Civil Servant (IAS/PCS)

My take on the leading/popular institutes:
Vajiram
Sriram
Unique
ALS
Rau's
Key points to remember:
Make a checklist of what you expect from the institute
Ask questions like-
How are the providing the guidance?
Whats the course structure?
Who are the teachers?
What is the support they provide?
My views of the leading institutes:
Legacy: Vajiram
Mediocrity: Chanakya
Mini-Vajiram: Sriram
Heritage: Rau's
Better than Vajiram: ALS
Holistic learning: unique Shiksha

Yes, you can apply for civil services after finishing your biotechnology degree. UPSC just demands a degree from any course.

Students from many fields and courses have got through UPSC CSE. You have every chance to get through it if you put in your hard work. There are general classes available for UPSC coaching. Try them.

Both branches are equally important and good. It depend on your interest. Moreover, if still you have to choose keeping in mind your aim to prepare for the civil services exam, I would suggest you to go for mechanical as a backup option.

Dear Deekhsita,
It is difficult to pursue two courses at the same time especially when they are totally different from each other. See what you want to become in your life- an actress or an IAS officer and then do specialisation in that particular field.
Good luck.

Hi,
It is nice to see that you want to be an IAS aspirant. IAS can be pursued by students from any stream, it is never restricted to any particular subject. But then it is always suggested for humanities graduates to pursue the same. As the IAS subjects are more about politics, sociology and other subjects, few of these are covered in BA degree. So it's quite good to have BA base for IAS exams. My perspective and my suggestion for you would be BA for a strong and healthy background for IAS studies.

UPSC Mains can be written in 22 languages as mentioned in the in the 8th schedule of Constitution.
Assamese
Bengali
Gujarati
Hindi Devanagari
Kannada
Kashmir Persian
Konkani Devanagari
Malayalam
Manipur Bengali
Marathi Devanagari
Nepali Devanagari
Oriya
Punjabi Gurumukhi
Sanskrit Devanagari
Sindhi Devanagari or Arabic
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu Persian
Bodo Devanagari
Dogri Devanagari
Maithilli Devanagari
Santhali Devanagari or Olchiki.

To become an Income Tax Officer, one should first of all enter the Income Tax Department as Income Tax Inspector or Tax Assistant. Then they can get promotion to the designation of Income Tax Officer after qualifying the departmental examination. First step required for joining as Income Tax Inspector or Tax Assistant is to qualify Combined Graduate Level examination. After that, personal interview is there for Income Tax Inspector post and Skill test is there for Tax Assistant post. Interested aspirants can apply for this All India Level competitive exam either online or offline.

General Knowledge and General Awareness is based on Economy related matter as well. Keeping a view of this and finding out the structures if CGL exams or other competitive exams, it is suggested not to leave the budget topic.

You could apply for UPSC from the link mentioned below:
http://www.upsc.gov.in/apply-online.