IFS officer’s golden tips for preparing for UPSC with a full-time job

Preparing to get into IITs is already extremely difficult as it is and now imagine being an IIT graduate, working full-time and also preparing for UPSC and even clearing it. Sounds really tough, right? Well, if you are one of the people who want to prepare for UPSC while working full-time, here are some golden tips given by the master of preparations, Himanshu Tyagi himself.

Himanshu Tyagi, an Indian Forest Service officer and IIT graduate, spoke about how he prepared for UPSC with a full time job in a post shared on X and said that he would wake up at 3.30 am and study for four hours before getting ready and leaving for work. While in office, he would continue studying at every opportunity, making use of small breaks between work. To do so, he downloaded study material onto his mobile phone and computer as well and would watch educational videos related to the study materials while travelling to and from work every day. Tyagi would again study for 30 minutes every day. And his weekends were devoted completely to UPSC preparation and “study 10 hours on weekends,” he advised.

“You can’t afford to waste time when you harbour difficult goals for you,” the IFS officer wrote as he advised UPSC aspirants to be consistent and follow this schedule for one to two years.

In a separate tweet, he also spoke about the importance of getting adequate sleep while preparing. “Studying is a mentally exhausting exercise. It would help if you had good sleep for things to settle down in your brain,” he wrote. “Save time from other activities, but don’t compromise on sleep.” Tyagi said that getting 6 to 7 hours of sleep is a must if one is preparing for UPSC.

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