Mr. Sri Sai Ashrith Shakhamuri completed his Graduation from BITS Pilani, Rajasthan. After that he
started his preparation. In his first attempt he got All India Rank 40 with Anthropology as optional. In this Session he discussed his preparation approach and addressed various student queries.

Time Stamps:
00:00 00:22 Introduction and Felicitation of the Topper.
00:23 00:45 Brief about himself.
00:46 05:52 Disclaimers about the exam and strategy.
05:53 06:46 Brief about his marks.
06:47 10:37 How to choose the Optional.
10:38 13:22 Prelims Books list.
13:23 15:02 Current Affairs for the Prelims.
15:03 19:15 Test series and approach for the Prelims
19:16 22:16 Regarding the CSAT preparation.
22:17 25:24 Optional Elimination Techniques.
25:25 27:11 how many questions to be attempted.
27:12 37:15 Book list for Mains and approach
37:16 42:01 Approaching the mains questions.
42:02 48:26 Value addition for the Polity
48:27 52:34 Mind set for the exam
52:35 1:02:54 Ethics and Essay paper.
1:02:55 1:04:32 Observations about the exam.
1:04:33 1:09:15 Dealing with stress.
1:09:16 1:10:46 How many hours to read.
1:10:47 1:13:16 Importance of reading newspaper.
1:13:17 1:14:56 Importance of selfmotivation.
1:14:57 1:16:43 Approaching unknown questions in mains.
1:16:44 1:18:04 Sources of World history and postindependence.
1:18:05 1:18:43 approach for international relations.
1:18:44 1:22:04 approach for GS 2 and GS 3.
1:22:05 1:23:44 Approach for the GS1.
1:23:45 1:27:21 Tips for Introduction and Conclusion.
1:27:22 1:31:39 Approaching questions in the mains paper.
1:31:40 1:32:48 Choosing the optional.
1:32:49 1:34:16 Value addition from the Newspaper.
1:34:17 1:39:47 Interview Experience.