The Civil Services Exam is inherently different from the school, college and university exams. It has been designed with a specific objective in mind. On the face of it, the civil services exam may look like an exam divided into three stages: the objective type preliminary test, the descriptive type main exam and the personality test or interview. However, in reality, all these stages complement each other; and when seen as one, the exam is aimed at testing a candidate's administrative traits and his ability to hold the office in the elite services of the nation. However, a vast majority of civil services aspirants and also those teaching them various subjects never realize this special need of this exam. Even those who become aware of this fact do not know how to fulfill this need.  As a result they prepare for the civil services exam as if it were just another college/university exam. Due to such unique conditions and other pressure-mounting circumstances, many otherwise intelligent, hard-working and meritorious students fail to crack the civil services exam. So on many occasions the results throw shocks and surprises.

The civil services exam requires a candidate to adopt an altogether different strategy. Having unraveled this mystery long back, Mr. A. K. Mishra put in his best efforts in further research and analyze factors behind failure and success of his students. Mr. Mishra studied his students' profiles for 18 long years.  He made a thorough analysis of their educational, socio-cultural, and economic backgrounds, and their behavioral-patterns, response-mechanisms and reaction-styles. Having established a correlation between the internal programming of the human brain and the resultant ability of the individual to achieve a certain measure of success, Mr. Mishra found that success is an art that can be learnt and taught by using specially designed program. From this understanding and further research, Mr. Mishra developed two unique programmes – A.K.Mishra's Art of Success and A.K.Mishra's Human Software Development Program. These programmes lay bare the secret of achieving success with utmost surety. All the other courses at Chanakya IAS Academy are based on this philosophy.

You are what your deep driving desire is;
As your deep driving desire is, so is your will;
As your will is so is your deed;
As your deed is so is your destiny.
– The Upanishads

Keeping the varied needs of students and the various stages of Civil Services Exam in mind, the experts at Chanakya IAS Academy have scientifically designed the following training-cum-guidance program. These programmes are designed to suit the level, aptitude and aspirations of all types of students. A brief introduction to these programmes appears in the following pages.

Life is a journey. In fact, success too is a journey and a destination in itself. Success gives meaning and purpose to the journey of life. Being successful is an inalienable right of every human being. Our being born on the earth is not an accident but it is a deliberate effort to plan and position us on the earth for certain purposes. God does not intend to make some of his creations successful and others a failure. We choose our path consciously on unconsciously towards success or failure.

Thus, those who believe in their potentials and do not depend on their destiny ultimately succeed.  Our actions determine our destiny. Our deeds are determined by our will, which is shaped by our deep driving desire. We are born with unlimited potentials and tremendous power to achieve our chosen goals. Getting success depends not only on our desire to succeed but also on our willingness to make efforts for realising it. Those who realise this and take the right steps, succeed in creating favourable circumstances for their successes. As mentioned in the Bible, ”Whatever you sow, that you reap”. This sowing takes place nowhere outside, but inside our brain. We get what we aspire for. We get what we feed our mind with. In fact, our outer world is just the reflection of our inner world. That is why it is said,"Whatever our mind can conceive, it can also achieve."
We are trained right from our childhood how to walk, talk, behave, study and work for career. But, unfortunately, we are not trained how to train and run our brain which runs everything for us. The present program fulfils this vacuum in our life by teaching us the art of reshaping the software of success. In fact, success depends on mastering the art of success. This art transforms a hard-working person to a smart-working person. This is the central theme of A.K. Mishra's Art of Success.

A. K. Mishra's Art of Success for the Civil Services Exam is a customized program to train the human mind to achieve the desired result. The program aims at developing the right kind of traits and making them a part and parcel of the trainees’ personality. Because, while studying on the pattern of the school/college/university exams a student develops a good knowledge base but he also acquires software that might have helped him in the above-mentioned exams. But, the scheme & orientation of civil services exam is such that it does not test a candidate's knowledge but his skill, knowledge and wisdom for handling the administrative challenges.

One does not have to study entirely new things while preparing for the civil services exam. In fact, the same matter that has been studied at the school & college level has to be studied and understood from a different perspective for the civil services exam again. It only requires a different framework of mind. The difference, thus, is that of an academic framework and an administrative framework. With the help of A. K. Mishra's Human Software Development Technique the students are trained to power up their brains with administrative traits which would help them in perceiving, analysing, interpreting and approaching any issue or problem with a difference. This program, which is based on A. K. Mishra's Human Software Development Program, installs and develops the software of success within the trainees’ personality. It teaches you the art strategies of battle-craft before you go on to the battlefield. In fact, it enriches your personality, upgrades your skills and enables you to win each battle in your mind before you win it on the ground.

Besides, this program offers a life-time solution to all the problems of life by addressing the roots of the problems. So, one can master not only the art of success but also that of happiness, peace and sustained growth on a permanent basis. This program is for those who want to do something extraordinary in life.

In short,
A. K. Mishra's Art of Success is for anybody
and everybody who wants to be somebody in life.

It is a well-known fact that Civil Service is an inherently challenging job, which requires the incumbents to have a dynamic personality. With the changing pace of socio-economic aspects the challenges of a civil servant are also constantly changing and evolving. Similarly, the nature and pattern of the exam is also undergoing a constant change and up-gradation. Last few years have witnessed especially some major changes. These changing times warranted a change in the way training for the civil services exam is imparted. Accordingly, the training and guidance program also need revision. Chanakya IAS Academy, under the guidance of Mr. A. K. Mishra has been at the forefront of revising and updating its courses.

 A team of experts of civil services exam and subject-experts led by Mr. Mishra conducted some brain-storming sessions and revamped the Foundation Course and presented a revised and renewed version thereof – The Upgraded Foundation Course. Although, the Foundation Course has been well-accepted by the students & teachers across the country, it has been revised, renewed and upgraded so as to keep pace with the changing trend and pattern of the Civil Services Examination. It is worth noticing that Chanakya's Foundation Course has gained large popularity and wide acceptance all over the country. In fact, a large number of Chanakya's successful candidates have been students of this program. The Foundation Course offered by the Academy was the first course of its kind to be imparted anywhere in the country, which prepared the candidates one year in advance.

The upgradation of the Foundation Course has been done on the guiding principles of A. K. Mishra's Art of Success and Human Software Development Program. This course will equip you with not only the relevant knowledge but will also provide right kind of orientation and skills for developing administrative traits as also the art of revealing these skills and traits through each one of the stages of this examination. The students will be taught the art of maintaining their mental balance, developing the right attitude, remaining motivated and confident and putting into practice all that has been learnt. This is the secret behind the success in exam.

Preparing for the Civil Services Exam can be a grueling and arduous task. The unpredictability of results, stiff competition, vast syllabus, the range of subjects and material to be studied—all make the endeavor pretty strenuous and stressful. It is a well-known fact that a peaceful mind is more productive than a tensed-up or stressed-up mind. So, the students would be taught how to avoid and overcome stress. The programme undertakes thorough coverage of the prescribed syllabus of General studies and the optional subjects. It also focuses on Time Management, Stress Management, Energy Management and Human Resource Management. By the end of the program you would have not only learnt the art of success, but also internalised it so as to make it an inseparable part of your personality.

Salient features of The Upgraded Foundation Course

Course Duration: 8 Months
Exhaustive and Quality coverage of the syllabus
Test Series for Prelims
Answer-writing Practice for the Mains
After qualifying the Preliminary Exam a student can attend Mains Special batch without paying any additional fees.
After qualifying the Main (written) exam, a student can attend the 10-day Interview Guidance Program and appear in 3 mock-interviews without paying any additional fees.

Special Features

1. 10 Seminars by Mr. A.K. Mishra on 'Art of Success' and 'Human Software Development Program'.

2. Interaction with successful candidates from the Academy and with serving IAS/ IPS officers.

3. Scientific Training for right orientation and communication skills.

4. Special emphasis on mind-power development and nurturing of administrative traits in your personality.



Chanakya's Prelims Program is a 3-month course, wherein the given syllabus is covered thoroughly with a focus on conceptual clarity, accurate facts and figures and memory techniques. The strategy for preparing for the Preliminary Exam needs to be changed in the view of newly introduced 'negative marking system'. Therefore, special techniques are taught, so that the students can answer the questions with more precision and accuracy. Special emphasis is given on revision, brain-teasers and practice tests. The first batch starts on 10th December 2010 and the second batch commences on 10th January 2011.



Chanakya's Mains 2009 Advanced program is an intensive but consolidated program with special focus on writing practice. It aims at preparing a candidate for the main exam in advance. The important topics for the current year are covered by lectures and discussions which are further supplemented with model tests on the pattern of the Main Exam. The students have to undergo rigorous answer-writing practice while sticking to word-limit and time-limit. The Mains 2010 advanced Program starts on 10 May.



The second batch for the mains 2010 starts on 10th August. This is essentially a crash course in which the entire mains course is squeezed so as to be covered in 40 days. It is a slightly fast-paced program, which mixes rigorous classroom teaching with adequate answer-writing practice.

'Interview' is one of the most crucial and determining stages of the Civil Services Examination. It carries 300 marks, which are decisive for a candidate's ultimate success. In fact, the final ranking and allotment of premiere services depends, to a large extent, on the marks scored in the interview.

Interview is aimed at testing a candidate's mental alertness, clear & logical exposition, balance of judgment, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion, leadership, intellectual and moral integrity. These different stages evaluate different traits & qualities in a candidate. In general, these qualities are referred to as 'Administrative Traits'. Apart from these a candidate's social traits and soft-skills are also tested through interview.

Chanakya's 'Interview Guidance Program' is unique and one of its kind. Here, scientific techniques are used to instill self-confidence in the candidate and develop his expressions and communication skills. A series of lectures and talks by experts and serving officers on important topics are arranged which go a long way in building his confidence. Thereafter, three mock-interviews (for each candidate) are conducted under simulated conditions. The interview panels consist of retired civil servants, personality experts, psychologists, subject-experts and the Director of the Academy. Each interview is video-recorded, which is shown to the candidates in the presence of experts. Based on his performance in the mock-interviews, a thorough feedback and valuable suggestions are given to the candidate. Other candidates can also watch live as well as recorded interviews so as to learn from others' mistakes as well as their right techniques.

The interview Guidance program of the Academy has helped candidates to score marks upto 247 out of 300. In the Civil Services Examination 2002, Academy's student Ankur Garg scored 240 marks in interview and ranked first in order of merit. Three more candidates, namely, Mayank Joshi, Amrita Soni, Pooja Kulkarni scored 240 marks each. The successful candidates of Civil Services Examination 2001 namely Manish Ranjan, Sigy Thomas and M. Imkongla Jamir who secured all India rank 4th, 16th and 65th respectively were trained by Chanakya IAS Academy and all of them scored 225 marks each in the interview. Besides them, a large number of students of the academy scored more than 200 marks in interview and have finally been selected. Similar are the results of Civil Services Examination 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009.

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