About
Why Maarg.
Most leadership for India’s civil services is taught in coaching halls. Maarg is what comes after the syllabus — eight days inside a working district, with the officer who runs it.
The premise.
You cannot serve what you have not truly seen. The textbook describes a Sub-Divisional Magistrate’s court; Maarg seats you in one. The textbook describes a District Collector’s briefing; Maarg puts you in the room.
The team.
Maarg was started by a small team that has worked alongside the Indian civil service for the last decade — across UPSC preparation, public-policy fellowships, and field research. The forty-three officers who form our mentor bench are serving and retired members of the IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, and Indian Forest Service.
What we believe.
- 01The file moves only when you have walked the village it describes.
- 02Specificity matters more than ambition. A small thing, done carefully, is most of governance.
- 03Twenty-four people per cohort is the right number. We will not scale this.
Milo Bharat se. — a phrase we keep returning to.