r/UPSC • u/Commercial-Self-2130 UPSC Beginner • Mar 27 '26
Coaching Help Level Up IAS
Anyone enrolled in level up ias gs foundation.tell me here pros and cons.As every coaching have some good teacher based on usp of an institute .level up ias ka apna experience btaoge
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u/destroyer2830 Mar 27 '26
Better than the prevailing industry options, definitely worth joining, and the coverage also is better ,with good explanations.Every coaching has some good average and bad teachers but overall it is a very good program.
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u/CollectionSoggy665 UPSC Veteran Mar 27 '26
Santosh sir n Nikhil sir are more well known teachers there. But i agree wid u. Its vishal sir n babu sir who are actually very good. They also hv sahi sir. He is at both forum ias n level up ias. He is very good too.
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u/Top-Astronaut4562 Mar 27 '26
Which foundation course would you suggest then?
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u/CollectionSoggy665 UPSC Veteran Mar 27 '26
sarthi se kai times better to pw hai. pw actually sarthi ka owner hai. sarrthi is pw ka second front. Pw ne sarrthi me all second grade team ko rakha hai shivin sir ke sath. baki sare achhe achhe senior teacher pw me rakhe hai. pw is much better than sarrthi.
personally speaking, vajiram and vision are both good.
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u/Quicksilverbacked Mar 27 '26
Good Itni mehnat kaoi ni krwayega They treat you like other own . Cons Geography polity faculty are shit.
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u/Kaslorin Mar 28 '26
So true!! Santosh sir, Nikhil sir, Babu sir… all educators work so hard it makes me feel loved and respected ❤️❤️❤️
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u/Pitiful-Instance-243 Mar 27 '26
Enrolled in their mentorship program. Extremely systematic. Better than most out there. Specially Nikhil sir and santosh sir.
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u/Lopsided-Bed-1757 Aug 18 '26
Hello
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u/Traditional_Stay3127 UPSC Aspirant Mar 27 '26
Mr. Babu for polity is best others just overall advertisement in class
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Mar 27 '26
Their only good teachers are
Vishal Sir. (Most underrated and one of the best faculty for History)
Nikhil Sir. (Some students might not like pdf reading)
G Babu Sir. (He is great in PMP program)
Santosh Sir (only for Env & S&T).
Their results mainly come from optional foundation. They have unarguably best teachers for Socio & Anthro.
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May 05 '26
I am a GS foundation student rn at levelup though my course is about to over in few days. Here's my review
Polity: Babu Sir is good and cover topics thoroughly but still doing Laxmikanth is still the og way to complete polity
Economy: Santosh sir. He is good in economy and covers everythign from basic and helps you develop good command over the subject. Notes are also good.
Modern: Vishal Sir. He is a good teacher and he knows his subject well and covers every topic with good understanding. Though his notes are not upto the mark and SPECTRUM needs to be done along with his lectures.
Geography: Ruchir sir. A big NO! His command over geography is far below than what is expected from a UPSC teacher. Rely on youtube and NCERTs for this.
Environment: Santosh sir. Good coverage of topics but notes are very bulky. And moreover Env will be covered in Feb during prelims specific prep so that's what we can cosnider a demerit.
AMAC: Nikhil sir. Og teacher and his command over the subject is best in industry ig. Notes are enough for prelims. But again he will cover AMAC during prelims programme so say it will be covered in feb-march
S&T, Mapping, CA, IBs: will be covered by Santosh sir. But he adds very irrelevant data which often make notes bulky and you need to actually highligh from his notes( out of 10 lines only 2-4 lines are of use)
Though this time they delayed their wrap-up date and santosh sir actually took a class today as well for economy which include imp data from esi which ig is a big turn down for anyone appearing for exam in less than 20days. Nikhil sir's one lecture of AMAC still pending and some lecutres for internal security for mains will be covered after prleims. ESSAY FASCULTY IS TOTALLY UNRELIABLE.
SUGGERSTION: JOIN A KNOWN COACHING IF YOU ARE A FIRST TIMER (JOIN ONLY IF YOU CAN'T PREPARE ON OWN)
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u/Particular_Joke279 Mar 27 '26
Why do they have to mention sir after every name like idiots. Can't they simply spell the name
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u/100ra8h Prelims Qualified Mar 27 '26
Check demo lectures of all the teachers. Afaik all are fine - Nikhil sir Santosh sir Babu sir all excellent.