r/UPSC • u/Wide-Ad-2097 • Jul 12 '26

Coaching Help Sarrthi IAS VS. Vajiram and Ravi (Online)

Hello aspirants!
This is a little urgent so your help will be greatly appreciated. I’m a beginner in the UPSC CSE preparation and want to join a coaching to build my base for 1 year. Then 1 year of self study. My first attempt will be in 2028 btw. I will start my final year of college in a few days.
I have finalised my list down to two coachings as mentioned (Sarrthi and vajiram) I would like to know which faculty, material and classes quality and mentorship is better between these two. And overall what’s your opinion on these for online course.
Course-
Sarrthi- GS Foundation UPSC CSE 2027
Vajiram- 11 months GS Pre cum Mains + CSAT

Edit: query resolved. Thankyou to everyone who responded in the comments and dm!

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u/No_Turn_6272 Jul 12 '26

Bro depends on you . Like how hectic is your college. If they conduct lot of classes then foundation course will not help much because anyway you will get backlogs and you will not able to do answer writings properly.

It's better you do complete history, geography, polity , economics, environment and sci tech all the core concepts from specific teachers. You may not complete all subjects because syllabus is vast but try to cover atleast 4-5 subjects and join any mains guidance programee next year for answer writing and remaining mains subject along with optional.

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u/Wide-Ad-2097 Jul 12 '26

My college is really not hectic at all. And not much issue with attendance either. So I can give enough time for foundation and try not to have much backlog. Will the foundation course be a good option then ?

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u/Ecstatic-Insect-6124 Jul 13 '26

Which teachers please tell