Strategy for Public Administartion

One of My optional was Public Administration. I have scored 180 + 150 in pub Ad.
I did not join any coaching for Pub Ad and prepared the subject on my own.

I was very clear in my approach towards Pub Ad that an answer needs to be multidimensional with current affairs content and diagrammatic presentation where ever possible.

I did not follow many books and concentrated on rereading of few standard books.

Paper 1 Books:

  New Horizons of Public Administration : Mohit Bhattacharya: ( Read it 3-4 times )
  Pub Ad Theory :  Prasad and Prasad. ( Read it 2 times )
  Pub Ad by Lakshmikant.
  Public Policy Section from Ignou Books .
  MA Ignou Books.
 
I used Internet Extensively for all the sections and prepared my notes which had current affairs content as well.


Refereed to Government of India , Various Ministry Sites for collecting information.
  
Also collected material from News paper and Magazines


Paper 2 Books:


Indian Administration by  Arora and Goyal
Indian Constitution by DD Basu
Our parliament by Subash Kasyap.


Here again I used Internet extensively for topic like disaster mangement, Policing, etc.
Also collected information from newspaper and magazines.


Answer Writing Practice:


I joined a test series for Answer writing practice at Sharp Ias , Mukherjee Nagar. Mr Griraj Shankar was the incharge and since the institute was less known , I could get extensive feedback on my answers.

 I feel Pub Ad is all about presenting the right content in right manner. The standard content should be backed by some recent happenings and updated data, facts etc.