[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #99: Suman Sharma Ma’am Board, Madhya Pradesh Home State

Date of Interview: 08th Jan 2026
Board: Suman Sharma Ma’am
Home State: Madhya Pradesh
MORNING SESSION
DAF KEYWORDS: Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, IIT (only relevant)

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Chairman

1.You’re from Bhopal? I said yes. She said Beautiful City!
2 You worked for about 9 months after college. I said yes.
3 You’re a sports Enthusiast? Yes. I said yes.
4 Tell should betting in sports be legalised?
5 really there are analytics that happen now a days in sports as well.
6 GIFT city Gujrat. It has allowed alcohol but the rest of the state has banned it? Why difference?
7 But businesses are in Surat as well. Diamond industry is there. Don’t you think this heterogeneity shouldn’t be there?
8 Okay. Venezuela is gone. What next?
9 Are we moving towards WW3?

Member 1

1 UN is dead. Should we throw it away?
2 Should what kind of reforms you suggest?
3 Voting should be one country one vote or a weighted voting system?
4 I said demarcated voting. Then he said something which i couldn’t understand. Then he said about imperialism.
5 I said One country one vote for Imperialism prevention as well
6 This inter country migration. Is this a good thing or not?
7 what kind of burden does it create?
8 So if someone who’s staying in Mumbai for many generations is he more of a citizen then someone who came few years ago. I said no. They both have same rights and violence and resentment must not be there towards migrants and efforts should be made to arrest distress migration.

Member 2

1 US last night passed a law that allows upto 500% tarrifs on India? How do we deal with it?
2 What are the problems that India is facing in creating products and R&D, Despite having so many IITs?
3 World War 3. Are we heading towards it? Chairperson intervened and told the member “Sir Mai pooch chuki hoo ye question”
4 Biotechnology. How can it be used to diversify meat products?
5 This is productivity enhancement. How to diversify?
6 What is A2 Cow Milk ?
Rest forgot

Member 3

1 Tell me what do we need to do to become job suppliers rather than job seekers?
2 What are policies that Govt has taken for startups?
3 Nuclear. Energy. What are the issues in that?
4 Okay. Govt has taken many steps for Maritime economy. Tell me that?

Member 4

1 Should India, Pakistan, China, Bangladesh etc form a bloc together to tackle west? What have been the problems in doing that? What will you do If selected in Foreign Service
2 Yes i am aware of the issues. But how can we surpass these issues?
(I said trade entanglement)
3 Has any Leader in India followed this policy in past. I said PM Manmohan Singh.
4 Anyone before that who tried to do similar things. I said PM Nehru wrt China. She nodded.

Chair: Thank You. Your interview is over.

I thanked everyone and left.
Overall cordial environment. It felt like a conversation.