How to start preparing for upsc from the very first day of engineering college and also manage my btech course? ? As I am the first year student of Viteee Bhopal and my college will start from tomorrow. Please give me a perfect full day strategy.

If you have decided that upsc is your target start from today itself even if you are pursuing engineering. If you want to study civil service then buy the study materials and start preparing from tomorrow, as the exam is quite competitive. Make a schedule, so the you can study for your semester also and also for upsc. You need to prepare history, geography, polity, current affairs, social science, economics, environmental science.

Some of the habit will help to score more,

1. Read newspaper everyday and keep yourself updated with all current affairs.

2. Revise once a week

3.  Take mock tests.

Few books which are important

1. NCERT fundamentals of human geography.

2. Indian people and economy.

3. Certificate human and physical geography

4. Indian polity by Laxmikanth

For economics refer to class 9-12 NCERT books

For current affairs

Read The Hindu, Indian express, Jagran josh.

But according to me if you are already pursuing engineering then it would be a good idea to take up engineering itself as you are pursuing it for graduation, it will be very tough to balance both the subjects together, asfor UPSC you need to devote much time, as the syllabus is vast, so you cannot neglect any one subject. On the other side, you will be having semester exams also for engineering, so if you are confident enough you can handle both of these together then only go for it.

Good luck