 Hello everyone, my name is Apurva Manda. I am from Barangal district of Tarangana. I have secured all India ranks 646 in UPSC civil census exam 2022. So I want to extend my gratitude to my parents, particularly my father and mother, particularly my mother because she has trusted me, believed me, and she has become a pillar of support for me during my failures. And also I want to thank my entire family, my two elder brothers and sister-in-laws who have also supported me and encouraged me. And coming to the Shankara IS Academy, I have a long journey with Shankara IS Academy. I was a classroom program student of Shankara IS Academy. So this helped me in revising my concepts and strengthening my concepts and prelims examination. And I was also part of the test series, both the pre-storming test series and the mainstorming test series. Mainstorming test series, particularly I want to mention here because the evaluation, as well as the feedback and the mentorship support that I received during this session helped me in improving my score. Previously, when I went to interview, my GS score was only 340 marks. Now my GS marks are 405. So I could improve around 65 marks because of the mainstorming test series that I can tell. And coming to the interview program, I have attended multiple mock interviews with the Shankara IS Academy. I have attended in Chennai, Delhi as well as in Bangalore. The panels in the interview were very good. The members were asking me the questions from very diverse areas. So that helped me in strategizing my interview preparation. Particularly, it helped me in streamlining my answers to the personality test.