Earlier this year, Disha Publication was awarded the "Best Exam Prep Company of 2022" by BW Business World and was ranked II among India's Top Academic Publishers by the Minister of State for Education, Sh. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, during The People's Choice Publisher Award by Front List and The Federation of Indian Publishers with Nielsen in March 2022.
For more than two decades, Disha Publication has been advancing in the field of education by providing the best exam preparation material for students to crack some of the toughest competitive exams in India, including UPSC, JEE, NEET, Defense, SSC, and many more. The publication has proven to be revolutionary with their approach of doing intensive research and rigorously analyzing the exam patterns to come up with resources that balances your preparation according to the exam criteria.
Disha Publication also has an established online engagement of more than lakh viewers on various social platforms, including YouTube and Instagram. As part of its outreach to make education more accessible even from home, the publication has recently started My Disha Academy to provide more comprehensive online learning options for students to learn through eBooks or by engaging in online tutoring, tests, courses, and mentorships. In preparation for an exam like UPSC civil services, for which a million students sit every year, the books of Disha Publication ranks above the mark to bring you success through any competitive exam preparation journey. The subject experts, recognized authors and content developers at Disha Publication are best known for changing the preparation game of UPSC aspirants in the past few years.
Disha Publication stands on the following five pillars to reach greater heights and keeps publishing books that top the charts. However, they even exhibit the following aspects of exam preparation that are essential to crack UPSC 2023 through their books. As established by the publication, listed below are the things that lead the way for UPSC aspirants to crack the exam in a single attempt!
- Solved Papers – To crack an UPSC exam you need to understand the needs and requirements of the exam from the examiners point of view. The best way would be to analyze the Previous Year's Question Papers. Something that most of the students avoid. Hence, DISHA’s newest edition of Solved Paper Books includes Topic-wise & Year-wise analysis of the Previous Year's Questions with mock papers and solved solutions in both Hindi and English that fulfill the UPSC criteria. DISHA’s best-seller books, ‘28 Years Solved Papers Book’ and ‘10 Year-wise UPSC Mains’ have been recommended by previous UPSC toppers and ranked as a favorite among the aspirants. Additionally, their ‘28 Years Book' also includes video courses and strategy tips by Mrunal Patel, a Top UPSC Educator.
- Textbooks– Planning and strategy at every stage of the preparation play a crucial role in cracking the UPSC exams. Disha provides exhaustive text guides that are frequently updated according to new patterns following the latest trends in syllabus structure. The resources are prepared with careful analysis of daily news including important theory concepts, NCERT basics and frequently asked topics from the exam point of view. Disha is associated with renowned authors like Mrunal Patel, Ashish Malik, Awdhesh Singh, Aman Soni, Deepanshu Singh, Dr Siddhartha Arora and many more to produce the finest material available in the market. Additionally, Disha's text guides on International Relations, Ethics, Essay Writing, Economy, Science & Technology with leading authors are gaining popularity among UPSC aspirants.
- Subject-wise Study Material – UPSC syllabus is vast and you must gain subject-wise clarity of concepts. Both DISHA's Compendium series and NCERT PLUS series are the most promising resources for subject-wise preparation, which includes preparation structure to appear in both Prelims and Mains. The students can develop a strong base with these exhaustive Study Materials & Practice Exercises including Past Papers. A new series of 9 Books - 35 Landmark Series - also provides subject-wise material on Top Events that shaped India.
- Disha Academy – Disha believes that education should be accessible to all, and is committed to make every child of this country dream and achieve the best. Aspirants for UPSC take a back seat every year when expensive coaching and investment in so many resources puts a major dent in their pockets. Thus, the Disha Academy provides many of its online tutoring programmes and video lectures free of cost. The courses are strategically designed to help aspirants cement their foundation knowledge from the best sources and help them enhance their preparation journey with proper guidance and study planner. The video course includes patterned tests, periodic live sessions, doubt discussion and booklets for holistic revision and coverage of every concept.
- Continuous Guidance and Motivation- To help the aspirants maintain a positive and winning mindset during the rigorous study schedule of UPSC, Disha Publication has published ‘The Secret Code of UPSC Toppers’ which is based upon the success story of more than 100 UPSC toppers. Disha not only serves as a platform to provide study material but also helps students in dealing with the academic pressure and exam stress that stays along the journey. This book has been a game changer for many aspirants previously that simplifies and codifies every essential piece of information that will help you to be the next topper. It covers 21 secrets that made toppers crack the UPSC exam in previous years while briefly discussing the common mistakes that every student makes.
To sum it up, the content that goes into studying and writing answers can make or break your UPSC attempt. DISHA has partnered with the best of authors, and collaborated with experienced subject experts in their respective fields to provide aspirants with the best content in the market. With DISHA books, one need not have to worry about the quality of content. The ultimate goal is to make every aspirant read and achieve the best while holding themselves in the right direction. As it says, DISHA has proven to be considered as an aspirant's way to reach their goals!
This article is written by Avinash Agarwal, the Director of DISHA Publication. As a seasoned Study Skill Coach, he has written various books on improving Student life and simplifying exam preparation, such as Stop Being a Maggu!, Toppers' Study Hacks, The Secret Code of UPSC Toppers, and Bhagavad Gita - The Story Way.