 Hi all of you, I am Deepak Dev Vishwan. I secured 508 rank in the Civil Services Examination 2018. So right now I am with my best friend Anu Bijli. He also secured rank 435 in this year's examination. So we are close friends so that right now we will actually discuss some tips as well as some strategies we studied and also a close association with Shankar Iyer's Academy. So Anu Bijli, you please carry forward right now. So my, in fact our association with Shankar started with 2017 prisms at a series. Pose which we joined here for the mains day series as well. And that means I couldn't clear the mains at that time. And they were can actually clear the mains 2017 mains and he went till interview and he like unfortunately he couldn't clear 2017 interview. So that was the watershed memories moment in our friendship and that was when we decided that friends this year together we are going to clear it for the next time and we started preparing with more vigor. So talking about our prisms preparation for this year, Deepak, something on that. So I actually associated with the Shankar Iyer's Academy for the preparation of prisms examination of 2017. So for that I actually involved in the prism test series in the year 2016 which actually trains the students for the exam in 2017. So in fact I have actually done a lot of test series and question papers even before that. But when I joined Shankar Iyer's Academy in 2016, I felt actually the test series was actually much more effective. In fact the discussions given in each test series after each test was actually much more effective and they help in actually bringing out the analysis aspect of each questions and helping the students in finding the knack to clear a lot of questions. So this is something which is very important in clearing the prisms because it doesn't mean that like it is not always necessary that we should always need knowledge to clear this examination. We should also develop a knack to clear this questions. So in fact we have 100 questions we need almost 120, I mean on 10 levels score for clearing prisms. So we shouldn't develop that particular knack. So I think the Prism Test series of Shankar Iyer's Academy has actually helped in that aspect very well. Definitely it has helped me as well. Now coming to means, the most important aspect that I liked in Shankar Iyer's Academy was the personal feedback that we used to get. Particularly the 100 sessions which we used to get with the faculty associated with Shankar. And like to name a few, like Ashna madam was really helpful. I remember that most important tips she gave me for answer writing that was really useful for me especially for internal security and international relations answers. Then Govindar Raju sir was really helpful especially in international relations area and he actually molded us in writing good answers. I remember that. Kurthungan sir's feedback was vitally in our preparation that we always speak about him. That is because last time I remember my GS paper too was corrected by Kurthungan sir in Deserius and he actually gave me a lot of tips regarding answer writing and I could use that in my real exam and that I think that has helped me in securing this rank. Talking something about interview, like Deepak, what you have to say. Interview, actually I did my preter series and main test series and the main test series of academy helped me very well in clearing maids. So then after that I had my interview training in Shankar Iyer's Academy again. Then unfortunately I could not clear the 2017 interview of UPSC. But I can very confidently say that even the interview training of last year as well as the interview training of this year both have actually helped me in clearing this year's interview. So both these aspects are actually have worked very well to actually clear my dream. Even actually you can say that like last year I myself have told you about the interview strategies and which I have actually gained myself. Then we have actually discussed about and you have actually come here and also understood the kind of opportunities. Even the boards actually headed by different experts, actually the Sarengi sir and Dogra sir, they themselves have actually helped us a lot. Even after the I mean the day hours they have actually helped us even at the night with discussing the current affairs of or even IR international relations everything. So the kind of support we got here is actually unparalleled and unrivaled. And like one thing that I would like to add is about the PMO that we had here and I think that was the most important part in our interview preparation. Because the kind of questions that we get from our peers itself and many of the questions that actually they asked came in a real interview. So that was really helpful. Then Reshda man's DAF analysis was another important aspect in our interview preparation. Because I myself got around two questions regarding my name and my job. Reshda man actually credited my questions and I was surprised when Bonsalisa asked me in that in that in my real interview. Yeah that was there. I think I should say that Reshda man is actually a gem of Shankar IS academy. She the kind of way she actually handles the work the academics the managing activities everything especially she's actually handling the optional work and I myself have actually taken a lot of tips for sociology options from Reshda man which actually which actually no other academies can give. She has also she has she has just told about the DAF analysis of Reshda man. The kind of analysis that Reshda man has actually given us. Actually I could not actually personally have a sitting with the Reshda man but she actually connected with me with video conference right from Chennai. I actually had got more than two I mean almost two hours. The kind of analysis which he gave and also the questions was actually was very was very wondering and also it actually gave a lot of insight into our interview preparation. It actually actually it removed a lot of nuances which which were actually there in the interview preparation. So this is our experience with like Shankar IS academy then this is our experience in your preparation journey as well. And one more thing like like a lot of the other academies in Shankar IS academy we don't have an answer key. This is something very interesting because it's unique because the thing is for the main test series it is not that we need to study some answers for a question. It is the art of developing answers instantly while you have a lot of unexpected questions. This is something which you should develop by your own by thinking yourself which is what actually Shankar sir he himself actually has been telling us the telling us I mean the students for a lot of years. I think the one aspect which is actually missing in this year's interview preparation or main preparation is that we I mean Shankar sir he itself. Exactly. So yeah that is our that is our strategies and preparation and our association with the academy. We wish like all of you clear it in the next year or in the coming years. So all the best everyone. Yes.