Free online UPSC and PCS coaching for 1,000 college students in Punjab

Last Updated: 6 November 2026

Free online UPSC and PCS coaching for 1,000 college students^[1]
-- 750 students from government colleges and 250 from private colleges^[1:1]
-- Live and recorded lectures, test series, personalised mentorship and interview guidance^[1:2]

1. Free online coaching for 1,000 college students^[1:3]

• Announced on 5 Nov 2026 under Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains
• 750 seats for government college students and 250 for private college students
• Open irrespective of family income or distance from a coaching centre

What the programme offers

• Live interactive lectures
• Recorded lectures
• Study material
• Test series
• Answer-writing practice and evaluation
• Personalised mentorship
• Doubt-resolution sessions
• Interview guidance

2. Ambedkar Institute of Careers And Courses^[2][3]

• Every year invites applications from graduate youth for Free Coaching Course for IAS/PCS Exam
• Free hostel facilities too

• 1.61 acre campus with hostels for boys/girls, located in Phase-III-B-2 SAS Nagar Mohali
• They can be from general, Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes, and Minority Communities (Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Parsi, and Jain)
• The annual income of the candidate's family from all sources should not exceed Rs.3 lakhs per annum
• The candidates selected on the basis of objective type test of Mental Ability, General Awareness (History, Geography, Indian Polity, Indian Economy, Everyday Science, Current Events etc.).

Up-gradation of Ambedkar Institute of Careers And Courses started by Punjab Government^[4]

3. Ambedkar Bhawans^[5]

• 17 districts Dr Ambedkar Bhawan to be repaired & upgraded
• 6 new Dr Ambedkar Bhawans under work in progress in remaining districts

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