[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #222 : Preeti Sudan Board, Public Administration Optional, Teaching, Singing Hobby

Date of Interview: 16.03.2023 Morning Session
Board: Preeti Sudan Ma’am
Optional: Public Administration
Places I lived: Port Blair, Kerala, Bangalore
Worked in Tech Mahindra, Bangalore
Currently in IRS Customs and Indirect Taxes
Hobbies: Teaching, Singing, Calligraphy, Watching Football.

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Chairman

1. Why resigned from private sector
2.Difference in work culture between Public and Private Sector.
3. How your interest in calligraphy developed?

Member 1

1. Separation of powers – Explain
2. Whether recent appointment mechanism of ECI appointment is judicial overreach.
3. Whether judiciary taking such steps due to frustration with Legislature and Executive?
4. Strategic Importance of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and some follow ups.
5. Why industrial development is low in Kerala? What can be done for it?
6. Should the PVTGs of A&N Islands be mainstreamed?

Member 2

1. Continued topic from M1. When gulf oil economy slows down, what measures govt must take to accomodate returning workers in Kerala?
2. What is the significance of Coco Islands?
3. Whether direct connectivity to countries like Thailand ensure economic development of Andaman?

Member 3

1. Whether GST compensation be continued or not?
2. Whether GST Council recommendations are binding or not?
3. Issue at Brahmapuram in Kochi? (Waste burning issue).
4. Whether similar waste management issues there in Andamans?

Member 4

1. Fullform of ….?
2. Why is the govt promoting AYUSH system of medicines?
3. What are the benefits of these medicine systems?
4. Is Ayurveda services accessible to common man? What should be done to make it accessible?

Thank you. Your interview is over.

Overall experience: Very cordial board. No utility of mocks once you are confident about your answers.