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Date of Interview: 3rd Feb
Board: Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla (Retd.)
Background: CA, MA in Eco, IDAS
Optional: Economics
Hobbies: Iyengar Yoga, Ghoomar Dance, Reading Books
Others: NSS, Blood Donation camp, Mock parliament (MHRD minister)
Mostly Interview: went for 30-35 MN
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Chairman
- So you are CA and IDAS currently, till what time your training will go on?
- So tell me broadly about Finance of the world? How this is changing?
- So you say with Russia Ukraine war, Germany & Japan are increasing defence expenditure. in which area see you this changes? (Was a long monologue, could remember gist)
- So will it be more in platforms and weaponry or new age tech like AI, Drones ? – I said recently countries have started focusing on platforms ammunition
- He intervened and said that in Ukraine drones are being used for something – I said yes sir, New age technologies are also being focused
- Something on bureaucracy focused on traditional set ups like going strictly by rules. What is ur view?
- In government, L1 (low cost model) model is followed, but sometimes it creates problems for quality of defence procurement, what is ur view? (I mentioned about Quality cum cost model—-He said it is rarely followed. Why?
- GFR (General Financial Rules) are there. But FM is easily able to use discretion under the rules but many are not. Why? (Question was long and since I didn’t have Detailed idea about GFR, I said I need to look into it)
Member 1
- So you were MHRD minister while participating in mock Parliament. If you are secretary to MHRD what 3 measures will you take? (Bridging learning gaps, teacher training, reaserch and vocational training)
- How teacher training?
- In PG, you might be having developmental eco, I said No
- Then what was your favourite subject. And which theory you like the most ( Macroeconomics+ Keynesian model)
- For inflation controlling, it is said that monetary policy is more effective in developed countries and fiscal in developing. Why?
Member 2
- You did your class 10th In village and then 12 in Udaipur. What difference could you see in village schools and Schools in Udaipur?
- So you stayed in hostel. Did your parents allow you that time?
- Apart from Ghoomar which dance you do? When is Ghoomar performed?
- What you mean by Human rights?
- Where are they mentioned?
- How HR are different from FRs?
- Name FRs mentioned in constitution.
- Why there is need for separate FR to protect minorities?
- Which is the last book you have read? And what is it about?
- What are the moral lessons in it? (I mention 3000 stitches by Sudha Murthy and said through various short stories she gives moral lessons)
- Out of these 3 moral lessons which one do you reflect the most?
Member 3
- If you have to convince a foreigner that India is mother of democracy then how will you do it?
- There was sign of India being democracy in past. Do you remember?
- Discussion on one nation one election
- Can you name some female governors ?
Member 4
- Why Japan have culture of discipline, sanitation etc buy we lacked? (I said value based education from my limited reading )
- He said we also read about many values in books but what is lacking (I said application at ground level- like social works in schools)
(I am mostly forgetting questions from last 2 members)
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