Political Science

Hi,
There is an increasing demand for graduates in Public Administration. Job opportunities are available in central, state and local governments. With the outsourcing of public administrative works, graduates can also seek employment opportunities in private organisations. Health services, social services and protective services offer career avenues for these graduates. There are also a number of support services that require skilled Public Administration graduates.
The job of public administration personnel includes:
Analyzing information
Conducting safety inspections
Consultations
Drafting and implementing governmental and public policy
Investigating suspected criminal activity
Implementing information technologies
Managing people and resources
Overseeing expenditures
The job profile will vary according to the organisation in which the graduate is employed. Public Administration graduates can seek employment in the following capacities. The job types available are:
Criminal Investigator
Administrative Officer
Consultant
Corporate Manager
Labour Management Relations Specialist
Social Worker
Customs Inspector
Industrial Relations Specialist
Teacher
Consumer Safety Inspector
Management Analyst
Personnel Management Specialist
Systems Analyst
Career avenues are available for graduates in different sectors. The expertise in public administration is required in areas that require managing, implementation and drafting of projects. Graduates can find employment in the following areas:
Tribal Administration
Secretariat
Public Works
Postal services
Police Department
Panchayati Raj
Municipal Bodies
Land Revenue Systems
Indian Civil Services
Fire and Emergency Services
Education
Economic Development
Corporate Management
Bureaucracy
The remuneration in public sector organizations is fixed by the government. It varies according to the job profile and area of employment. Aspirants can expect an increase in salary with experience in the field.

Indian polity is a crucial segment of the UPSC Prelims syllabus.
If you take political science as your optional subject, you will study for this optional along with the prelims section thus saving time for other topics. This way you can integrate the UPSC prelims and mains preparation.
Even if you don't have political science as your background, you can easily comprehend and study this subject as it is not too technical. The concepts are general and anyone who reads newspapers on a regular basis would be able to understand and prepare for it.
In the new revised syllabus, the factual parts have been omitted thus an understanding of the concepts is only required to write better answers in this paper.
The notion that the syllabus for political science is vast is only partially true. In fact, a lot of the topics are repeated like Marxism, Marx, Marxist notions of state, Gramsci, etc.
Many topics are interrelated like thoughts of Mill, Bentham and Liberal notions of state, justice and democracy and so on.
Topics such as liberalism, feminism, ideas of Marxism, issues like democracy, human rights, environment, etc. are covered in both Paper I and Paper II.
Knowing a lot of content in this subject can also help in your current affairs preparation.
In the interview round also, a good knowledge of topics in polity such as governance, international relations, etc. can be very handy.

Doing a course in MPA, prepare to serve as the manager in the executive arm of local or state government. To a person who wishes to get into police department, you may write all the examinations of both UPSC as well as State Public Service Commission. By writing the PSC, it will help you to get a job as Deputy Superintendent of Police. One of the options in front of you is to write the Civil Service Examination, and the criteria for it is the age limit. If you prefer to continue with your studies doing PG Diploma in criminology and forensic science is a good option. There are also so many similar courses and they are:-
PG Diploma in criminology and criminalities
PG Diploma in criminology and police science
PG Diploma in criminology and crime administration
PG Diploma in applied criminology
PG Diploma in criminology and penology
Institutes offering criminology courses in India include -
Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, Delhi
Punjab University, Chandigarh
Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai
University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
University of Jammu, Jammu Tawi
University of Lucknow
University of Pune Ganeshkind, Pune

Hi Satakshi,
Let me tell you that after BA, MA would be like an icing on the cake but you have other options like you can go for MBA, LLB and can also go for civil services like UPSC as you have mentioned that your elders asked you to pursue mass communication. Let me tell you that here comes the point of getting confused as students get confused. A student should either listen to what his/her elders say or do what they want. So, let me tell you, do what you like because you have to decide your future what you want to become. It should not be like you listen to elders or someone else and end up taking that and then later realise that you got yourself in a situation where your career goes nowhere. So, it would be better if you calculate it, listen to yourself and do what you want to do.