Shankar IAS Academy - Anna Nagar, Tiruvallur - Reviews, Fee Structure, Admission Form, Address, Contact, Rating

Shankar IAS Academy was started in the year 2004 with the noble cause of training the civil service aspirants in a focused manner and preparing them for facing the lands highest examination. The institute was founded by Mr. D. Shankar who was also an aspirant who had made upto interview in 2004 -2006. Mr. Shankar is basically an Agriculture graduate from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and has his Masters in Dairy Extension from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana. His options for the exam were Geography and Agriculture. Since 2004 the Academy has helped about 10 students in 2006 and 21 students in 2007 to obtain Ranks and Services like IAS, IPS, IRS in the Civil Services Exam. The academy covers subjects like Geography, Public Administration, History, Tamil and General Studies. The faculty members are highly qualified in the subject and are from reputed institutions and have developed well-defined strategies to approach each of the subjects from the examination point of view. High quality class notes, periodical (weekly) examinations and in-depth review of the answers help the aspirants to develop their knowledge, writing skills, presentation skills and refine the approach for answering the questions. Once the students get through the Mains Examination, the academy conducts Group Discussions, Mock-interviews, Discussions with IAS, IPS officers and with subject matter specialists from various fields. These discussions help the candidates to improve their communication skills, increase their self-confidence, develop positive attitude, condition the body language and thus prepare them in a holistic manner to face the personality test. The academy also trains the aspirants appearing for Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Group-I and Group-II Services Examination.