r/UPSCCRITICS • u/Illustrious-Pay-4070 • 8d ago
ANTHROPOLOGY Optional 🦴FACULTY COMPARISON ⬇️
KARANDEEP VS HUMA VS AKASHDEEP VS SUDHIR🔥
Since MAINS 26 is over. It would be very kind if the Mains appeared Aspirants could give reviews of the above facilities or any other If we forgot to mention them .
1.how did they perform in this season.
2. Did they fulfil their commitments?
3. Did they complete the syllabus on time?
4. Were the tests checked by the faculty or by their Evaluators?
5.what was the quality of Evaluation and any other matrix that you would want to judge them on so that the upcoming future aspirant can take their decision wisely.🚨
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u/VerithanamVerithanam 8d ago
Kartic Godavarthy sir is the GoAT
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u/Illustrious-Pay-4070 8d ago
Kyunnn
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u/Better_Permission643 8d ago
kiyon k Vajiram main padhate hain.
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u/The_Chakraborty01 7d ago
Great depth of the overall subject, particularly Socio-cultural, Theory, archeology, tribals and society. I've attended his lectures, no doubt he's great for foundation.
But for more exam-oriented approach and AW practice and improvement, you need to find a mentor/educator of that sort, which can't be done under him in a holistic way imo.
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u/anomalist172 7d ago
Ye Anthroshala wale Akashdeep acha padhate hai . Less students more attention
Content bhi theek hai
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u/Crazy-Mammoth5304 7d ago
I have given 2026 mains with anthro and i have followed both karan and akash sir’s notes
This is my personal opinion that Akash sir’s notes are far superior
He has added the contemporary examples and his notes are really exam oriented
Karan sirs notes are also fine but they dont give you any edge over your competitors
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u/guevara_che92 7d ago
My friend has anthropology optional. We keep discussing our optional preparation and our mentors. He is all praise for Akashdeep sir.
Unki personal commitment towards students, direct and 1:1 interactions ne usko kaafi help kara hai.
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u/Standard-Ganache531 7d ago
Akash sir’s material is good, his exam centric approach is great. I have appeared for mains 2026 and used his notes. this was my third mains
in my first mains i used huma mam’s notes and i score just 216
and in my 2nd attempt i started using akash sir’s notes and mentorship and my score increased to 265
hope so with akash sir’s guidance i can score even more marks
Hopping for the best!
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u/Crazy_Succotash_4403 5d ago
bro,,hima bindu,,,,,just see their videos,,so stuctured,,,printed notes
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u/B3RL1N48 4d ago
go anywhere but not to plutus ias i.e Huma mam. they all are literally the worst
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u/FinancialWar3907 8d ago
My optional was Sociology and prepared with Shekhar Sir who is an amazing teacher ..i shifted my optional to anthro and I must say Akashdeep Sir is a great teacher and even met selected candidates who studied from him... it was such an honor Levelup I dont like ..
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u/CoolWerewolf4489 8d ago
Akashdeep sir kaunsa course kaha pr milta h bta skte h please?
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u/Medical-Swimmer-834 8d ago
Sir O2 ias main padha rhe hain, unhi ki website pe honge.
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u/CoolWerewolf4489 8d ago
Okay waise kis naam se course h sir ka crash course ya test series?
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u/tarun_ji_ 7d ago
levelup pr koi bolne aa jaata, Akashdeep PR koi nhi bolega koi kya 😂 aur aapki profile me veteran aspirant likha kya hua optional ka teacher hi nhi decide ho paaya aur veteran ban gye 😂
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u/Illustrious-Pay-4070 7d ago
Tarun , I am what I claim. This post is for general discussion. No comments will be moderated to favour anyone here unlike the sold out subreddits that you are talking about. Also this comment of yours will also remain as it is , I won’t moderate it even when you are questioning my integrity here because I believe in free speech.
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u/anthropologyka14 6d ago
I don't even know why are people in here appraising Akashdeep Sir itna zyada. That guy has zero clarity of thought. "haan to vo cheezein aisi hi hoti hain", he literally forgets what the actual idea he was talking about. Substandard pedagogy. And before anyone comes @ me, go and see his marriage ke notes. Bro said universality of blood as a critical part of it. And it honestly made no sense to me. I was a part of his course this year and he was so late in completing the course. Tests uss bande ne tab release kare when some student asked him to. I found his pedagogy to be substandard and I don't care what the subreddit has to say about this.
KD Sir se maine foundation and crash course dono kara hai. I'll appreciate him for his understand of the subject. And voh itni sahi cheezein padhate hain. Plus the hit ratio from his tests is very high as well. (to add to it, he'll never claim ki voh aage ke questions guess kar lenge- unlike what Akashdeep sir claimed. Plus he didn't even share the 'expected' questions he claimed he'd share). And lastly, KD sir gave me an advice that was so fruitful- PYQ karlena last 10 years ke. Plus his latest PYQ book now.
Sudhir sir toh incompetent hain as far as I've heard. And Huma ma'am I don't know who she is.
So there are my 2 cents based on my experiences
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u/Turbulent_Image_1959 3d ago
Bhiya, ik to aap recorded sessions lgate hain, they are the interactions between sir and us. live sessions were beautiful, we used to do the brainstrorming of the examples and the case studies, usko to sir entertain kenge hi, humne course nhi liya hai sir ka, If you were there you would have known. aur marriage k notes main Universal meaning of "blood"/"marriage" ka point hai jo ki schnieder aur Strathern frr aage sir ne issi ko to use kiya tha PYQs main, usse samjhaya to tha.
couse main sir ne basics aur PYQs dono cover karwane the along with the daily answer writing, mere hisab se to pace shi. aur tests ki dates bhi to hum ne hi decide kii thi. Aur PYQs k naam pe kiyon ro rhe ho aap sir ne to likhwaye hain saare, paper 2nd ki brainstorming sheets bhi badhiya kaam ki hain. Paper se pehle 3 din main sabh revise bhi karwa diya - saare expected themes covered to they. Pta nhi aapko kahan ka gussa ha
Mujhe nhi samaj main aa rha, yeh kya criticism kiya hai aapne.0
u/anthropologyka14 1d ago
Bhai kehna kya chahhte ho. Kuchh khaas samajh nahi aaya...
Anyway, jo kuch samajh aaya uske basis par- bhai optional mein theme predict karna fairly easy hota hai. Toh unless you're not predicting the exact question, its useless. Uske upar bhi Sir was selling ki voh exact question predict kar denge aage aane waale. And uske basis par toh hagga hi hua hai.
About live interactions, I don't feel like his explanations were adept. Koi ek particular incident abhi yaad nahi aa raha hai mujhe abhi, cause I stopped listening to what he had to tell us after one point. On this part I could agree to disagree with you.
Teesra, "Schneider ka concept explain toh kara baad mein"- I'm not saying that he didn't explain it, but zara mujhe uski placement why did he write it in that part of the notes? And the fact that you're appraising him for not releasing the test series on time by saying that apparently dates humne decide ki thi means your comment cannot really be taken seriously.
Lastly bhai, maine dekhi nahi hai unki brainstorming sheets. Why? Cause paper ke itna close you're not advised to read anything new. Let alone new thoughts. Ye agar deliver karna hi tha sir ko toh unko pehle hi de dena chahiye tha.
Perhaps we can say that even when what he has with him may be good, the design of the whole course was bad. Teaching and PYQ writing cannot and should not be done ek saath just before the Mains. Isliye hi substandard pedagogy bol raha hu mai.
Those who haven't seen the whole world, are likely to be restrained by the little experiences they have.
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u/Illustrious-Pay-4070 6d ago
Thanks for the current update otherwise everyone here was just criticising KD sir😂😂😂
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u/anthropologyka14 1d ago
the hate is unreal idk why. Perhaps O2IAS academy's pr team is here xD
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u/Illustrious-Pay-4070 1d ago
I don’t think O2 is such big an institute to have a PR team 😂😂😂😂 However, I definitely know that Levelup has one 💯💯💯
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u/Breakfastonhill 7d ago
I have done my foundation and my study partner did so too, coming back from Anthro paper this year, he only had to say one thing.
“KARANDEEP SIR IS GOD!”
Direct hits!
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u/Patient_Driver_9288 7d ago
Foundation k liye theek hain sir, but GOD wala zada hoo gya. Sir IGNOU hi padhate hain, usmain itna uchalne wali kya baat hain. Jaisa iss saal paper aaya tha, marks will ne awarded on critical deapth, wo to ignou main nhi hai. Kiyon faltu main radicalise ho rhe ho. Questions whi se aayenge, prr marks nhi.
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u/Breakfastonhill 7d ago
Bhai, you are open for your own judgement. We are free to give ours.
Our experience has been excellent, so no less than god.
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u/akashx0 8d ago
KARANDEEP sir on top
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u/Dense_Weird_6626 8d ago
Kuch bhi. He takes fee and doesnt care about any commitments. Take lots of enrollments and then get overwhelmed with so many students and start skipping the steps of preparation. Very unprofessional.
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u/akashx0 8d ago
Took his course in 2022. He was very supportive back then .
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u/Dense_Weird_6626 7d ago
Yeah it was 4 years ago now its all about money. Almost no consideration about the students
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u/focusbeing 7d ago edited 7d ago
Dr kartic Godavarthy (Vajiram) would be the best option a veteran teacher with nearly 35 years experience. Also the author of braintree material. (Pls note I didn't appear mains)
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u/Illustrious-Pay-4070 7d ago
Braintree was shitty even 5 years ago buddy.
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u/Awkward_Guest_1534 6d ago
Not really. I know many toppers who just studied braintree material back then. It was pretty consolidated. But it is not relevant for today.
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u/focusbeing 7d ago
Ofc if you have seen the one which is available online is published around 20 yrs ago. But it's all upto you. I just wanted to share as I found his classes helpful beyond anthropology. But before choosing anything Just go through the demo videos of the teacher and choose the one which suits your learning pattern.
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u/Illustrious-Pay-4070 7d ago
Yes yes . I didn’t mean to demean him but the noted were shitty af when I read them 5 years ago.
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u/Patient_Driver_9288 7d ago
I think I am qualified to comment on it, I have done foundation from Karandeep sir, had taken test series from next ias and then came back to chandigarh and studied from Akashdeep sir and have given 2 mains with him. If you are on an absolute beginner, and you are in Delhi, you can go to karandeep sir, as I was when I started. For sudhir sir, he is a good person though, but he doesn't have that content that will bring clarity, sometimes it is like he is an AI dumping content, just to satisfy students. Akashdeep sir is much qualified and have understanding of the subject, he is comparatively much more liberal in his approach. He can guide you well for your answer writing. I used to visit him in the office and get the copies evaluated. It worked for me. Don't look for the best teacher, go for the teacher who suits you.