Civil Servant (IAS/PCS)

The Civil Services Examination is a nationwide competitive examination in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for recruitment to various Civil Services of the Government of India, including the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and others services. Eligibility condition for appearing in civil services examination is as follow:
(a)The candidate must hold a pass Bachelor's degree from any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University, under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.
(b) Candidates who have appeared or intend to appear for the final examination and are awaiting results are also eligible to apply for the Preliminary Examination.
(c)A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years.
(d)You may refer to UPSC website for other eligibility criterion.
It is conducted in two phases - a preliminary examination consisting of two objective-type papers (general studies and aptitude test), and a main examination consisting of nine papers of conventional (essay) type, followed by a personality test (interview). Out of "Nine" there are two qualifying papers; I) any modern Indian language (300 marks) ii) English (300 marks). The marks of these two papers will not be counted in the merit list of the main examination however, qualifying in these two papers is compulsory. Out of "Seven" Papers there are "Five" compulsory papers and Two Optional papers from the subject of your choice.

Hi,
Civil servants in India are executive arm of Indian Democracy. IAS officers, the most important component of civil services, are responsible for the law and order and general administration in the area under their supervision. Typically the functions of an IAS officer are as follows:
(a) To handle the daily affairs of the both state and central government.
(b) Help in policy formulation and decision making, when posted on staff roles in ministries.
(c) To implement government policies at grass-root level when posted at field work I.e. as SDM, ADM, DM and Divisional Commissioner and act as intermediate between public and government by good execution and deliverance skills.
(d) Leadership roles in Development boards.
(e) Coordination with other governmental org or departs such as Police, Defence, Engineering, etc.
(f) Leadership roles in some PSUs.
(g) Defacto office bearers of lot of Government, semi-government bodies.

You can select any of them as per your interest. IAS is the highest exam conducted in India for Administrative Services and there is nothing better than that not even MBA if it is cleared. MBA is also good if you want to go in management field. The syllabus for MBA is Quantitative Aptitude, Analytical Reasoning, Logical Ability, Decision Making Analysis, English Comprehension and Grammar and also General Knowledge in some of the exams. In IAS the syllabus is general awareness, quantitative and logical ability test, history, geography, general science, economics, maths, general administration, political science, Indian arts and culture and lot more. You can find the full syllabus on UPSC website.