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Choose Your Optional Wisely: Manuj Jindal, AIR 53, CSE 2017

Manuj Jindal, who secured AIR 53 in CSE 2017, is currently posted as CEO, Zila Parishad, Thane, Maharashtra. In a video interview he shared tips on how to choose optional and prepare for Mains and Interview. Despite his busy work schedule, he mentors thousands of UPSC CSE aspirants.
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Preparing for UPSC CSE is a tough ride filled with ups and downs. From understanding the syllabus to choosing an optional, everything is not as easy as it looks and requires a lot of deliberations and analysing.

To help you understand everything better and make the path smoother, we present a video interview of Mr. Manuj Jindal, who had secured AIR 53 in CSE 2017. He is currently posted as CEO, Zila Parishad, Thane, Maharashtra.

Serving the nation was always Mr. Jindal’s dream, which led him to try for Army. He even got selected to NDA, but couldn’t complete his training due to medical reason. He did his graduation and took up a job for few years but the desire to do something for the country kept on disturbing him. So, he quit is high-paying job and appeared for UPSC CSE in 2017 and cleared it with AIR 53.

Today, despite his busy work schedule, he takes time out to help thousands of aspirants by mentoring them for UPSC preparation.

In an exclusive video interview, Mr. Jindal shared his own UPSC experiences and also gave advices on how to prepare for Mains and Interview in a better way. He also offered suggestions on how to deal with failures.

Here is the video :


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