[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #43: Dinesh Dasa sir Board, Haryana Home State, education, army

Date of Interview: 12/12/2025
Board: Dinesh Dasa sir
Home State: Haryana
Keywords: Google Kickstart, digital literacy, education, competitive programming, women empowerment, army

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Chairman

• How to pronounce Rewari (district name)
• Role of women on the global stage
• What have you done in your village or local area for women empowerment (daf entry)
• Why civil services
• Father’s background in the Army
• Government schemes for Army martyrs
• Where the government is lacking for Army martyrs
• If made Defence Secretary, what will you do and how

Member 1

• Digital divide and steps in rural areas to bridge it, and how things have changed over time
• Initiatives for the digital divide and the concerned ministry
• Difference between digital governance and e-governance
• What did you do on the ground for digital literacy
• Maths: How to explain zero to a 5-year-old child
• How to use mathematics in crowd management along with the application of artificial intelligence ( mathematical models asked )

Member 2

• Reservation for students from Army backgrounds in institutions and category names
• It is said that AI is good for mathematicians and bad for programmers. Do you agree?
• What do we need to do in the AI race
• What is most important for India for the AI revolution

Member 3

• Indore is famous for
• Which city in Haryana is doing well in cleanliness
• Why Rohtak is doing well, how do you know, what are the challenges, and what steps are needed
• Issues of Gurugram
• If we are aware of all urban flooding lacunae in Gurugram, why does it still happen?

Member 4

• Three generations of the family: grandmother, mother, sister — what do you learn from them?
• Lessons learned from your mother, especially from the experiences she has gone through
• One sentence you would like to use to sum up this learning

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