[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #244 : M. Sathiyavathy Mam Board, Anthropology Optional, Uttar Pradesh Home State,

Date of Interview: 22nd March 2023 Forenoon session 3rd to go
Board: Smt. M. Sathiyavathy Mam
Optional: Anthropology
Home State: Uttar Pradesh
Keywords in DAF: Chemical Engineering, Proctor and Gamble, Bio pharma, clinical trials, Manga, NSS, Gardening, Database management systems, UP, Head boy, and Cultural committee

Mam read the DAF for all members

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Chairman

1. Why did you quit your job and why civil services?
2. Took you 2.5 years to realise it?
3. Tell us about the work you did
4. Bio pharma vs pharma
5. API issue. Why are we focusing on it?
6. Why didn’t we have API industry till now? some follow ups on it cause I didn’t know exact answer
7. Name one company in API manufacturing in India after PLI
8. Manga. Why do you read it? Why not other countries comics?

Member 1

1. Tell me a very important problem of your district. i told him few but he was looking for the one he had in mind and later told me about it. I gave the gist of the issue then aka water management
2.  what will you do for water management as a DM? How would do implement drip systems in rural area?
3. Sri lanka exonomy crisis. He told few pointers on his own. I told him about organic. as soon as I mentioned it. He went into details of why it failed and what is being done
4. Little culture of Margaret mead. Didn’t knew this one
5. Asked for anthro’s key concepts vis a vis sociology
6. How would I use anthro in education

Member 2

1. Aims and objectives of NSS
2. How it develops the personality of an individual?.
3. asked me my favourite area in anthro. I answered evolution bit but no further questions on it
4. Functionalism of Malinowski
5. Field work tradition
6. Role of anthro in rural india as a DM

Member 3

Some funny banter on manga and his interest in comics
1. why J&K was bifurcated? I gave few reasons but he asked for more. I said sorry
2. Ladkah issues of recent demand of 6th schedule. What is govt doing?
3. What is the distribution of roles and powers between Hill councils and Lt. gov of ladhak? said sorry
4. He gave a monologue on China’s incusions in Doklam, galwan, etc. Is it a part of larger strategy? if yes, some other info and ques where do you think next incursion will take place?
5. Arunachal pradesh but why? why not Himachal and Uttrakhand?
6. Has JnK situation improved after revoking of article 370?

Member 4

1. He started with highlighting that API issue’s history right from 60s and then asked me what can be done for Biopharma industry

2. I highlighed all issues across various verticals. He argued that we can’t create a profitable market along lines of affordability and then went on to discuss ‘novel drugs’ and asked why such poor condition over that area
3. I answered research+ various other issues. Then he countered there are various global collaboration centres in India. we have research. we should be no. 1
4. I replied yes with more reasons in line with his argument and then he asked me what to be done then? etc.
5. Asked about book on V. Elwin published recently. Sorry sir
6. Asked me of recent amendment to rules of clinial trials
7. What is being done more?

Then mam told me that your interview is over. Thank you! I said namaste and left