IAS Coaching in Delhi: 9 Institutes, Fees and Fines

IAS coaching in Delhi costs ₹89,000 to ₹2,25,000 for a one-year General Studies foundation course in a classroom, and roughly ₹95,000 to ₹1,25,000 online, going by the fee tables institutes print on their own sites. Most institutes sit within a kilometre of each other on Pusa Road in Karol Bagh and Old Rajinder Nagar, with Vajirao & Reddy in North Campus. Nine institutes are compared below, with fees read on 12 November 2026, for the UPSC exam whose next prelims is on 23 May 2027.

Check whether a fee includes 18% GST: NEXT IAS adds it, while Vision, Shankar and Rau's say theirs include it. On a ₹1.5 lakh fee, GST is ₹27,000.

Topper claims and the fines behind them

Institute ads often show the same toppers. The Central Consumer Protection Authority's guidelines of 13 November 2024 ban "guaranteed selection" claims and require every topper photo to state the rank, the course the candidate took and its length, and whether it was paid. The authority has fined several institutes in this list for misleading claims: Vajirao & Reddy (₹7 lakh, then ₹15 lakh), Vision IAS (₹3 lakh, then ₹11 lakh), Vajiram & Ravi (₹7 lakh, in May 2026), Drishti IAS (₹3 lakh, then ₹5 lakh) and Shankar IAS (₹5 lakh), as reported by PIB and the press. Ask which course a topper actually attended before you count them.

Safety in Old Rajinder Nagar

In July 2024, three students drowned when the basement library of Rau's IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar flooded. The municipality sealed 13 basements in the area, the Supreme Court took up the issue of coaching-centre safety, and the education ministry's 2024 guidelines ask for at least one square metre of space per student. Before you join, look at where classes and libraries are held and ask about fire and flood safety.

Nine IAS coaching institutes in Delhi

Vajirao & Reddy has published on IndiBlogHub before. The others are the institutes Delhi coaching lists name most, kept only if their own site shows a Delhi address and phone.

Vajiram & Ravi, Old Rajinder Nagar

Running since 1976, next to gate 5 of Karol Bagh metro, and named in all five ranking lists we read. Its GS course costs the same in class and online. Its contact page and call button were not working when checked; the number given here is from its site's page data.

Drishti IAS, Karol Bagh

Founded in 1999 by Dr Vikas Divyakirti, whose name people search together with IAS coaching in Delhi, and strong in Hindi medium. Named in all five lists. It does not print its classroom fee, so ask for it.

Vision IAS, Karol Bagh

Named in all five lists, at 33 Pusa Road. It has the widest gap between classroom (₹1,95,000) and online (₹1,25,000) fees for the same course, both including taxes.

NEXT IAS, Old Rajinder Nagar

Part of the MADE EASY group since 2017, and the most transparent on fees: a price for every batch, venue and start date, with GST shown separately. It labels selections by course and links its results.

ForumIAS, Karol Bagh

Running since 2012 above Kalyan Jewellers on Pusa Road, and the only institute here with a separate hybrid mode. Its testimonials say which course each topper used.

Vajirao & Reddy, Shakti Nagar

Founded in 1989 by Prof. V. N. Reddy, and the only institute here based in North Campus near Delhi University rather than Pusa Road. It publishes full fee tables for English and Hindi medium. Its site warns that similarly named "Bajirao" centres are not connected to it.

Shankar IAS Academy, Old Rajinder Nagar

A Chennai-based academy with a Delhi centre in Old Rajinder Nagar Market and the lowest GS fee among the established names, ₹1,00,000 including tax.

Rau's IAS Study Circle, Old Rajinder Nagar

The oldest institute here, teaching since 1953, with a classroom fee of ₹1,75,500 and online ₹95,500, both including GST. Its batch tables showed start dates as "to be announced" when checked.

Chahal Academy, Old Rajinder Nagar

The budget option, with a one-year course at ₹89,000, from an office near metro pillar 112 on Pusa Road.

Questions aspirants ask

When is the next UPSC prelims?

The Civil Services 2027 notification is due on 13 January 2027, applications close on 2 February, prelims is on 23 May 2027 and mains starts on 20 August. CSE 2026 had 933 vacancies.

Which area of Delhi is best for IAS coaching?

Old Rajinder Nagar and Karol Bagh, along Pusa Road, have most of the large institutes, libraries and hostels. Mukherjee Nagar, in north Delhi, is the other area people search for. Vajirao & Reddy is in Shakti Nagar near North Campus.

Is online IAS coaching cheaper?

Usually: Rau's online course is ₹80,000 less than its classroom course and Vision's ₹70,000 less. Vajiram & Ravi charges the same for both.

Arriving in Delhi for coaching? Our guide to taxi service in Delhi lists airport fares. For school choices before that stage, see how we check affiliations in schools in Bikaner.

How these institutes were chosen

We counted mentions across five Delhi IAS coaching lists, leaving out one written by an institute ranking itself first, and kept institutes whose own site shows a Delhi address and phone. Sriram's IAS was left out only because its fees could not be read, and IASbaba because its classroom batch is in Bengaluru. Fines come from PIB releases and news reports. No institute guarantees selection, and any that does breaks the 2024 guidelines.