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Date of Interview: 11 January
Board: Suman Sharma
Background: IIT
Keywords: IIT, travelling to rural areas, UP, MP, civil engineering
Entered and greeted with Namaste
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Chairman
- Chandrayan 3- how is it different from other countries mission on Moon?
- why countries targetting South Pole?
- Aditya L1: what is L1 here?
- why can’t we have sun observatory on earth?
- Travelling to rural areas: potential of RE in rural areas?
Member 1
- You have stayed in UP and
- MP: which state has performed better in economic terms?
- 7reason’s for MP’s success in agri?
- Irrigation in MP: how they are doing?
- Innovations in surveying methods?
- reason for low grades in college?
Member 2
- You were sitting outside for 4 hours : what was going on in your mind?
- Indian diapora: has it helped?
- negative of diaspora? (Khalistan)
- Are we really net security provider in region?
- books on india: I am giving a statement: india has underperformed since independence: name books that argue for and against this statement?
- least important country for india in neighbourhood?
Member 3
- where do you see yourself in 25 years : both scenarios that you get in and you don’t?
- in my friend’s neighbourhood ,this building collapsed in Gurgaon , do you know the reason?
- Are leaders born or made? (Counter questions on this)
- Isnt providing MSP to farmers waste of govt resources ?
- then why govt provide MSP?
- Should we shift towards market based model ?
- Is populism one factor for this?
Member 4
- Objectives of gati shakti mission
- Dedicated freight corridors : benefits for india
- Interlinking of rivers : challenges?
- Can we link brahmaputra and Narmada?
- What will be challenges?
- What is Fed?
- is Fed part of govt or private org?
- what does Fed do?
- give an account of Fed’s actions in past few years?
- three leadership qualities of a good bureaucrat?
Thank you.
Mocks: sharma academy, CMP
One on one: Anupam Jain sir @SmartworkLabs
Experience: coridal board, grilled a bit on civil engineering
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