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Neha Kumari. Rank 26, CSE
2014
Your time is limited, so dont waste
it living someone elses life. Dont be
trapped by dogma, which is the
result of living with the results of
other peoples thinking. Dont let the
noise of others opinions drown out
your own inner voice. And most
important, have the courage to
follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already know what
you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary.
These are golden lines spoken by
Steve Jobs which i truly believed in.

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With these words in my mind and

the beautiful dream of getting into
Indian Administrative Services I left
Jamshedpur to Bangalore.
The obvious questions in peoples
mindBANGALORE?? who goes to
Bangalore for Civil Service
preparation? Are you crazy? But call
it destiny or intuition , I followed my
heart which said a 1000 times not to
get trapped by the Delhi
coachingwallas.
On reaching Bangalore, I met Vinay
Sir. Simple, dedicated, encouraging
and inspiring ,He is an epitome of
hard-work and courage. His
emphasis on writing practice can be
seen from the fact that just after half
an hour of landing in Bangalore, I
was made to answer questions
from Ethics Mains paper!
He has been a guru,mentor and
guide, more of a friend than a

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excellent idea which help in building
conceptual clarity and cultivating the
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1) Economic and social inequality is a

a relaxation phase, I was constantly

in touch with the newspaper

major problem, implicated in poverty, ill

editorials. And after that I was told to

health and exploitation. Inequality has

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personality test does not only check
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what you principles you stand for. I

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attempt. From the Day 1 to till

Mains 2014, she worked very hard.
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something. She revised what she
read. She followed a single strategy

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Services Examination. She is an

example to prove that anyone who
works hard consistently by following
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Neha- A girl of great dreams not

only for herself but for everyone
around her. I have known her for
long and what I really admire
about her is her honestly, integrity
and simplicity. She always wanted
to join the service not for the glory
but for the service. I realise that
she is a person with a high
commitment for changing the
system around her no matter
however bad things look. This is
just a beginning. Curious, Humble
, Diligent and smart. With
inspiration and motivation she will
set high goals for the state she will
work for. All the best Neha .
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make us understand how exactly
she was not " being coached in a
classroom" but was being guided .
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Vishnu Priyen

5 months ago

Hats of u sir...inspiring article

...beyond tat 1 thing s today all
institutes are rushing up to show
their results eventhough they do
not deserve...but u made a history
by appreciating students
hardwork....
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SUBHASH tadala

5 months ago

No words to applaud your work.

Oxford dictionary is also saying to
refer other sources... But I can say
wordless.
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Navya

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5 months ago

This article is so motivating.

Congrats Neha Mam for the
tremendous success. :)
Dear Insights,
Its really so sweet of you not to
take any credits for their success.
But we know the fact. Along with
their hard work it is also your
guidance which has made them
achieve the feet. "We are not
promoting our classes through this
article" this statement says how
humble you people are!...
Thank Y ou so much for helping us
remain focused and being our
guide and a friend in our journey

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Thejaswini HP

a month ago

All the best Neha..Now Bangalore

is becoming Mecca of IAS
aspirants because of Insights..
Proud to be in Bangalore:)

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raju ganachari

3 months ago

Sir please let us know about the

offline class I am from Karnataka
completed my BE in Bangalore ...
I am CSE 2016 aspirant ...

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BHABANI SHANKAR Das

3 months ago

really a great work Vinay sir,

#respect

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Amrit Pal Singh

3 months ago

What was your strategy for essay

paper and the ethics paper?. U
have scored outstandingly in both
these papers.

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Raghu D J

4 months ago

hai neha mam....

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Diehard Insight Fan

5 months ago

Congratulations Neha Mam and

Vinay Sir..
Such articles motivate aspirants to
go on and important for self-belief.
Stories like this truly inspire one to
take as much efforts as are needed

take as much efforts as are needed

to clear this exam. Thank you for
writing this.

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Piyush Kaprawan

5 months ago

What is the criteria to join offline

batch?

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suraj

5 months ago

great efforts neha, thank you very

much insights.

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Venu Lingampally

5 months ago

sir please start SUPER 30 series for

offline..so that more aspirants will
get benefited. We all daily follower
of insights ..

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archana

5 months ago

congrates.. Neha mam.. plz share

your strategies... regarding
anthropology....

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SAG

5 months ago

Now Insight is in greatdemand.

Every one blindly want to jump
into offline class.

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shalini sinha

5 months ago

Hi insight
I want to ask when notification for
offline test series declared??? I am
regularly following and there was
a post regarding it that it will be
declared after prelims 2015.Please
give us chance to apply for it.

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Mayuresh Pawar

5 months ago

Congrats!!!Neha...and Best of
Luck....

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Srikanth Bandi

5 months ago

congrats and the targets she said,

can those be uploading in the
insights page daily?

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Krishna

5 months ago

Sir i am interested in answer

writing practice in personal rather
than offline.If it is possible for few
sessions like 1 week or 15 days , so
that a brief idea how to write
answer. so that after prelims we
can come down to banglore. Its
upto your discreation. As you
cannot accomadate all i think so, i
mean it may difficult to handle or
we dont know know on what basis
you actually take students.
Thank you sir

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AMD

5 months ago

Really inspiring ....Anybody can

crack civil services exam and
anybody cannot crack it also. It
depends on your startegy,
approach, hardwork and 3D(
dedication, determination and
devotion).

Anwar

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5 months ago

Inspiring and motivating, thanks

for sharing

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Radhika R

5 months ago

congrats neha.... very inspiring

article....

urken

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5 months ago

Hats off for her hard worked and

wonderful enlightened guidance by
insights team member... Thank
you very much insights for
providing us treasure of knowledge
and guidance.......
Iam too interested in offline
coaching provided by you kindly
please tell me how would be I
select in that 30 fortunate slot......
Y our reply is highly solicited
regarding getting admission in
offline class.

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ias-2015

5 months ago

@insights
sir........I wrote u several
times....plzz reply...I need mains
test series,I can attend offline
staying in Banglore. plzz provide
the schedule or process. I know its
extremly difficult to reply each
query but I need this. Plzz help
me.

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raju ganachari > ias2015 3 months ago

What is the mail id where

we can mail to Vinay sir ? I
am from Bangalore

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Naina target 2016

5 months ago

Thank you Insight and Neha

ma'am for such a wonderful
article which boost me up and to
focus towards the right
strategy...thank you soooo much

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