[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #219 : M. Sathiyavathy Board, PSIR Optional, Tamil Nadu Home State

Date of Interview: 20/3/23 – Afternoon session
Board: M. Sathiyavathy ma’am.
Home State: Tamil Nadu
Optional: PSIR
Relevant DAF keywords: Ceramic technology, Project on Sustainable energy

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Chairman

1. Why civil services despite such unique graduation subject
2. About my college project for sustainable energy development
3. Few follow up on its feasibility and current status
4. Why TN govt opposes NEET?
5. Is it justified? And some more discussion on this
6. What’s your personal opinion?
7. What is famous about your home district?

Member 1

1. Again on why civil services
2. What will you do first if posted in rural interior area ?
3. What about tha data ? How will you collect them ?
4. Monologue on Gender issue. What’s your opinion on Gender equal society? When can India acheive it ?
5. Let’s start from your family. How gender sensitive/ inclusive is your family?
6. How do you thing one should choose their career?
7. For what reasons/qualities you think ,you were selected as President of your College association?

Member 2

1. How did you develop team spirit, is it through sports that you played or inborn ?
2. Discussion on Sustainable energy and new areas to be explored linked to my project
3. Areas of Ceramic application especially in Construction sector and other areas too

Member 3

1. What is Black, Grey and Green hydrogen?
2. What is India’s Panchamrit goals ? Especially Renewable energy target
3. How are we performing in this regard?
4. What is TN’s contribution to Renewable energy and it’s potentials?
5. Which areas of Sustainable energy we should be focusing?
6. Asked about a unique engineering structure in my home district

Member 4

1. Monologue on India not promoting R&D. Asked for three suggestions to improve R&D as a policy maker ?
2. What should be India’s approach to Lithium ?
3. One more question on brain drain in India
4. Why chose PSIR despite being from Engineering background?

Overall Cordial board. Mostly DAF-based interview as Chairperson reads the keywords in DAF after you enter the room.

Utility of mocks: Improves confidence and can predict some DAF based questions. Samkalp and Shankar IAS both were relevant in my case. One to one with my friend was very useful.

Thanks to the community. All the best to fellow aspirants! Thanks to Kaptaan and team.