[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #8: Dinesh Dasa Board, Mining engineering, Cricket, Vipassana Hobbies

Date of Interview: 8/12/25 afternoon: 5th to go
Board: Dinesh Dasa sir
Background: IIT BHU
Hobbies: Cricket, Vipassana
DAF- IIT BHU, Mining Engg, Cricket, Vipassana

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Chairman

1. History behind your name
2. You are education secy and you have 2 proposals to either setup IIT inside BHU campus or outside as greenfield campus..which one would you choose and why?
3. Why is it that mineral rich regions are lesser developed across world?
4. MMDR amendment details
5. Contribution of mining to india’s gdp
6. How much is the target under mineral policy?
7. Reasons for chaos in sri lanka, bangladesh, nepal and Afghanistan
8.What india can learn from these countries?

Member 1

1. RTI strength & weaknesses
2. How would you solve the shortcomings?
3. A person has filed RTI for seeking health info of DM..would you release the information if you are the person authorised to do it?

Member 2

1. Have you been employed after graduating from IIT?
2. What is the placement scenario at your college? Average package? And how many get placed?
3. You did not do any job..had you continued in private sector for all these years you would have been earning good..so wouldn’t you be dissatisfied with a meagre salary that an IAS joinee gets? What if tommorow you are posted in Manipur?

Member 3

1. Tell me the name of a female dancer in the court of the king who shared the same name as you
2. Youngest indian centurian in one day cricket?..I said yashasvi jaiswal
3. Any other you remember? Not just in international cricket..I said Vaibhav suryavanshi
4. What is his age..any idea?

Member 4

1. Is it really possible to not have any enemies? especially in administration?
2. India will have growing elderly population in the future..what social security measures would you suggest for them?
3. How Vipassana can be used for mental health?

All the best everyone