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Date of Interview:13 -09-2021
Board: Dr. Monoj Soni Sir
Optional: Geography
Background: B-Pharmacy
Home State: Telangana
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Chairman
- Pardon my ignorance. But your name must be having some meaning ?
- Ohhh…So do u know arabic ? ( I said my name is a Arabic word )
- Which other Indian languages do u speak ?
- Of all the languages u know. Is any of it a classical language ?
- What are criteria for identifying such classical language ?
- Is this your first time in Delhi?
- Have you been to any places ?
- Any plan to go somewhere after this ?
- Also I see that you keep pet Birds. which birds do u have ?
- How did you develop this interest ?
- Is it not against Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Act ? ( I explained him about the legality of this interest under Wildlife Protection Act )
- He Said Ok and gently signalled the other member by hand.
Member 1
- I see that u have done your graduation in Pharmacy. But then why geography optional ? ( One reason I gave was that Pharmacy subjects are not available in UPSC Optional Syllabus. They took it as a suggestion )
Member 1
- We have such a long list of optionals but not pharmacy. Something to look into at our end. ( Chairman notes down something on paper )
- But still Geography is a very famous optional though people do not study it seriously in their graduation. Why so ?
- Any recent Covid news regarding IPR in vaccine ?
- Why is India looking for that IPR waiver ?
- Why are those countries opposing the waiver ?
- Should we provide such indemnity ?
- It was very nice knowing this from you. Thankyou.
Member 2
- You have geography optional. Can you tell me the geographical difference between the Himalayas and the Alps ?
- Any other difference wrt their age ?
- Why are they called young mountains ? How young…100-200 years ??
- You mentioned indemnity. Is there any other sector in which indemnity is being demanded by foreign companies ?
- Ok let me give u a situation…You are an IAS officer and there has been a cracker factory fire accident in your area. What SOP will you follow ?
Member 3
- You have been very active in sports… I see Roller skating, Jogging, executive member of college fest. What is your first service preference…IAS or IPS ?
- What have u learned from all these activities ?
- Okay. From all these learnings…What good qualities should a leader have ?
- How important is freedom to you ?
- U are here with us with the door closed. Is your freedom not compromised ?
- Then how do u justify keeping birds in cages ? ( I explained to her politely the logic behind bird keeping )
- What if we free them ? Can’t they survive ?
- You are from Telangana. What is this hype about She Team ?
- Has any of your friends had an encounter/ been saved by them ?
Member 4
- Your state recently started a initiative to deliver medicine to remote areas . What is it ?
- Do u think it is feasible. There have been reports about the medicines going missing midway ? ( I said I didn’t get the context of her question. She explained again )
- You have a purple belt in Shotokan karate. What does the purple colour signifies ?
- She said actually Purple signifies Royalty. Why do u think it is associated with Royalty ?
- There is this problem of people taking medicine without prescription from medicine stores. Why do you think people do that ?
- How can we address this issue ? ( increase the role of Pharmacist in India )
Chairman
- ( now looking at the clock before asking each question. Probably 30mins had crossed )
- Is there anything more in life which you want to develop or change ?
- What is Empathy and How is it different from Sympathy ?
- Do u have both ?
- Ok so…After all this discussion on Freedom, Empathy, etc. would you like to change your opinion about keeping Pet Birds ?
- I said I’ll keep the same stand and justified it.
- He nodded and said Thank you.
- Your interview is over.
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(This transcript has been posted by a community member of ForumIAS)