Institute file
Vajiram & Ravi
- Registered as
- Vajiram and Ravi IAS Study Centre LLP
- Headquarters
- New Delhi
- Exams
- UPSC Civil Services
Penalised ₹7 lakh by CCPA in May 2026 for deliberate concealment of material information. Of 413 successful candidates the institute claimed for UPSC CSE 2023, the regulator found 258 had enrolled only in its free Interview Guidance Programme — offered after candidates clear Prelims and Mains on their own.
Section 01
The arithmetic
Every criterion starts at 100. Below is each point deducted, the published rule that triggered it, and the document it came from. Nothing here is a judgement call.
Regulatory Standing
65/100Orders, penalties and findings recorded against the institute by a regulator.
Advertising Integrity
35/100Whether a regulator has found the institute's advertising to be misleading.
Disclosure
40/100Whether the institute discloses what its advertised successful candidates actually paid for.
Refund Policy
Not assessedHow the institute's own published refund policy compares to the national standard.
No public record on file touches this criterion, so we do not score it. This is deliberately not the same as a pass.
Service Delivery
Not assessedDocumented failures to deliver the teaching students actually paid for.
No public record on file touches this criterion, so we do not score it. This is deliberately not the same as a pass.
Grievance Redressal
Not assessedDocumented conduct when enrolled students raise complaints or ask for refunds.
No public record on file touches this criterion, so we do not score it. This is deliberately not the same as a pass.
Overall score is the mean of the 3 assessed criteria, rounded. Read the full methodology →
Section 02
The public record
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- 01Regulatory order29 May 2026
CCPA imposes ₹7 lakh penalty for misleading UPSC result claims
The Central Consumer Protection Authority passed a final order against Vajiram and Ravi IAS Study Centre LLP, imposing a penalty of ₹7,00,000 for indulging in misleading advertisement through deliberate concealment of material information, in violation of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. The Authority — headed by Chief Commissioner Nidhi Khare with Commissioner Anupam Mishra — found the institute had made tall claims and prominently used the names, photographs and achievements of successful UPSC CSE 2023 candidates while concealing which specific courses those candidates had actually taken. The advertisements on its own website claimed "8 Rank Holders in the Top 10 are from Vajiram & Ravi", "37 Rank Holders in the Top 50 are from Vajiram & Ravi", and that more than 30% of officers selected through the examination every year were its students. Of 413 successful candidates the institute claimed for CSE 2023, CCPA found 258 had enrolled only in its free Interview Guidance Programme — a programme offered after a candidate has already cleared Prelims and Mains without the institute's paid help. The penalty was to be deposited within 15 days. CCPA stated that non-disclosure of course details deprives consumers of the ability to make an informed choice.
Points this document deducted (5)
- standing — Confirmed regulatory penalty order on record-35
- ads — Regulator found the advertisement misleading-40
- ads — Regulator found concealment of material information-25
- disclosure — Advertised success attributed to candidates who did not take the advertised paid course-40
- disclosure — That proportion exceeds half of the advertised candidates-20
Section 04
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