Structured courses, answer-writing practice and mentorship by Dr. Anurag Agarwal for the UPSC Essay and English Optional, UGC NET, GATE English, State SET and Assistant Professor exams.
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a student in possession of a syllabus must be in want of a mentor.”
— A LITTLE LITERARY WIT, FREE WITH EVERY SCROLLFocused preparation for English-related exams — nothing else, nothing extra.
Essay paper and English Literature Optional with answer-writing mentorship. Answers and essays are evaluated by Dr. Agarwal himself.
English, with bilingual (English + Hindi) support.
Focused preparation for GATE English.
Commission exams for college and university lecturer posts.
School teacher recruitment exams for English.
Delhi teaching posts in English.
English paper for university PG admissions.
University entrance tests for MA English. Your gateway to the shelves of literature.
Eligibility tests for Assistant Professor across ten states.
Founder and Director of OSN Academy Pvt. Ltd., running OSN Academy since 1998, and mentor for UPSC English Literature Optional and answer writing. MA, NET, PhD in English Literature and MBA, with 26+ years of experience guiding aspirants. He mentored Navneet Kaur, who scored 276/500 in the English Literature Optional and secured AIR 111 in UPSC CSE 2025.
Every class at OSN Academy runs under the guidance of Dr. Anurag Agarwal, so the standard stays as high as the syllabus.
UPSC English Literature and answer writing for the English Optional and the Essay. 26+ years of teaching and mentoring experience.
Teaches UGC NET English (Paper 2, all 10 units) under the guidance of Dr. Anurag Agarwal.
Pick UPSC Essay, English Optional or UGC NET English, then download the paper for any year. Read the past, ace the future (Marlowe would approve).
Papers from the UGC NET exams held from December 2018 onwards are not on the UGC NET archive. Ask us and our team will help you with recent papers.
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Guides for the UPSC Essay paper and the English Optional, with toppers' strategies and study plans.
Free updates for the UPSC Essay and English Literature Optional, straight to your phone. 1,280+ aspirants have already joined.
Syllabus mapped topic by topic to each exam, with previous years' questions discussed as you go.
UPSC answers and essays evaluated by Dr. Agarwal with red-pen feedback, plus an audio report on every evaluated essay.
Seven hard-bound volumes for the UPSC Optional, and 10 years of official papers on this page.
UGC NET English guidance in English and Hindi.
Classes run online in the OSN Academy app, on Android, iOS, tablet, desktop and laptop. Because inspiration, like Wordsworth's daffodils, strikes on the commute.
On iPhone the app is listed as “MyInstitute”. After installing, message us on WhatsApp and our team will help you log in.
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Only English-related exams: UPSC Essay and English Literature Optional, UGC NET English (bilingual), GATE English, State SET / SLET exams, State Assistant Professor exams (HPPSC, JKPSC, MPPSC, UPHESC, RPSC), TGT / PGT English, DSSSB, CUET PG and MA English Entrance.
Dr. Anurag Agarwal, Founder & Director, leads UPSC English Literature and answer writing for the English Optional and the Essay. Nimisha Sharma is our Faculty of English and teaches UGC NET English under his guidance.
Classes run online on the OSN Academy app, which works on Android, iOS, tablet, desktop and laptop, so students anywhere in India can join. Our centre is at C-844, Mahanagar, Lucknow.
Yes, UGC NET English guidance is bilingual, in English and Hindi.
Yes. The PYQ section links to the official question papers: UPSC Essay and English Literature Optional (Paper I and II) for the last 10 years from the UPSC website, and UGC NET English papers from the UGC NET archive.
For the UPSC English Optional and the Essay Program, Dr. Anurag Agarwal evaluates your answers and essays personally, with red-pen feedback on what is missing and how to structure the answer. Every evaluated essay in the Essay Program comes with a 5 to 10 minute audio report.
Use the Telegram button on this page for updates, and download the OSN app from Google Play or the App Store (listed as “MyInstitute” on iPhone).
Fill in the callback form on this page, or call or WhatsApp +91 99350 58417, and our team will guide you to the right batch. For UPSC, the English Literature Optional course is ₹31,500 and the study material is ₹6,500. The Essay Program is ₹3,500 for 3 essays, ₹6,000 for 6 and ₹11,000 for 12.
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