Gone are the days when it was necessary to join UPSC Coaching institutes in Delhi. Around 90% of the aspirants were not in a condition to shift to Delhi due to high cost of living and expensive coaching. COVID-19 has proved to be a blessing in disguise to online IAS Coaching industry in India. Almost all top IAS Institutes have started best UPSC online coaching due to excess demand from aspirants (and obviously to survive in the competition!)

If you are a beginner in this field, then this article will give you multiple perspectives of UPSC Online coaching. And you will be in a condition to take best decision related to your ias online classes once you are done with this thorough article.

2-3 years back the level of technology used in IAS Online classes was not satisfactory. But currently all the IAS Institutes have upgraded their technology up to a certain extent that UPSC online coaching is more effective and efficient than UPSC Offline coaching. Here are some points to justify my view:

1. You can attend UPSC Online coaching from your comfort zone and no need to leave your hometown
2. You can watch IAS Online classes at your own pace and also revise in case of difficult topics
3. Best UPSC online coaching provides excellent online infrastructure where sharing synopsis of lecture, pdf material, ppt, e-material, Prelims Mock tests, etc can be accessible at one single location.
4. Hours of quality time saved on daily basis which is generally wasted in offline coaching on travelling and reaching coaching centers 1 hour before the actual start of lecture to get a comfortable seat in the front row.
5. Less UPSC coaching fees for the same staff which is available in offline batches.
6. No accommodation charges and other basic expenses (It costs roughly 10-15K/month minimum in Delhi for 1 student just for accommodation and basic expenses other than the coaching)

First thing that will pop up in your mind is the selection criteria of Best UPSC Online coaching. So, here are few parameters which you must consider before taking the decision to join any IAS Online classes:

1. Quality of teaching staff 
2. Proper technical support for answer copy evaluation, doubt resolution, personal mentorship and feedback mechanism, regular class tests, etc
3. Success ratio of the institute (Because guidance of recent year toppers can make your journey more focused!)
4. Quality of online infrastructure (no buffering & technical glitches)
5. Whether LIVE Classes are conducted or not (LIVE Classes provides the option of real time doubt resolution along with lecture)
6. Even if upsc classes are conducted online, prefer upsc online coaching which conducts Prelims and Mains Test series in offline centers.
7. Class notes must be Mains oriented and available in Online+ Offline format (PDF + Hard copy delivered via Post)
8. There are many UPSC Online coaching which provide ‘hybrid mode’ option to students. It means that aspirants have option to choose between online and offline class as per his/her convenience.
9. Affordable Coaching Fees (Due to highly competitive environment, there are many IAS Institutes which provide best upsc online coaching as minimal cost!)

So, let us now begin with the list of best upsc online coaching in India considering all the above factors:

Online classes for UPSC will be streamed live. Once live classes are over, you will also get recorded lectures so that you can refer them as per your time convenience.

Khan Sir’s online classes for UPSC are yet to be launched very soon. Khan Sir has informed about the UPSC Course at various platforms. Khan Sir has also mentioned that cost of this UPSC Course will be very low so that any student can affort it (irrespective of his financial condition)

In recent interview of Awadh Ojha sir, he has mentioned that he and his team is working on creating a affordable course for UPSC aspirants which will be somewhere aroung only Rs. 500/- 

Let us wait for the official announcement of the course by Awadh Ojha Sir.

Adding Physics Wallah, Khan Sir UPSC Coaching and Awadh Ojha Sir institute at the end does not mean that they rank last in the list. Only reason is that they are new organisations and are not yet tested in the market. 

Physics Wallah and Khan Sir’s online classes for UPSC are aiming to bring revolution in the UPSC Preparation by making it affordable to even poor strata of the society.