Board : P. K Joshi
B. Tech material science IIT Kanpur, 2016
Optional: PSIR
Hobbies: Artificial intelligence , vipassana meditation and badminton.
State: Maharashtra

CM :( cordial and straight to the point)
why have you been doing after graduation.
why upsc after b. Tech.
*How did material science help in competitive exam
* Use of material science in administration.

M1:
*economic challenges for india.
*Why students going least for IFS.
*P. Vsindhu and sania nehwal playing style difference.
*Challenges of AI for India.
*Should we go ahead in adopting AI technology.
*What has the government been doing?

M2( extra loud and rude) :
* why football not taking up as much as cricket.
*Explain Artificial intelligence to me, I am a art student and I don't understand technology.
*Why Is political science called science and history is not?
*(followup)But don't we study history systematically?
*why are engineers going for humanities. Is humanities easy as compared to engg.. And why did you take a humanity?

M3:
*what is machine learning and IoT
*Is IOT being used in India. Example.
*What is the export scenario of india.
* Export challenges to india.
*(followup)Why pharma is leading?
*Top gems and jewellery production areas.
* Nepal relations Kyu important and aur kise sudharoge.
* Kulbhushan jadhav ko execute kar diya toh kya. Kare indi, unka bhi ek banda maar de?

M4: (obsessed with North East)
*manipur dance form.
*Name all the Northeast state.
*Literacy rate india?.
*States with more than 90℅ literacy rate.
*Neighborhood schooling and it's challenges.
*NGO collaboration with Beaucracy and two areas where you will collaborate with ngo..
*Name a few national parks in India.especially from North East.
*Assam flood and why a concern.

# Overall experience: very satisfied. One member tried to be very rude. His eyes look like some serial killer. But if one manages to stay calm despite the hostile atmosphere he tries to create, one can do well.
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