The advantage of having Public Administration as an optional for Civil Services Examination is that it covers the majority of topics of General Studies papers and leads to smart preparation for India’s most prestigious competitive exam. Public Administration is not only an academic subject but also a consolidated curriculum to understand the bureaucratic culture. This is the only optional which is all about learning the various components of bureaucracy and implementing it in a practical sense. Key topics like Governance will always be a part of every civil servant. Like every other optional, there are many books, and reading material is available in the market for Public Administration optional. But merely grasping topics and reading these voluminous materials won’t help to score any good marks in this optional. The analytical approach is required to understand the basics of public administration and frame answers in exams. Apart from in-depth conceptual clarity on topics, extra- ordinary vocabulary is also desired.

As, over the past trend of the UPSC exams, the difficulty level of Public Administration optional papers has been elevated to an appreciable extent, specially Public Administration Paper-I. To predict the exam pattern, a strategic preparation and expert guidance is need of an hour. In this regard, apart from basic books available on the subject, lectures and notes of M. K. Mohanty Sir and Ashutosh Pandey Sir of SYNERGY IAS Institute can help every aspirant to comprehend the entire syllabus of Public Administration very effectively and in short period of time. Their teaching methodologies inculcate an approach to deal critically and logically with subjective and complex concepts. Both of them are impeccable teachers to make Public Administration as formulaic for students from all backgrounds of the academics sphere.

The Public Administration is the most preferred choice of optional among aspirants of Civil Services. It is the first choice of optional among engineers, doctors, lawyers and arts students. Mostly, graduates of top institutes like IITs, NITs, IIMs, AIIMS etc. prefer public administration as an optional for UPSC as it is closely interlinked with science and management.

Also, an advantage of having Public Administration as an optional for CSE is that it covers the majority of topics of General Studies papers and leads to smart preparation for India’s most prestigious competitive exam. Public Administration is not only an academic subject but also a consolidated curriculum to understand the bureaucratic culture. This is the only optional which is all about learning the various components of bureaucracy and implementing it in a practical sense. Key topics like Governance will always be a part of every civil servant. Like every other optional, there are many books, and reading material is available in the market for Public Administration optional. But merely grasping topics and reading these voluminous materials won’t help to score any good marks in this optional. The analytical approach is required to understand the basics of Public Administration and frame answers in exams. Apart from in-depth conceptual clarity on topics, extra-ordinary vocabulary is also desired.