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Minimalist IAS · UPSC mentorship

The mentorship on one page

Who your mentor is

One person, the same throughout. Your mentor has gone through every stage of the exam — Prelims, Mains and the Interview — multiple times, has mentored aspirants one-to-one for 7 years, and mentored 5 selections into UPSC CSE 2025. They read your answers themselves; nothing is outsourced.

The five plans

Basecamp Free

  • Mentor time — a free 30-min strategy call: where you stand and what to do next (you pick the slot after joining)
  • Answers — model answers to UPSC's own Mains questions, to learn from, in the PYQ Vault
  • Your plan — the UPSC syllabus tracker and the Readiness Check
  • Tests & resources — PYQ Vault, mock tests, Daily Brief, Weekly Quiz, NCERT Foundations
  • Commitment — free, always

First Ascent ₹999 one-time

  • Mentor time — one 60-min one-to-one: your plan, built with you
  • Answers — three Mains answers after the session, each evaluated line by line
  • Your plan — your next four weeks, written down and sent to you
  • Tests & resources — everything in Basecamp
  • Commitment — one session, non-refundable; the ₹999 counts towards Momentum, Ascent or Summit for 30 days

Momentum ₹4,999₹3,999 per month

  • Mentor time — a one-to-one every week, with no time limit: it ends when everything is resolved
  • Answers — every answer you write, evaluated personally, every week
  • Your plan — daily and weekly targets, set from your profile and tracked in your dashboard
  • Tests & resources — your test analysis and the cohort leaderboard, plus every free resource
  • Commitment — month to month; nothing is debited automatically

Ascent ₹13,999₹9,999 one-time

  • Mentor time — everything in Momentum, plus a fixed weekly slot kept for you
  • Answers — every answer, every week, evaluated personally
  • Your plan — plus a 90-day roadmap on day one, reviewed at weeks 4, 8 and 12
  • Tests & resources — everything in Momentum
  • Commitment — three months, one payment: ₹3,333 a month (save ₹1,998)

Summit ₹44,999₹29,999 one-time

  • Mentor time — everything in Ascent, plus priority slots and questions answered between sessions
  • Answers — plus Mains test-series analysis, paper by paper
  • Your plan — a full-cycle roadmap: Prelims to Mains to Interview
  • Tests & resources — plus mock interviews based on your DAF
  • Commitment — 18 months or until the next Mains, whichever is later (about ₹1,667 a month); then free support on request until you clear it

Paid by Razorpay: UPI, cards, netbanking, wallets, and card EMI where your bank offers it. The receipt comes by email.

Refunds and renewals

  • Momentum, Ascent, Summit: a full refund within 7 days of purchase, no reason needed.
  • First Ascent: non-refundable. Its ₹999 counts towards Momentum, Ascent or Summit if bought within 30 days of the session (and at least 14 days after the third answer is evaluated).
  • Momentum does not renew by itself: one month per payment, a reminder a few days before it ends, renew only if you choose. Ascent and Summit are one payment.

Summit terms

Valid for 18 months from purchase or until the next UPSC Civil Services Mains (Mains 2027 begins 20 August 2027), whichever is later. In that period: weekly one-to-one and every answer evaluated. After it, support continues free of cost until you clear the exam, but on request — you reach out to your mentor and help is given as per their availability. No weekly one-to-one then, and no guaranteed availability when a doubt arises.

Your first week

  1. 1

    Day 0

    You pay

  2. 2

    Day 0–1

    Your three-minute profile

  3. 3

    Within 24 hours

    Your first one-to-one is scheduled

  4. 4

    First session

    First week's targets and your roadmap

  5. 5

    Day 3

    Check-in

  6. 6

    Day 7

    Your first week in numbers

How progress is reported

  • Your dashboard: hours, targets met, scores and syllabus progress, always up to date
  • Weekly targets, set with your mentor and sized to the hours you have
  • Session notes: emailed after every one-to-one and kept in the dashboard
  • Review emails: a first-week summary, and reviews at weeks 4, 8 and 12 on Ascent

Get in touch

  • Email: minimalistias@gmail.com — reply within 24 hours.
  • Answers are evaluated within 48 hours on First Ascent and the mentorship plans; the free 5 answers within 72 hours.
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