Ishwarya

21 July 2020 , FN 2nd to go
Optional : Sociology
Degree : B.E.Civil Engineering
Present Job : IRAS
Hobbies - Asian dramas, gardening, sketching, table tennis.

SUJATHA MEHTA Mam board

CM
1. You are from Civil Engineering background, what is the relationship between civil engineering and climate change?
2. Do you think retrofitting of 25 YO building is sustainable?
3. Tamilnadu politics and the favour for actors why?
4. Casual enquiry about ongoing training process.


Member 1
1.asked some sociological thinker (had no idea)
2. historical background of Cuddalore
3. Is reservation to SC, St and OBCs a positive move
4. What are the safeguards available to SC when their rights are violated


Member 2

1 .how to improve health infra
2.Should health be made fundamental right or entitlement.
3. Elaborate on your hobby of watching Asian drama
4 . What are the cultural similarities between East asian countries and India
4 . Do you know about Angkor wat.



Member 3

1. Significance of Vaastu in civil engineering
2. Can India build a makeshift hospital like China in 10 days
3. Do you know about China's project management

Member 4.

1. How to improve Railway accounting by including digitisation
2. How to revive construction sector after this COVID crisis


Chairman
1. Do TV dramas reflect societal conditions
Is there anything you think we should ask

I said my hobby sketching
1. Asked whether i learnt somewhere or self taught
After few discussion

Thank you.

Medical Process
1. How long it took you to complete

Regular process. Business as usual. No safety kit provided here. Bring your own mask, sanitizer, etc.

2. Those who had medicals previous year, pls compare - was it similar?

I haven't given it earlier. But people here are saying just as last year.

3. Was there any possibility of contacting Covid suspects in the hospitals or both were separate?

Yes. There was. Mine isn't dedicated COVID facility. But we did go to OPD where there is always a chance of contact. And OPD was completed full.

4. Are they completing medicals in one day or in case of any issue - are they advising you to come again?

I'll let you know once I'm done here. So far everything has been normal.
5. Any other info you want to share?

You are all by yourself here. Be very careful. Take precaution by yourselves. Business as usual.

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Sachin Pralhadrao Wayal
Buldhana District, MH
B. Tech. (Production Engg) from VJTI, Mumbai
WorkEx of 2 years at L&T, Heavy Engg, PMG - Nuclear Dept
Hobbies: Blogging related to Nuclear Power, and Teaching
Optional: Public Administration

Board: Smita Nagarajan Ma’am
Date of Interview: 20 July 2020, Afternoon session, first to enter

Chairperson
1. What are you doing lately?
2. Why you chose career in Public Policy? (few sub questions)
3. Explain Administration in one/two/three words?
4. How can we improve efficiency? (few sub questions)

Member 1
1. Why there is prevailing corruption in administration?
2. What is Transparency Index? How can we improve on it?
3. How can we implement the technology?
4. If your were District Collector of same district, how will you use technology to improve efficiency?

Member 2
1. What is Conflict of Interest?
2. How can we make sure that CoI is not there in administration?
3. What is your recent teaching experience?
4. How do you keep in touch with your Arunachal Pradesh students?

Member 3
1. Your district collector is good old friend of mine. How is she performing on COVID situation? What improvement you suggest?
2. What was your core motivational message to slums kids, when you were teaching them as part of L&T CSR Activities?
3. Which are the types of Nuclear reactor we have in India?
4. What is our Nuclear program? How many years it will take for commercial Thorium based reactor?

Member 4
1. What is significance of Chahbhar port for India?
2. Do you know what is Block Chain Technology? How can we implement it in Administration?

Chairperson
Considering the present India-China relations, do we think we should proceed with 5G technology?

Thank you.
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Sachin Pralhadrao Wayal
Buldhana District, MH
B. Tech. (Production Engg) from VJTI, Mumbai
WorkEx of 2 years at L&T, Heavy Engg, PMG - Nuclear Dept
Hobbies: Blogging related to Nuclear Power, and Teaching
Optional: Public Administration

Board: Smita Nagarajan Ma’am
Date of Interview: 20 July 2020, Afternoon session, first to enter

Chairperson
1. What are you doing lately?
2. Why you chose career in Public Policy? (few sub questions)
3. Explain Administration in one/two/three words?
4. How can we improve efficiency? (few sub questions)

Member 1
1. Why there is prevailing corruption in administration?
2. What is Transparency Index? How can we improve on it?
3. How can we implement the technology?
4. If your were District Collector of same district, how will you use technology to improve efficiency?

Member 2
1. What is Conflict of Interest?
2. How can we make sure that CoI is not there in administration?
3. What is your recent teaching experience?
4. How do you keep in touch with your Arunachal Pradesh students?

Member 3
1. Your district collector is good old friend of mine. How is she performing on COVID situation? What improvement you suggest?
2. What was your core motivational message to slums kids, when you were teaching them as part of L&T CSR Activities?
3. Which are the types of Nuclear reactor we have in India?
4. What is our Nuclear program? How many years it will take for commercial Thorium based reactor?

Member 4
1. What is significance of Chahbhar port for India?
2. Do you know what is Block Chain Technology? How can we implement it in Administration?

Chairperson
Considering the present India-China relations, do we think we should proceed with 5G technology?

Thank you.
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Avadh singhal

21/07/2020 Forenoon
TCA Anant Sir board


Completely DAF based, no current affairs at all.

Chairman-
Q1- You have lived at many places- why
Q2- You have been working after college, tell me about your work
Q3- Key issues in school education sector (my recent project was about that)
Q4- How would you solve these issues
Post this, CM was disengaged, constantly looking in his mobile

M1-
Q0- Whose tie is this? What’s the brand of tie you are wearing :P
Q1- You hail from Fazilka- key political importance of place during the unrest in Punjab
Q2- Punjab went through long phase of insurgency- Why did it last so long and how was it finally tackled?
Q3- You mentioned about KPS Gill- in what capacity was he involved
Q4- There were reports about Police excesses during the time- What were they?
Q5- Do you think situation was this bad that such severe measures had to be taken
Q6- Judiciary is also blamed to be reticent through the phase- you think that was the case

M2-
Q1- Ways of parliamentary checks on executive expenditure of money
Q2- What does CAG stand for
Q3- Have you heard about progressive auditing ( or something like this which basically meant evaluating not only fund utilisation but also effectiveness)
Q4- I said no and then he explained it for a while and asked me as a consultant explain the ways in which we can include this in auditing
Q5- He mentioned about a more formal EEE approach (Efficiency, Economy, Effectiveness). Asked me to explain what each of this means in context of public expenditure

M4-
Q1- Back to education, you mentioned about drop outs in school- do you know about the differential between male- female dropout
Q2- Then, he asked me to explain the reasons
Q3- Can you relate water also to girl dropout- On responding, he told me to make sure that we include these measures in future projects
Q4- Then he said if you become IAS, which state will you choose
Q5- Why not Chhattisgarh (state where I did high schooling)
Not able to recall 1-2 Qs that he asked too

M5-
Q1- Give details of what all projects/ sectors and your contribution
Q2- Do you think you made any meaningful impact in these projects
Q3- On explaining- he said if you are creating such impact why civil services
Q4- After some discussion on money and it’s importance for me- he asked me how are you sure civil services will give you job satisfaction.
Then he wished me good luck

Chairman again- I was last candidate for forenoon and he was constantly indicating the members to hurry and after they were done he said Thank you- That’ll be all.

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Anonymous
Current - IPS

21/7/20
Chair-Manoj Soni board. Initially 4 members including one lady were sitting. 5th member joined in 5 mins.

Chair
1. You are already in IPS. Aren’t you happy.
2. Would you regret if you aren’t allotted service you are aspiring.
3. Do you believe UP gangster encounter was staged. Before asking this he said ‘honestly tell me’ twice.
4. What makes you believe that it was not true. Some more related discussion.

M1 Lady
1. Does police exceed its brief and use excess force?
2. How would you use GIS in policing ?
3. How would technology help in tackling law and order situation
4. Some more technology related questions AI, ML. She said something about scalar data vector data.

M2
1. Some senior police officers say criminal justice system doesn’t work properly because judicial process is slow, ineffective. Do you think so ?
2. What changes do we need in IPC, CrPC, Indian evidence act. Tell specific changes.
3. Detailed discussion on subsidies. What type of subsidies do we give, should we give them or not ?
4. How should we rationalise PDS system, FPS etc

M3
1. Role of police during covid times
2. Has police able to deliver on people’s expectations
3. Some discussion about police and COVID lockdown
4. Which section of law authorised police to enforce lockdown ?
5. What is FATF
6. Why Pakistan escaped blacklist ?
7. When UN blacklists some terrorist, how can we leverage that ?

M4
1. Isn’t golden temple most important part of golden triangle ?
2. What is golden triangle.
3. DM and SP are fulcrum of district administration. Don’t you think for 1 year SP should do DM’s job and DM should do SP’s job for better coordination
4. Shouldn’t we have one standard investment policy throughout India for boosting investment. Some discussion on this
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Anonymous

PK Joshi board
2nd to go
Electrical engineering
Hobbies - Lawn tennis and Cricket
Working in financial services (pvt)

Just as I entered I glanced at all members everybody had grim faces only chairman was smiling , wished and smiled at everyone

C:
Q Where did you did your schooling ? Where is it located?
Q : Why working in a financial sector job why not core?
A: (Said was not proficient plus had did projects in data analytics ML which attracted me)
Q: Transmission losses sources ?
A: (Mentioned 3 forgot to mention corona losses )
Q: Solar power how is it generated the principle ?
A: (Photoelectric effect explained)
Q: Limitations of sola power
A: (Told 3 - storage , grid parity , transmission ( AC-DC).; Chairman said what about area I said yes sir and explained how difficult it has been to implement NSM


M1:
Q: Data is new oil explain
A: Monologue followed knowledge economy how data is fueling new age business blah blah)
Q: Role of social media and how is it changing marketing
A: ( Long monologue with real life examples followed -insurance credit , recommendation engines)
Q: Disruptive tech
A: ( Told only one said sorry)


F1: Till now she was very serious and every answer I gave she frowned
Q: Domestic violence act and dowry act ? Are the necessary because not benefiedtd ? Aren’t they anti men
A: ( Humbly disagreed that they have been useless said deference has been added She counter questioned so you are saying that 0 dowry cases ?
Q: What will you do as DM for women empowerment
A: Told a differentiated strategy depending on rural and urban areaw
Q: which states are with low and high women literacy
A: high said Kerala and TN while low can I take a guess ? She said why not - so I told Bihar and UP , She said very safe guess and everyone laughed
Q: How to improve women education
A: Told how we can capture low hanging fruits like infra improvements -like toilets ; nudging parents towards education

M2:
QWas very stern and every time I told any ans to any member he would smirk as if I am telling a joke
Q: What is DPSP what is FR and difference
Q What are grand slams ? What different in surfaces
A : got carried away on this explained grand slams diffence of surfaces and how ball travels he was clearly not expecting all of this
Q: Is India Non aligned or changed
A: Said sir india is multi aligned while pursuing strategic autonomy

M4: was smiling throught and went quick fire
Q: Yogi Adityanath how many times MP from Gorakhpur
A: Dont know sir
Q: Logo of Aus open ? Told
Q: And which is that player - dont know sir
Q First 200 in cricket ?
A SRT? And in test - told Dravid he said no Umrigar
Q: First 300
A: Sir Sehwag in Multan against Pakistan memorable (everyone laughed
Q: 5 classical dances and states
A: Told 3 and said dont remember sir
Q :why people prefer banking jobs and why engineers go to non core isn’t it a waste’
Q: which kind of bowler you are ? Told sir medium fast
Q: can you swing? - No sir but bowl good leg cutters he laughed again

C1: Thank you your interview is over
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https://youtu.be/jJ0pFJLmotg

Jagadish Adahalli

20th july
Belagavi, Karnataka.

Work experience- SDM(prob)

Board- RN Choubey
Morning session first one to go.

Chairman
1. Introduce urself
2. Do u believe that coronavirus is created by china?
3. If u get naga land cadre, will u go?
4. Financial regulators in india
5. How RBI regulates
6. Diff bw slowdown and recession

M1
1. Cooking hobby which all northkarnataka food do u prepare
2. Farming and my experience in it
3. Recent steps of aatmanirbhar bharat and ordinances with respect to agriculture

M2
1. Sugarcane and petrol relation and ethanol blending
2. Jaggery and sugarcane in belagavi
3. Earthquake in belagavi which zone it falls
4. Geographical and geological features of belagavi

M3
1. Again chaina and WHO controversy over coronavirus
2. Weaknesses of WHO and some related questions
3. Which one region which u have not visited and want to explore if u given a chance.
4. Macmohan line and its extension and importance

M4
1. Mgnrega and its importance
2. How it helped in rural economy and some related questions
3. What are the flagship schemes of Govt in rural area.
Chairman- any topic or suggestion if u want to discuss with us.
Thank u and all the best for ur result..
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Ihsanul Hussain
From Assam, MSc chemistry, optional- history
Reviewing movies,bihu
2nd March 2020 forenoon
Vyas sir board 40-45 min

Chairman

- Give a picture of Indo China relation from independence till now.
- history repeats itself. How it is correct?? Why history repeats itself?
We get a very less chance to interact with people from Assam . So, I am sorry but we will ask more questions about Assam. ( Laughed)

- what is golden butterfly? ( tea variety from Assam)

- In recent years , rhinos number has been increasing in kaziranga. So, should we shoot some of them? Otherwise it will lead to man animal conflict.

- what are the causes of rhino poaching?
- what is the main market and route of smuggled rhino products?
- tell me two major problems of Assam?
- one thing you will do for Assam and India if you become an IAS officer ?
- describe problem of illegal immigrants very shortly.
- what to do with nrc?

Member 1

- Jhum cultivation has been the cause of pollution in NE India. How the practice can be reduced? What will be your strategy as an IAS officer?

-chemistry is expected to give solutions,but it is causing pollution. What to do?

-role of chemistry in solid waste management?

- why Manas national park is famous? Tell some of it's problems. ( In the issues, I have mentioned Indo- bhutan division of the park,so asked me about the possible solutions in this regard)

Member 2

- the recent movie avenger is somewhat related to India i.e something to do with Indian mythology. What is it?

- what is the historical significance of Cotton college ( my graduation college)?

Member 3

- Haj is under ministry of minority affairs. Should it be moved to some other ministry like external affairs?( Counter questions on it)

- why sivasagar is famous?

- What is the economical and environmental significance of monuments of sivasagar?

- what is your today's mode of transportation to UPSC office? (I told them it is Uber.)
- tell two positives and negatives about a Uber ride.

Member 4

- You are a fond of cricket. Have you heard the name of a recent committee on bcci?
- state two recommendations of lodha committee.
- how far the recommendations will be effective ?

- suppose you are a member of today's interview panel and one of the candidates is your son. What you will do?

Chairman again

- Tell something about bihu. What are the types of bihu? How it is celebrated? In detail.


(Overall the panel was very friendly,cheerful and it was more like a conversation than a interview)
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Ihsanul Hussain
From Assam, MSc chemistry, optional- history
Reviewing movies,bihu
2nd March 2020 forenoon
Vyas sir board 40-45 min

Chairman

- Give a picture of Indo China relation from independence till now.
- history repeats itself. How it is correct?? Why history repeats itself?
We get a very less chance to interact with people from Assam . So, I am sorry but we will ask more questions about Assam. ( Laughed)

- what is golden butterfly? ( tea variety from Assam)

- In recent years , rhinos number has been increasing in kaziranga. So, should we shoot some of them? Otherwise it will lead to man animal conflict.

- what are the causes of rhino poaching?
- what is the main market and route of smuggled rhino products?
- tell me two major problems of Assam?
- one thing you will do for Assam and India if you become an IAS officer ?
- describe problem of illegal immigrants very shortly.
- what to do with nrc?

Member 1

- Jhum cultivation has been the cause of pollution in NE India. How the practice can be reduced? What will be your strategy as an IAS officer?

-chemistry is expected to give solutions,but it is causing pollution. What to do?

-role of chemistry in solid waste management?

- why Manas national park is famous? Tell some of it's problems. ( In the issues, I have mentioned Indo- bhutan division of the park,so asked me about the possible solutions in this regard)

Member 2

- the recent movie avenger is somewhat related to India i.e something to do with Indian mythology. What is it?

- what is the historical significance of Cotton college ( my graduation college)?

Member 3

- Haj is under ministry of minority affairs. Should it be moved to some other ministry like external affairs?( Counter questions on it)

- why sivasagar is famous?

- What is the economical and environmental significance of monuments of sivasagar?

- what is your today's mode of transportation to UPSC office? (I told them it is Uber.)
- tell two positives and negatives about a Uber ride.

Member 4

- You are a fond of cricket. Have you heard the name of a recent committee on bcci?
- state two recommendations of lodha committee.
- how far the recommendations will be effective ?

- suppose you are a member of today's interview panel and one of the candidates is your son. What you will do?

Chairman again

- Tell something about bihu. What are the types of bihu? How it is celebrated? In detail.


(Overall the panel was very friendly,cheerful and it was more like a conversation than a interview)
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