i have completed 12th and my aim is to become a IAS officer. please suggest me the courses and college

Dear student,

You can study any degree from any stream of your choice. There is not such restictions or compulsions on degree specialization. But Arts or Humanities would be better choice because you can study History, Social Sciences, Economy, Polity etc in these streams. Knowledge in these subjects is useful for UPSE Examination. Graduation from Bachelor of Arts (BA) in any subject of your interest is preferred.

Some of the Courses and Specializations best for IAS are given below along with Colleges offering those courses.

1. Bachelor of Arts (B.A) in Economics

Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi

Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka

Loyola College, Chennai

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

University of Delhi, New Delhi

Chandigarh University , Chandigarh

2. Bachelor of Arts (B.A) in Humanities and Social Sciences

You can go through below link for Books useful for UPSE Examination Prepration.

Loyola College, Chennai

Lady Shriram College of Women, New Delhi

University of Delhi, New Delhi

Christ University, Bangalore

3. Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Sociology

University of Delhi, New Delhi

Lovely Professional University, Phagwara

Lady Shriram College of Women, New Delhi

Hindu College, New Delhi

Loyola College, Chennai

Hope this information helped you.

Thank you!!