Hi, I'm Pragati Nautiyal . I'm an IAS officer of the 2024 batch. I secured All India Rank 76 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2023. I completed my Bachelors in Economics from Miranda House in 2020 and my Masters from the Delhi School of Economics in 2022. I worked in the domains of consulting and finance before pursuing CSE. I was fortunate enough to clear the Exam in my first attempt. When I started preparing for the Exam, I referred to the blogs of those who had cleared the exam before me with Economics as an Optional. Their insights and selfless sharing of study material helped me immensely. I combined their takeaways with my experience as a student of Economics to craft my own strategy. In hopes of continuing the same cycle of virtue, this blog records my preparation strategy and the notes I made during the process. Feel free to use the aspects that you find useful, and alter or improve upon those that you think can be optimized further. The end go...