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Board: M Sathiyavathy
First to go, morning session
Background: IRTS, Investment banking, Startup
Optional: Economics
Hobby: Sketching
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Chairman
- Why did you join when you were making $$$ before?
- What was the favorite startup you have worked with?
- What was the business model
- Opinion on IRMS and Cross questions
- Battery swapping failing why? (Daf) cross questions
Member 1
- What kind of bulbs do you know? (Random)
- What bulb is the best?
- Some other questions can’t recall
Member 2
- If so leveraged then why were people buying it?
- As a broker how will you convince me to buy it?
- Cross questions
- Since you liked startups, why couldn’t you work in social sector through startups? Why this domain?
- Couldn’t you make a startup, sell it and keep working in diverse sectors?
Member 3
- Are you nervous?
- What did you do to manage the nervousness ( I said deep breathing, so he said what type and I said Anulom-vilom and then he just laughed the entire time)
- What is the diff between art and science
- Is a history study a science or an art
- Should policy making be done scientifically or humanities based
- You do pencil sketching? Isn’t it just copying?? I said it is but perspective is involved and depends on who is drawing, outcome will be diff
- But he said it’s still copying isn’t it – I said sir it does involve some techniques l
- ike hatching which can again be innovative
- Said he doesn’t think it’s art cuz it’s a copy.. – I said it is sir, but again copying
- is not entirely bad. He smiled.
- Which question would you like to answer – How does a plane fly or how does a refrigeration cycle work ( out of syllabus for me cu no engineering background but I said Airplane)
- Went on to explain in the most basic and crude form. He said this was very basic but ok
Member 4
- What is green hydrogen?
- How will you incentivise the bottom of the pyramid to take it up?
- What do you think will be RBI stance today ?
- On in head we are promoting MSME and on the other we are increasing the credit interest?
- Why are we doing this? Cross questions
- Third interview with Sathyawati Ma’am. May God help me !
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(This transcript has been posted by a community member of ForumIAS)