific videos, special emphasis will also be given to Interview Preparation for IAS examination.
The IAS Mentor
Dear Friends,
The Second batch of the "Prelims Preparation Mentorship Program - 2026" will commence from 15th December 2025.
The Program will be designed and presented by Babu sir & Somasekhar sir covering the entire static part of General Studies paper 1.
The program focus on approximately 100 days of preparation schedule & multiple cycles of revision schedule along with daily targets & test, part & full test for every subject. Further, there are also full test for the respective subject, once the revision is over for that particular subject.
Moreover, there will be two comprehensive tests by the end of the revision cycle.
The feature of the program also includes mentorship support & doubt solving sessions, 15 years of subject wise PYQs PDFs, Micro topic listing for the static subjects & approximately 2000 MCQs will be solved by end of the program simulated on UPSC standards by the end of the program, which will strengthen the understanding & confidence of the candidates.
Click on the link for detailed Plan & Schedule of Batch 2: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1crDfOqOQrXDtY61xtu…
For more details about the program contact us @ - 9773556855, 8800883262.
All the Best!
Thanks & Regards,
The IAS Mentor.
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The IAS Mentor
Dear Friends,
The first batch of the "Prelims Preparation Mentorship Program - 2026" will commence from 1st December 2025.
The Program will be designed and presented by Babu sir & Somasekhar sir covering the entire static part of General Studies paper 1.
The program focus on approximately 100 days of preparation schedule & multiple cycles of revision schedule along with daily targets & test, part & full test for every subject. Further, there are also full test for the respective subject, once the revision is over for that particular subject.
Moreover, there will be two comprehensive tests by the end of the revision cycle.
The feature of the program also includes mentorship support & doubt solving sessions, 15 years of subject wise PYQs PDFs, Micro topic listing for the static subjects & approximately 2000 MCQs will be solved by end of the program simulated on UPSC standards by the end of the program, which will strengthen the understanding & confidence of the candidates.
Click on the link for detailed Plan & Schedule of Batch 1: drive.google.com/file/d/1BTvGOwcIc_O0MNX5IEvZmDQBQ…
For more details about the program contact us @ - 9773556855, 8800883262.
All the Best!
Thanks & Regards,
The IAS Mentor.
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The IAS Mentor
Dear Friends,
This series on Modern Indian History will help the students to develop detailed knowledge on the subject Modern history, which is considered as one of the important subject, by the students preparing the for civil service examination. This series will be curated and presented by Somasekhar Sir who is an expert in the History subject, pertinent to UPSC examination.
He has written 5 mains examination with History as his optional subject & also appeared in two UPSC Interviews. Overall, he has got an experience over 15 years in the subject both as a student & a teacher in relation to the UPSC Examination.
The series will provide comprehensive idea on key topics, provided in the UPSC syllabus, say areas like The Advent of Europeans, The British Conquest of India, The Colonial Administration, The Socio-Religious Reforms, The Resistance to British Raj, The Rise of Nationalism & Freedom & Partition.
The series will provide a broader understanding and clarity on Modern Indian History for the students preparing for the UPSC examination.
The Series will commence soon in the "The IAS Mentor" channel.
All the Best!
Thanks & regards,
The IAS Mentor
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The Current Affairs Connect is an initiative to cover major themes from current affairs relevant to various subjects in a broader dimension to impart conceptual clarity on selective topics which has high potential of being asked in the UPSC prelims & Mains examination.
The videos will be made across subjects like Polity, I.R, Governance, Environment, S&T, Geography etc.
The Videos will be curated and presented by both Babu Sir & Somasekhar Sir.
Thanks & Regards,
All the Best!
The IAS Mentor
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The IAS Mentor
Dear Friends,
The videos will cover important ethical concepts related to GS paper IV and also will touch upon important moral thinkers, philosophers & reformers relevant for the UPSC examination.
The entire set of videos will be presented by both Babu Gunasekaran Sir & Somasekhar Sir touching upon important concepts in ethics, integrity & aptitude paper in a way it will give basic and foundational knowledge for the students preparing for the UPSC examination.
All the Best!
Thanks & Regards,
The IAS Mentor
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This series will provide you information on the various scientific inventions & discoveries that has profound impact on human civilization. Further the series will satisfy the inquisitorial curiosity of the students on the scientific phenomenon behind various day to day aspects.
The videos will help the students preparing for the UPSC/SPSC/other competitive exams to have a better hold and understanding of the subject science & technology. Moreover, videos will also help to develop the general awareness of the general audience as well.
This series will be completely curated & presented by Somasekhar Sir (appeared in UPSC interview Twice)
All the Best!
Thanks & Regards,
The IAS Mentor
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The IAS Mentor
Dear Friends,
This is an initiative by Somasekhar sir (appeared in UPSC Interview 2 times) to mentor students in History Optional and empower them to achieve 280+ marks in mains examination.
The Mentorship program will cover both Paper 1 & Paper 2 of the History Optional.
This Initiative will focus upon answer writing & Evaluation, Sectional & Full Test for the students and counselling personally by Somasekhar sir.
For more details about the program, kindly contact - 9773556855
All the Best!
The IAS Mentor
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The IAS Mentor
Dear Friends,
"Places in News" will be a prelims exam focussed series covering all important places in news on a weekly basis. Every year at least 15 to 20 marks are asked from mapping related or places in news, based question which translates into approximately 10% of the total marks.
Taking that into consideration, in this series we are going to cover all mapping related topics from current affairs on weekly basis, including places in news covering all subjects like Geography, Environment, International Relations, Historical sites etc. making this series "Places in News - Weekly Despatch" to be one stop and perfect solution for the students appearing for prelims 2026 and thereafter for all mapping related prelims Question.
This series will be curated by Somasekhar sir, who has appeared in two UPSC interviews and also has lot of experience in teaching and mentoring, UPSC aspirants.
All the Best!
Thanks & Regards,
The IAS Mentor.
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The IAS Mentor
Dear Friends,
This series on Ancient History will help the students to develop detailed knowledge on the subject ancient history, which is considered as one of the difficult areas, by the students preparing the for civil service examination. This series will be curated and presented by Somasekhar Sir who is an expert in the History subject, pertinent to UPSC examination.
He has written 5 mains examination with History as his optional subject & also appeared in two UPSC Interviews. Overall, he has got an experience over 15 years in the subject both as a student & a teacher in relation to the UPSC Examination.
The series will provide comprehensive idea on key topics, provided in the UPSC syllabus, say areas like Stone age, Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic Period, Mahajanapadas, Mauryan & Post Mauryan Period & Gupta Period.
The series will provide a broader understanding and clarity on Ancient History for the students preparing for the UPSC examination.
The Series will commence soon in the "The IAS Mentor" channel.
All the Best!
Thanks & regards,
The IAS Mentor
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The IAS Mentor
Dear Friends / Students,
The journey of civil service preparation, though one to be enjoyed, at times, becomes difficult due to the vastness in syllabus, pressure of high competition, need for strategic planning & emotional resilience on the part of the candidates due to prolonged preparation phase.
Though, the candidates are capable of tackling these challenges, at times a mentor support in the form of personalised guidance can provide better clarity in direction and also provide them much needed psychological support.
"The IAS Mentor - Mentorship Programme" is designed to provide all the above support to a few select candidates.
For more details about the mentorship programme, please contact - 9773556855.
All the Best!
The IAS Mentor
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