 Hello everyone, I am Ishani and I have got rank 79 in this year's UPSC CSC 2023 exam. I wanted to talk about my experience with Shankar IS Academy and I have cleared the exam in my fourth attempt and in my third attempt I had gotten into the Indian Revenue Service. So in 2020, I had taken classes with Shankar Academy. I do recall getting a very broad and a good introduction into the exam, especially the way the Pridlem's paper is. I recall classes of polity, modern history and geography being very helpful. In my journey for the mains, Moshmika Ma'am was instrumental in my anthropology by clearing a lot of the concepts and also checking my answers. Post that, although the journey was not very smooth, but when I reached the interview stage, I had got a lot of assistance in how to present myself and keep my thoughts very lucid and apt. And I also want to thank Vaishnavi Ma'am, Rajita Ma'am, Chandru Sir and Sakthya Krishnan Sir for always helping me, being approachable for my questions and giving me a lot of guidance and moreover confidence in the exam. I hope all of you can also be perseverant and resilient throughout this journey. So thank you once again.