[UPSC Interview 2024] – Transcript #30: Suman Sharma Board, Rajasthan Home State, IIT Kharagpur, Marathon Runner, Cricket, Bikes Hobbies

Date of Interview: 19th March 2025, Forenoon
Board: Suman Sharma
Home State: Rajasthan
Background: IIT Kharagpur
Hobbies: Marathon Runner, Cricket, Bikes
DAF Keywords: Rajasthan, IIT Kharagpur, R&D Specialist (4years Work Exp), Marathon Runner, Cricket, Bikes

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Chairman

1. Recent changes in New Education Policy with regards to higher education and their implications (discussion for 2-3 mins)
2. Two electoral reforms you would like to see in Indian Election system, keep everything aside whatever you have been seeing in Newspapers and media
3. Transport based development model
4. Eastern dedicated fright corridor versus western dedicated fright corridor

Member 1

1. Role of diversity and inclusion in administration
2. Difference between technocrat and generalist administrator
3. Difference in approach of technical background DM and humanities background DM for handling Nagpur Communal incident
4. How would you have handled Nagpur communal incident as DM being a Technical person
5. Why Indian manufacturing sector is lacking where as china is thriving in perspective of R&D
6. Budget outlet for R&D
7. Why china is able to invest more in R&D and India still stuck at 0.6-0.7% of GDP

Member 2

1. Social evils prevalent in Rajasthan society
2. What will be your priority as DM of particular District in Rajasthan and what measures will you take (2-3 mins of good discussion)
3. Fiscal Deficit and Twin Deficit and whether is there any interlinking between them
4. Precision Agriculture
5. Any Government initiative for precision Agriculture

Member 3

1. Status of Renewable energy in Rajasthan and factors behind it
2. You as an industrialist what parameters will consider before making a product
3. You as an industrialist what factors will consider if you have to set up solar power plant
4. MGNREGA and what it is?
5. As a DM of particular district what will be your priority among Labour, Fund & Asset creation timeline while implementing MGNREGA
6. Are you aware about Green tribunal, jurisdiction of NGT
7. Why there are so many environmental problems even after having such a powerful body (NGT)

Member 4

1. Balance of power and Indian condition
2. Power favor between Executive & legislature in current situation
3. Two similarities between you as Marathon runner and Sunita Williams
4. Is women cricket just copied men’s cricket

(Entirely based on opinions and discussion mode)