Anthropology Special Focus Batch 2026-27

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Anthropology is one of the most trusted optionals for UPSC. It has a small, well-defined syllabus, is easy to understand, and offers high scoring potential. But what really makes the difference is the right guidance!

Karandeep Singh Sir at LevelUp IAS has mentored 155+ rankers, helping them achieve their dream of becoming civil servants. His teaching style is simple, engaging, and comprehensive. The syllabus is covered with complete clarity, while answer writing is trained from the very beginning, giving your preparation a solid boost. His class notes and study material are crisp, well-curated, and exam-focused. Learning from him also helps you develop analytical thinking for anthropological concepts — a key to writing impactful answers.

If you are serious about seeing your name in the final list, Karandeep Sir and LevelUp IAS can truly be the game-changers for you.

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WHY YOU MUST JOIN KARANDEEP SIR'S ANTHROPOLOGY OPTIONAL FOUNDATION ?

Timebound syllabus coverage

Taught in less than six months ensuring enough time for revision.

Focus on conceptual understanding

Easy to understand pedagogy with engaging classes.

Daily answer writing - PYQ practice and evaluation

Making you well-prepared for writing in mains.

Engaging Classes

Ensuring comprehensive understanding of the subject.

Well curated study material

High quality, well-researched notes including ample case studies.

Coverage of newest concepts and trend based approach

Ensuring that you don't miss any new questions.

Personalized attention and mentoring

Approachable and responsive mentoring team at LevelUp IAS.

Regular doubt sessions

Would be held over zoom every week to connect with students.

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Program Details

Start Date: 9th February 2026
Batch Time: The lecture will be available at 10:00 AM as per schedule
Duration: Till Mains 2026
Validity: 31st August 2026
Six Days Lectures in a Week: Monday to Saturday
One Zoom Doubt Solving Sessions in a Week
6 Tests: 4 Sectional + 2 Comprehensive Tests

Delivery Modes

Pre-Recorded
Online Access Only

Note: Student can watch each recorded lecture a maximum of three times within 72 hours from the time it is uploaded on the portal.

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Why Join Karandeep Sir and LevelUp IAS ?

Comprehensive syllabus completion in 5.5 months

Syllabus coverage in a time-bound manner

Easy to understand, interactive and engaging classes

Focus on concept building, retention and clarity

Through lectures, tests, and Previous Year Questions practice

Build your analytical thinking & tackle tough questions

High quality content, well-researched and updated

Well curated & UPSC relevant study material

Tackle those new questions asked in the exam

Lectures designed as per latest UPSC trends

Approachable faculty and team at LevelUp IAS to help you

Personalized attention and result oriented mentoring

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Join Anthropology Optional Special Focus Batch 2026-27

Who Should Join Anthropology Special Focus Batch 2026-27?

⏩ Students who want to complete the entire syllabus in a comprehensive and well-designed manner.

⏩ Students appearing for UPSC CSE 2026-27.

⏩ Students who want to get a decisive edge in the competition.

KARANDEEP SIR'S CLASS

Lectures at 10 AM

Simultaneous upload of study material

Attend the lectures, take running notes and dictation

PYQ based answer writing

Clear your doubts in the weekly doubt session

Watch Karandeep sir's orientation session of last batch

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Refund Policy

Comprehensive and timely syllabus coverage.
New and relevant topics covered in class.
Focus on developing an analytical approach to anthropology.
PYQ discussion with class
Personalized attention. and mentoring by faculty and team.
Well curated class material.
Daily answer writing and quality evaluation.

Handouts – Soft Copy for Students.
Students will get Karandeep Sir’s contact number too for doubt clearing.
The course will be valid till the validity of last lecture.
The course validity end date, will be same for all the students, irrespective of their admission date.
Students can watch each class video a maximum of 3 times recorded.
Each recorded class video will be available at 10 A.M.

Anthropology Optional 2026 Special Focus Batch
Date	Day	Lecture No.	Topic
9 February 26	Monday	0	Orientation
10 February 26	Tuesday	1	Classical Evolutionism
11 February 26	Wednesday	2	Classical Evolutionism
12 February 26	Thursday	3	Classical Evolutionism
13 February 26	Friday	4	Classical Evolutionism
14 February 26	Saturday	5	Diffusionism
15 February 26	Sunday
16 February 26	Monday	6	Diffusionism
17 February 26	Tuesday	7	American School of Diffusionism
18 February 26	Wednesday	8	Historical Particularism
19 February 26	Thursday	9	Functionalism
20 February 26	Friday	10	Functionalism
21 February 26	Saturday	11	Structural Functionalism
22 February 26	Sunday
23 February 26	Monday	12	Structural Functionalism
24 February 26	Tuesday	13	Topper Session with Dinesh Vishnoi AIR - 265
25 February 26	Wednesday	14	Structural Functionalism & Structuralism
26 February 26	Thursday	15	Structuralism
27 February 26	Friday	16	Structuralism
28 February 26	Saturday	17	Structuralism & Culture and Personality
1 March 26	Sunday
2 March 26	Monday	18	Culture and Personality
3 March 26	Tuesday	19	Culture and Personality
4 March 26	Wednesday	20	Culture and Personality
5 March 26	Thursday	21	Neo-Evolutionism
6 March 26	Friday	22	Neo-Evolutionism
7 March 26	Saturday	23	Neo-Evolutionism
8 March 26	Sunday
9 March 26	Monday	24	Culture Materialism
10 March 26	Tuesday	25	Symbolic and Interpretive
11 March 26	Wednesday	26	Symbolic and Interpretive
12 March 26	Thursday	27	Symbolic and Interpretive
13 March 26	Friday	28	Cognitive Theory
14 March 26	Saturday	29	Post-Modernism
15 March 26	Sunday
16 March 26	Monday	30	Post-Modernism
17 March 26	Tuesday	31	Post-Modernism, Religion
18 March 26	Wednesday	32	Religion
19 March 26	Thursday	33	Religion
20 March 26	Friday	34	Religion
21 March 26	Saturday	35	Religion
22 March 26	Sunday
23 March 26	Monday	36	Religion
24 March 26	Tuesday	37	Religion
25 March 26	Wednesday	38	Linguistic Anthropology
26 March 26	Thursday	39	Linguistic Anthropology
27 March 26	Friday	40	Linguistic Anthropology
28 March 26	Saturday	41	Linguistic Diversity of India
29 March 26	Sunday
30 March 26	Monday	42	Paper-2, History of Indian Anthropology
31 March 26	Tuesday	43	Indology, L K A Aiyer
1 April 26	Wednesday	44	S C Roy
2 April 26	Thursday	45	G S Ghurye
3 April 26	Friday	46	Verrier Elwin
4 April 26	Saturday	47	Verrier Elwin
5 April 26	Sunday
6 April 26	Monday	48	N K Bose
7 April 26	Tuesday	49	Haimendorf
8 April 26	Wednesday	50	D N Majumdar
9 April 26	Thursday	51	Leela Dube
10 April 26	Friday	52	Irawati Karve
11 April 26	Saturday	53	Varna & Ashram
12 April 26	Sunday
13 April 26	Monday	54	Purushartha, Rina, Karma and Rebirth
14 April 26	Tuesday	55	Caste System
15 April 26	Wednesday	56	Louis Dumont, Andre Beteille, B R Ambedkar
16 April 26	Thursday	57	Dipankar Gupta, Untouchability
17 April 26	Friday	58	Caste and Gender, M N Srinivas - Sanskritization
18 April 26	Saturday	59	M N Srinivas
19 April 26	Sunday
20 April 26	Monday	60	Factionalism, Caste in non-Hindus
21 April 26	Tuesday	61	Caste in Christianity, Caste as social system, Jajmani system
22 April 26	Wednesday	62	Jajmani System, Caste and Politics
23 April 26	Thursday	63	Caste violence, Khap panchayat, Dalit Politics
24 April 26	Friday	64	Future of caste system, Robert Redfield
25 April 26	Saturday	65	Universalization and Parochialization, Oscar Lewis, L P Vidyarthi
26 April 26	Sunday
27 April 26	Monday	66	NMS Complex, Tribe-Caste Continuum, Modernization
28 April 26	Tuesday	67	S C Dube, Village Studies
29 April 26	Wednesday	68	Village Studies
30 April 26	Thursday	69	Village Studies
1 May 26	Friday	70	Tribal India
2 May 26	Saturday	71	PVTGs, DNTs
3 May 26	Sunday
4 May 26	Monday	72	Colonial rule and tribes, Tribal revolts
5 May 26	Tuesday	73	Tribal Revolts
6 May 26	Wednesday	74	Scheduled Areas
7 May 26	Thursday	75	Administration of forests
8 May 26	Friday	76	Impact of modern democratic institutions, Role of NGOs
9 May 26	Saturday	77	Tribal problems
10 May 26	Sunday
11 May 26	Monday	78	Ethnic groups and ethnicity
12 May 26	Tuesday	79	Ethnic conflicts
13 May 26	Wednesday	80	Ethno-nationalism, Regionalism, Tribe and Nation state
14 May 26	Thursday	81	Pseudo-Tribalism, Religious and Linguistic minorities, Role of Anthropology in Tribal Development
15 May 26	Friday	82	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
16 May 26	Saturday	83	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
17 May 26	Sunday
18 May 26	Monday	84	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
19 May 26	Tuesday	85	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
20 May 26	Wednesday	86	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
21 May 26	Thursday	87	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
22 May 26	Friday	88	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
23 May 26	Saturday	89	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
24 May 26	Sunday
25 May 26	Monday	90	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
26 May 26	Tuesday	91	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
27 May 26	Wednesday	92	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
28 May 26	Thursday	93	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
29 May 26	Friday	94	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
30 May 26	Saturday	95	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
31 May 26	Sunday
1 June 26	Monday	96	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
2 June 26	Tuesday	97	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
3 June 26	Wednesday	98	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
4 June 26	Thursday	99	Primatology
5 June 26	Friday	100	Primatology
6 June 26	Saturday	101	Fossils, Race and Racism
7 June 26	Sunday
8 June 26	Monday	102	Fossils, Race and Racism
9 June 26	Tuesday	103	Fossils, Race and Racism
10 June 26	Wednesday	104	Fossils, Ecological Anthropology
11 June 26	Thursday	105	Fossils, Epidemiological Anthropology
12 June 26	Friday	106	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
13 June 26	Saturday	107	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
14 June 26	Sunday
15 June 26	Monday	108	Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
16 June 26	Tuesday	109	Archaeological Anthropology
17 June 26	Wednesday	110	Archaeological Anthropology
18 June 26	Thursday	111	Archaeological Anthropology
19 June 26	Friday	112	Archaeological Anthropology
20 June 26	Saturday	113	Archaeological Anthropology
21 June 26	Sunday
22 June 26	Monday	114	Archaeological Anthropology
23 June 26	Tuesday	115	Archaeological Anthropology
24 June 26	Wednesday	116	Archaeological Anthropology
25 June 26	Thursday	117	Applied Anthropology
26 June 26	Friday	118	Applied Anthropology
27 June 26	Saturday	119	Research Methods
28 June 26	Sunday
29 June 26	Monday	120	Research Methods
30 June 26	Tuesday	121	Research Methods
1 July 26	Wednesday	122	Economic Anthropology
2 July 26	Thursday	123	Economic Anthropology
3 July 26	Friday	124	Economic Anthropology
4 July 26	Saturday	125	Archaeological Anthropology, Political Anthropology
5 July 26	Sunday
6 July 26	Monday	126	Political Anthropology
7 July 26	Tuesday	127	Culture
8 July 26	Wednesday	128	Culture
9 July 26	Thursday	129	Culture
10 July 26	Friday	130	Culture
11 July 26	Saturday	131	Society
12 July 26	Sunday
13 July 26	Monday	132	Society
14 July 26	Tuesday	133	Society
15 July 26	Wednesday	134	Society
16 July 26	Thursday	135	Society
17 July 26	Friday	136	Society
18 July 26	Saturday	137	Marriage
19 July 26	Sunday
20 July 26	Monday	138	Marriage
21 July 26	Tuesday	139	Marriage
22 July 26	Wednesday	140	Family
23 July 26	Thursday	141	Family
24 July 26	Friday	142	Family
25 July 26	Saturday	143	Kinship
26 July 26	Sunday
27 July 26	Monday	144	Kinship

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We have embedded tracking of video usage with the location, IP and we collect data on the video usage to check if there are any suspicious downloads of video happening with some third-party software. In such cases, the culprits will not be given any warning from our end; instead, strict legal action will be enforced.

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Refund Policy

A: For Offline/Online Courses (Validity More Than 100 Days)

Time Frame	Deduction Percentage	Processing Time	Request Method	Refund Mode
Day 0 to Day 7	10% deduction	Processed within 30 working days	Only via email to support@levelupias.com	Same bank account used for payment
Day 8 to Day 30	50% deduction	Processed within 30 working days	Only via email to support@levelupias.com	Same bank account used for payment
After Day 30	No refund applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

B: For Recorded Modules / Courses, Crash Courses, Test Series, and Short-Duration Courses (Validity Less Than 100 Days)

Time Frame	Deduction Percentage	Processing Time	Request Method	Refund Mode
Day 0 to Day 7	20% deduction	Processed within 30 working days	Only via email to support@levelupias.com	Same bank account used for payment
On or After Day 8	No refund applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

NOTE: The deduction is based on the course fee, not the amount paid.

NOTE: If a student transfers from one course to another, they will not be eligible for a refund.

Procedure to Request a Refund

All refund requests must be submitted via email to support@levelupias.com with the following details:

Student’s Full Name
Course Name
Date of Enrolment
Reason for Requesting a Refund
Supporting Documents (if required)

NOTE 1: Refund requests made verbally, over the phone, on any social media or in person will NOT be valid or accepted.

NOTE 2: The refund request date will be considered as the date when all required documents are received by the Institute. Approved refunds will be processed within 30 working days after that.

NOTE 3: Only bonafide refund requests will be accepted. If any course material (videos, handouts, etc.) is accessed or downloaded with malafide intent, the refund request will be strictly denied.

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