About Pranay Aggarwal

Pranay Agarwal Sir

Pranay Aggarwal is a reputed faculty for sociology optional for the civil services examination; with more than 15 years of experience guiding civil services aspirants. He has mentored thousands of civil services aspirants, several of whom have been successful.

As per a survey by the National IAS Association “the most sought after optional subject teacher in both offline and online modes is Pranay Aggarwal (IAS Gurukul) for sociology preferred by 83% of students”.

His strong grasp of the discipline of sociology as well as the requirements of the civil services exam make him well-placed to guide CSE aspirants with sociology optional. With more than 15 years of experience guiding UPSC aspirants; he is a teacher, mentor, and friend to his students. His ability to communicate with students with the greatest ease makes him a favourite teacher of many of his students.



What India says?

  • Pranay Aggarwal is “ one of India’s foremost sociologists” - Hindustan Times
  • Renowned Educationist, Sociologist, and Public Commentator” - Mid Day
  • "An expert on civil service exam preparation especially on subjects like Social Issues and Sociology." Indian Express
  • "Pranay Aggarwal is a public intellectual and one of India’s top sociologists and educationists" - Pragyata
  • He is “a popular teacher of sociology amongst civil services candidates” - Hindustan Times
  • “An expert in IAS exam preparation” - News18
  • A reputed & popular teacher of sociology amongst civil services candidates” - Higher Education Digest
  • IAS exam expert” - India Today
  • "Pranay Aggarwal is a public intellectual and a sociologist" - India Facts
  • Commended by senior leaders like Kiran Bedi, LG of Puducherry; Mani Shankar Aiyar, Union Minister and TSR Subramanian (IAS), Cabinet Secretary for mentoring IAS aspirants.

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HT-Delhi, 27 July

National Education Policy
Pranay Aggarwal write on NEP for Hindustan Times

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Financial Express, 17 July

National Education Policy
Pranay Aggarwal write on NEP for Financial Express

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All About Exams & Admissions:Students On CUET Phase 1 || IAN

Pranay Aggarwal shares his expert views with India Ahead News

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NEET Aspirant Dies by Suicide Ahead Of Exam || IAN

Pranay Aggarwal shares his expert views with India Ahead News

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Importance Of Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary And Transdisciplinary studies

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The Hindu

Pranay Aggarwal write for The Hindu newspaper regarding selection of optional for the IAS exam.

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Pranay Aggarwal on TV news analyzes Karnataka election results

Pranay Aggarwal shares his expert views with NewsX

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Pranay Aggarwal on NewsX analyzes Congress's Victory in Karnataka

Pranay Aggarwal shares his expert views with NewsX

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CNN News 18 TV Channel

Pranay Aggarwal shares his expert views on the anti-conversion bill on Live TV

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The Indian Express

Pranay Aggarwal's Exclusive Interview as Sociology expert in Indian Express UPSC Essentials section on Literacy (Part 1)

Pranay Aggarwal's Exclusive Interview as Sociology expert in Indian Express UPSC Essentials section on Literacy (Part 2)

The Indian Express

Pranay Aggarwal's Exclusive Interview as Sociology expert in Indian Express UPSC Essentials section on Literacy (Part 2)

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The Indian Express

Pranay Aggarwal's Exclusive Interview as Sociology expert in Indian Express UPSC Essentials section on Urbanisation (Part 1)

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The Indian Express

Pranay Aggarwal's Exclusive Interview as Sociology expert in Indian Express UPSC Essentials section on Urbanisation (Part 2)

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The Indian Express

Pranay Aggarwal's Exclusive Interview as Sociology expert in Indian Express UPSC Essentials section on Urbanisation (Part 3)

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The Indian Express

Pranay Aggarwal's Exclusive Interview as Sociology expert in Indian Express UPSC Essentials section

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The Indian Express

Pranay Aggarwal's Exclusive Interview as Sociology expert in Indian Express UPSC Essentials section on Population (Part 1)

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The Indian Express

Pranay Aggarwal's Exclusive Interview as Sociology expert in Indian Express UPSC Essentials section on Population (Part 2)

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The Indian Express

Pranay Aggarwal's Exclusive Interview as Sociology expert in Indian Express UPSC Essentials section

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Sahara Samay News

Pranay Aggarwal explains the important social factors for the U.P assembly elections on live T.V.

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Financial Express

Pranay Aggarwal analyses the National Education Policy of the Modi government

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Higher Education

What Ails the Indian Education System? And How to Fix It

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The Hindu

Busting a few myths about the UPSC exam

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Hindustan Times

UPSC IAS civil services interview 2022 strategy: Tips for success by expert

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Education Times

UPSC exam preparation aided by game-based quizzes helps to compete better

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Indian Today

What makes you a worthy UPSC Aspirant?

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Indian Today

How to choose the right optional subject for UPSC civil services examination?

Choosing the Right Optional Subject

Jansatta

Choosing the Right Optional Subject for Civil Services Examination

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The Tribune

What traits does UPSC look for in the IAS Personality test?

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India Today

How to hold onto your self confidence for the UPSC exam?

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News 18

UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2022: Books, Important Topics for IAS Exam

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News 18

UPSC Civil Services Personality Test: How to Prepare for Interview Round?

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India Today

Not sure how to start preparing for IAS? Here is a head start

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The Tribune

Tips to race ahead in the last lap

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India Today

Is online coaching the right way to prepare for IAS?

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India Today

How to write good answers in civil services exam?

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The Tribune

Score 200 plus in UPSC Interview

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India Today

3-month revision plan for UPSC Prelims 2021? All you need to know

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Interview: Don't try to appear to be someone that you are not, says expert

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The Pioneer

Prepping for final stage

For Admission Related Queries

Testimonials
of Selected Candidates with Sociology Optional

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Gamini Singla, IAS, AIR 3, CSE 2021


IAS Gurukul is a reputed institute for sociology. Approach Pranay Sir for clearing your doubts. When your answer sheet is evaluated, go to Pranay Sir and understand the feedback. I always made sure that my doubts are clear when I wrote tests. I followed online notes of IAS Gurukul. Thank you, IAS Gurukul.


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Gunjita Agrawal, IAS, AIR 26, CSE 2022


I want to express my sincere gratitude to Pranay Aggarwal Sir and IAS Gurukul for their support throughout my preparation. Pranay Aggarwal Sir, who is an expert in sociology, has this unique ability to be able to communicate with students coming from non-sociology background in a simple and understandable language. I would recommend sociology here to other aspirants as well.


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Jatin Jain, IPS, AIR 91, CSE 2022


I would like to thank Pranay Aggarwal Sir and IAS Gurukul team for the immense support in my journey. They have been a constant support my in this journey to help me in every stage; so that i can overcome my fear of answer writing. So, thank you Sir; I am very grateful for your support. Pranay Sir explains the sociological concept in a very easy and lucid language which are very easy to understand; as i don’t have any sociological background. The mains test series of IAS Gurukul which i referred - the questions were very logically framed and the model answers were decent and the evaluation was good. I recommend sociology students to refer to the material and take the guidance of Pranay Aggarwal Sir in this journey.


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Shruti Jain, IPS, AIR 165, CSE 2022


I think Pranay Sir is one of the most recommended teachers - for clearing doubt regularly with him. Sir gives weekly assignments, i think you should go through them regularly. In my last attempt i came across Sir's sociology course at IAS Gurukul. One of the very important elements that i personally persued was the current affairs parts for the mains. He very well gives and it was done by Sir himself. So i really liked it, that helped me give a lot of perspective in sociology. Especially, i come from the engineering and non sociology background. So those notes and handouts for current affairs was very comprehensive and useful. IAS Gurukul and respected Sir provide test series which includes timely evaluation, model answers and 1 to 1 feedback; which i think is very important; because every student has respective strengths and weaknesses in writing. So, one should be very well connected to Sir. I think that IAS Gurukul as well as Sir's test series courses are very recommended. i would like to thank Sir and IAS Gurukul for their contribution. I will definitely recommend IAS Gurukul to other aspirants as well, so that you have happy sociology as well as happy UPSC!


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Antriksh Jain, IPS, AIR 130, CSE 2021


I have been a student of Pranay Sir since last 2 years. I will like to emphasize that Sir's personal guidance was available all the time. There were days when i used to talk to Sir for an hour also. Sir was able to give that much personal guidance.


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Navdeep Aggarwal, IPS, AIR 150, CSE 2021


Pranay Sir has been a very good mentor to me. He gave me good feedback on my answers. I am very thankful to him for guiding me throughout the journey. He was very responsive to my calls. Model answers were top notch. Discussions were very fruitful. It really helped me a lot.


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Shivam Chandra, IAS, AIR 453, CSE 2021


My experience with Pranay Sir has been very fruitful. He was always available - from online classes to availability on texts and phone for interview guidance and answer writing. My experience with IAS Gurukul has been very crucial in my success.


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Jagrati Awasthi, IAS, AIR 2, CSE 2020


Approach Pranay Aggarwal Sir, ask him about the doubts because you should not leave any kind of conceptual problem. Whenever you have any doubts, you can approach him, call him or meet him…Thank you, IAS Gurukul.


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Meera K, IAS, All India Rank 6, CSE 2020


To all the students of IAS Gurukul, you have a very good mentor and very good system in place there.. I think that is exactly what is required for sociology.


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Maithreyi Naidu, IFS, All India Rank 27, CSE 2020


I wish the students of IAS Gurukul all the very best in CSE. You have Sir here. You can always access him and try to get your doubts cleared. You have classes going on, you have material. Ask Sir how you can improve your answer writing.


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Vinayak Chamadia, IAS, All India Rank 47, CSE 2020


Pranay Sir has quite a lot of experience teaching sociology. He has mentored a lot of students. So follow whatever he tells and you will succeed. Thank you, Sir.


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Adarsh Shukla, IPS, AIR-149, CSE 2020


Sir’s methodology of those three steps - that is quite critical and i found that very instrumental. I’ll just say that utilize that experience that you are having in this institution. Thank you.


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Shrikant Yashvant, IAS, AIR-335, CSE 2020


IAS Gurukul is a very prestigious mentorship program. I have seen Pranay Sir’s attitude towards the aspirants.Thank you very much IAS Gurukul and thank you very much Pranay Sir.


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Kavali Meghana, IAS, AIR-83, CSE 2020


To all the students of IAS Gurukul, all the efforts that Sir and you guys are putting will only show when you have constant tests…So get in touch with Sir, write and present well. Thank you very much, Sir.


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Sanjita Mohapatra, IAS, AIR-10, CSE 2019


To all the students of IAS Gurukul, you have taken a very good decision. If you are studying here, you have a mentor. Use that mentor judiciously. He knows so much. Extract as much as you can. Thank you so much, IAS Gurukul.


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Shrestha Anupam, IAS, All India Rank 19, CSE 2019


To the students of IAS Gurukul, I wish you a bright future ahead. I agree with whatever Pranay Sir does, they definitely work in the examination. Definitely answer writing is a very important part of this examination.


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Ruchi Bindal, IAS, All India Rank 39, CSE 2019


I wish the students of IAS Gurukul all the best. Have faith in yourself, have faith in the teacher. The teacher is there after a lot of experience.. So listen to the teacher’s experience. There is interaction in the class.


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Harshit Kumar, IAS, All India Rank 150, CSE 2019


IAS Gurukul is a very reputed coaching institute for sociology. Sir has taught for a lot of years and has been giving consistent results throughout. I recommend you listen to what he is teaching, ask your doubts and write a lot of tests.


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Jasmeet Sandhu, IAS, All India Rank 3, CSE 2015


You require good mentors, right? I have had Pranay Aggarwal Sir as an overall mentor. I have utilized his understanding in test series. Teachers like Pranay Sir have given me an overall mentorship.

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Amrita Banerjee, Indian Foreign Service, All Indian Rank 110, CSE 2015


Pranay Sir and his team are doing commendable work as mentors. Pranay Sir gives individual and personalized attention to each student. He is a very approachable person. You can anytime walk up to his room and clarify your doubts.


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Sharnga Pani, Sr. Deputy Collector, SDM Office, Muzaffarpur District, Bihar


I joined sociology classroom course of Pranay Aggarwal Sir in 2015. I will recommend his classes to those taking up sociology optional. I greatly benefited from his guidance. After 5 years of my coaching, I am still in touch with Sir.

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Gundala Reddy Raghavendra, IPS, All India Rank 180, CSE 2018


I will strongly recommend those who have science background like me to take sociology optional in IAS Gurukul. I thank Pranay Sir. He personally mentored me and did not hesitate to help me till last few days of my journey.


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Rohan Apurv Sinha, IAS Gurukul's Online Sociology Course Student, 2020


Hands down the best sociology optional teacher you would get. He makes you think and not just teach. Best thing is he is available anytime...just call him or ping him, he'll be there and not just for sociology but for whole preparation.

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Akhila, IAS Gurukul's Online Sociology Course Student, 2020


I took the online classes. I must say it's really worth of it. It's a 5 🌟 from my side. Sir's dedication and commitment towards the class is 10 on 10.

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Abhinav Pareek, IAS Gurukul's Online Sociology Course Student, 2020


Sociology is a subject of diverse opinions and Sir surely knows that. He has holistically covered all the topics, his Class never feels like a burden. I'm glad I studied from sir.

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Dr. Lovely Chaudhary, IAS Gurukul's Online Sociology Course Student, 2020


Being a medical student, I was very unsure whether my choice of sociology as an optional subject for UPSC was good. But Pranay Sir has made studying sociology a cakewalk. Thank you so much for making it so easy Sir.

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Manika Upadhyaya, IAS Gurukul student in 2018


My experience at IAS Gurukul was marvellous. I enjoyed as well as learnt a lot about Society in a short span of time. Sir explains topics really well, provides questions regularly and dictates notes wherever necessary.

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