What field should I pursue after class 12th if I want to be a diplomat (Indian Foreign Service)?

Hello, It's the dream of almost every Indian to clear civil services exam with good marks and be eligible for IFS. Only such dreams work wonders for motivation of young generation.The exam conducted by UPSC is actually a test of skill and knowledge about one's chosen subject. How skillfully or how completely we understand that subject is what UPSC tries to find out. Hence doctors, engineers, accountants, historians, language experts etc. have an equal chance of cracking this most prestigious exam. Thus, one must always study the subject that one is passionate about, the subject in which one has great interest. Once this is done, one can get good marks in graduation besides knowing the subjects thoroughly well.

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You may take up humanities. To become an IFS officer the same procedure needs to be followed as of an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. One has to appear for the selection procedure (examinations, etc.) organized by the UPSC - The Civil Services Examinations*. The examinations are held in two parts - Preliminaries and Main. The Preliminaries or Prelims are held to eliminate most of the candidates who apply. Then the Mains are held to eliminate from this shorter pool. After the Mains successful candidates are interviewed. Meanwhile, when applying for the examination the candidate has to rank the services according to his/her preference. Some candidates choose IAS as the first, IFS as the second, and so on. Others may choose IFS as the first, IAAS as the second, and IAS as the third and so. (I am just giving some examples). Now if the candidate's examination performance is good enough to be interviewed for his/her first preference then everything is hunky dory. Otherwise, they are interviewed for their second preference or third preference or fourth preference or so on - depending on the Mains performance. If one is successful in the interview then he/she gets training in the services for which he/she is selected. So (in the ideal condition) to become an IFS officer one has to select IFS as the first choice and perform well in the exam to be listed in the list of interviewees for foreign services. IAS probationers are trained in Mussoorie (Lal Bahadur Sashtri National Academy of Administration). As far as I know, IFS probationers are trained in Delhi, in the IFS Institute (Old JNU campus) in front of Ber Sarai, across IIT Delhi, and across the JNU campus. Once the training is over, the newly appointed officers join the service. Depending on the requirements they get posting either within India (either South or North Block, wherever the MEA ministry is) or outside (Indian Consulates/High Commissions/Embassies abroad as junior officers). Then they gradually progress through promotion. So that is the story in short of how one becomes the IFS officer and a diplomat.

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In order to become an IFS Officer, you must to be excel in the most prestigious exam on India I.e., UPSE Exam. There is no specific criteria that about the stream at graduation level. You can pursue any course (Arts, Commerce, or Science). What you just need is to be dedicated about your studies. IFS (Indian Foreign Service) is one of the group A service , whose exam is conducted by UPSC every year . It is the second most preferred service in Civil Service exam after IAS. Your preparation strategy should be foolproof. Keep an eye on the previous years Prelims and Mains papers, like initially read and analyse the previous papers once in 23 days, they will nourish your strategy for pattern of exam and would help you out in understanding the content of questions. Hope you find this helpful. Best of Luck.

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12th standard candidates are not eligible for Indian Foreign Services Officer exam so first complete your graduation degree then you can apply for Indian Foreign Services Officer exam. IFS stands for Indian Foreign Service exam. IFS exam is conducted by UPSC through civil service exam. If you have completed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university then you are eligible for IFS exam. Your age should be in between 21 years to 30 years for general candidates. Age relaxation is given below:- 5 years relaxation for SC/ST candidates 3 years relaxation for OBC Candidates 10 years relaxation for PHC candidates 5 years relaxation for Ex-serviceman Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam 2015:- Date of Notification: - 16.05.2015 Last date for receipt of applications: - 12.06.2015 (Friday) Date of commencement of Examination: - 23.08.2015 (Sunday) Civil Services (Mains) Exam 2015:- Date of commencement of Examination: - 18.12.2015 (Friday) For more details about IFS exam please visit to the official website <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="www.upsc.gov.in" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>www.upsc.gov.in</a>

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Hey there, Well, there is no such requirement of streams for UPSC exams, it's just you need a Bachelor's degree at least to be deemed eligible. However, if you want to become an IFS officer then, of course, Bachelors in Arts would be the best option which you can have. Humanities include subjects such as history, political science, sociology and international relations to which you can have access during your graduation. Also, you can keep any of them as an optional subject. For example, you can opt for public administration which is quite scoring and a majority of aspirants opt for this subject and also for an IFS officer, this would be required. Also, it would help you in your interview. Moreover, the subjects in humanities are not difficult and are interesting and with the future concern, of course, this would be the best option. However, you can go for other streams as well. There is no bar and it's always up to you to choose as per your interest.

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Hi, There is no such requirement of any specific stream after 12th for becoming a diplomat. To become a diplomat one needs to qualify Union Public Service Commission examination and if the rank is good then one can choose IFS (Indian Foreign Services). If your only aim is to crack civil services examination and join Indian Foreign Service you can take up any humanities subject like history, geography, public administration, political science, economics, sociology, philosophy, etc. in graduation and start preparing for the exam from the 1st year of your graduation. Take up the subject that you are most interested in so that you can option the same subject for mains examination.

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