[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #26: Dr. Dinesh Dasa Board, PSIR Optional, Maharashtra Home State,

Date of Interview: 8 January 2024, Afternoon
Board: Dr. Dinesh Dasa
Optional: PSIR
Background: Computer Engineering, Google, Marketing. (others not asked)
Home State: Mumbai, Maharashtra (nothing asked)
Approx Time: 30 mins

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Chairman

1. Introduce yourself to the board?
2. What were you doing since graduation?
3. Do you know about the California Court case on which the entire tech community has its eyes on it? (oracle vs google – regarding use of java in android language)
4. What is JAM?
5. What is net neutrality? How will the absence of net neutrality hamper democratic use of internet and information flow?
6. SC judgement on same sex marriage? What’s your opinion? Is SC becoming modern?
7. India’s stand in Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas?

Member 1

1. Laws related to unethical digital marketing?
2. Potection mechanism for consumers for unethical digital marketing practices? (long discussion).
3. How UPI and ABDM (Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission) can be related to each other and discussion on the same. (Digital Public Infrastructure).

Member 2

1. How Russia and Ukraine are historically ralated? (Orthodox Christianity originated from the erstwhile Ukraine republic)
2. Then what is the reason of this conflict?
3. Present relations of India-China in economic, cultural, political and P2P dimensions?
4. If you are made to solve Indo-china crisis, how will u do it?
5. How to improve relations with Global South and LDC’s?
6. How should we improve economic diplomacy with LDC’s?

Member 3

1. What is HDI?
2. What are the parameters of HDI (unnecessary long question to confuse)
3. India’s rank?
4. How to improve HDI?
5. How many countries recognized by UN?
6. If the overall landmass of world is fixed and few countries existed before, how so many new countries are formed today?
7. How come India being a large country, is still united?

Member 4

1. Are big tech cos neo imperialist?
2. Is India doing the right thing by getting cheap oil from Russia despite others sanctioning it?
3. What is dedollarization?
4. Can UPI help in dedollarization?

Chairman

1. Hope you had a good time interacting with us.
2. Thank you, your interview is over.

Assessment of the board – They were very expressive and were nodding, including chairman sir. Even gave hints in 2-3 answers. Very cordial board. Good experience.