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Date of Interview: 20/02/2022
Board: TCA Anant Sir
Background: IIT Madras and Chemical engg
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Chairman:
- Complemented for maintaining CGPA even after joining Engineering
- Difference between Chemical engg at IIT Madras and Chemical engg at IIT Bombay
- What is your favorite area in chem engg
- What is fractional distillation
- Which crude is important to India among WTI, Brent Crude
- How can you relate Chemical engineering to environment
Member 1
- Reasons for Dropout rate increasing from IITs
- Reasons for suicides at IITs
- Suggestions to reduce dropout rate and suicides at IITs
- Why cannot IITs drop relative grading
- Why private educational institutions are not as successful as IITs
Member 2
- Difference between atmosphere on Earth, Venus, Mars
- What is Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion
- Which reaction releases more energy
- Reasons for Rural to Urban migration
- What can be done to stop migration
- Do you believe in God
- Why do people believe in God and follow up questions
Member 3
- Meaning of your name
- Do you think AP bifurcation helped Telangana
- How is Telangana’s economy at present
- Which sectors have shown higher rate of improvement
- Which sectors still need some improvement
- In what way the Bifurcation helped Telangana
- What is PwBD 2016 Act
- Are there any disadvantages of it
Member 4
- What is QUAD and related questions
- What is AUKUS and related questions
- Difference between them
- What does this tell about the US
- How should India view AUKUS formation
- What should be India’s strategy in this regard
Chairman:
Thank you. Your interview is done
Overall the board made me feel comfortable with them. It was more of a conversation. Mocks were helpful to an extent by exposing different dimensions of questions. Expect some bouncers before facing the board which will help in tackling a new dimension well
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