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Ideas that
cut across
disciplines.

IRS Officer. Former JP Morgan team lead, Asset & Wealth Management. Writing that bridges finance, governance, technology, and the art of learning — for anyone serious about ideas.

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IRS OFFICER
Income Tax Department
Government of India
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EX-JP MORGAN
Team Lead
Asset & Wealth Management
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AUTHOR
Book in Progress
How to Learn Anything
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MENTOR
Guiding UPSC Aspirants
Through Systems

Not one thing.
Every thing.

I am an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer and former JP Morgan team lead in Asset & Wealth Management — five years inside one of the world's largest financial institutions, understanding how capital moves, how systems scale, and how decisions get made at institutional depth. I brought that lens to the UPSC, cleared it, and now write about governance, technology, finance, and the challenge of building thinkers.

Today I write about ideas that don't fit neatly into one box — the intersection of technology, public policy, learning science, and the examined life.

Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
Officer · Government of India
JP Morgan Chase
5 Years · Software & Wealth Management
UPSC Preparation Hub
Strategy, Notes & Answer Writing
Author — How to Learn Anything
Book in progress · 2026
"The goal isn't to know more subjects. It's to think better across all of them."
— Abhijay Pagare
Polymathic
Range across finance, policy, tech, philosophy
Systems Thinker
Mental models that transfer across disciplines
Practical
From JP Morgan desks to UPSC exam halls
Author
Writing the book on meta-learning

A complete system for
clearing India's hardest exam.

Not just notes — a structured, first-principles approach built from five years of teaching UPSC aspirants alongside a full career at JP Morgan. Every section of the exam has a dedicated preparation framework here.

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01
Foundation
Understand the exam, map the syllabus, choose sources
02
Prelims
Objective mastery, PYQ analysis, elimination training
03
Mains
Answer writing, structure, GS paper integration
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Essay + Optional
Deep specialisation and high-value differentiation
05
Interview
DAF preparation, narratives, panel dynamics
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The UPSC 90-Day
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A structured, phase-wise PDF guide used by serious aspirants — covering daily schedules, revision architecture, answer writing templates, and resource selection. No fluff. No motivation. Just systems.

  • 90-day phase-wise daily schedule
  • GS answer writing framework (8-min template)
  • Resource selection matrix by subject
  • Revision architecture that compounds over time

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Upcoming Book

How to Learn
Anything.

A first-principles guide to skill acquisition, memory, and the meta-skills that compound across every domain. Drawing from cognitive science, personal experience, and five years of teaching UPSC aspirants.

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