{"id":131157,"date":"2021-09-03T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T08:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=131157"},"modified":"2021-09-03T12:29:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T06:59:46","slug":"upsc-interview-2020-transcript-83-sathiyavathy-maam-board-kerala-home-state-writing-stories-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2020-transcript-83-sathiyavathy-maam-board-kerala-home-state-writing-stories-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2020] \u2013 Transcript #83 : Sathiyavathy Ma&#8217;am Board, Kerala Home State, Writing Stories Hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Board:<\/strong> Satyavathy Mam<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Kerala<br \/>\n<strong>Hobby:<\/strong> Writing Stories<br \/>\n<strong>Interested<\/strong> in dance<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#note3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chairperson<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>So you are in IRTS, but IRTS is generally a service which women do not opt for. And women choose IRAS or IRPS instead. So was that a choice or you got allocated to that.<\/li>\n<li>So why IRTS?<\/li>\n<li>Why then other women do consider it as a difficult service.<\/li>\n<li>But all central services are 24*7 and demanding.<\/li>\n<li>So, you want to run away from IRTS because you consider both IAS and IPS to be simpler than IRTS?<\/li>\n<li>( Here, I had to tell that it is not about leaving IRTS. I am indeed happy and satisfied in IRTS.<\/li>\n<li>But IAs and IPS were my first choices and I want to get into my preferred service since I have the chance to do it. And I do not consider IRTS to be a difficult service for women but what I said was a general perception candidate used to have regarding IRTS)<\/li>\n<li>So how many women in your batch?<\/li>\n<li>So 14 is a big number. Better than IAS and IPS, then why it is said that women do not join IRTS?<\/li>\n<li>So what is the reason behind this change in perception?<\/li>\n<li>You took literature as optional, why?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Traffic is an issue in railways, how to solve it. ( I did not understand initially and asked for clarification). Then he clarified that he meant punctuality issues and congestion.<br \/>\nSo, what needs to be done?<\/li>\n<li>What is your opinion about green energy?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think Malayalam originated from Sanskrit?<\/li>\n<li>Why you say that? Give citations??<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Do you write short stories? In which language?<\/li>\n<li>Give us a synopsis of a story you have written recently.<\/li>\n<li>You were the best camper at Deepika Children&#8217;s league? What was this about? What all did you do?<\/li>\n<li>And you dance as well. Which dance, Kathakali or something like that? So, you are more in to aerobics like dance?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tell us where the construction of bullet train stands right now.<\/li>\n<li>So have they done feasibility study and survey of land?<\/li>\n<li>What is your opinion on monetisation of railway assets?<\/li>\n<li>Why private players not interested?Is it the project cost?<\/li>\n<li>So how to solve this issue?<\/li>\n<li>So, you are part of an exciting service.IRTS is generally considered the best of all railway services, so how does IRTS officers view upon the amalgamation of services? Don&#8217;t you think it is detrimental to IRTS?<\/li>\n<li>Elephants die on track in Kerala. What can be done to stop this?<br \/>\nThis bee project you are talking about, did that fail?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I want to start from the elephant issue. Can&#8217;t railways make sure that elephant corridors are avoided while laying tracks?<\/li>\n<li>If there is a situation where it is a single line and goods train and passenger trains are approaching from either directions, as an AOM to which train will you accord priority?<\/li>\n<li>You write stories and you were part of departmental magazine.What did you do in that?<\/li>\n<li>You have this love for literature, so do you know KR Meera?<br \/>\nIs she really famous in Kerala?<\/li>\n<li>Railways is using automated system instead of earlier token system now. Don&#8217;t you think that has lead to increase in accidents?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Chairman.<\/strong> Your interview is over, good luck.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>For full Interview Preparation Guide:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Current Affairs For UPSC Exam 2021:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/current-affairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>(This transcript has been posted by a community member of ForumIAS)<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Board: Satyavathy Mam Home State: Kerala Hobby: Writing Stories Interested in dance To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2020,\u00a0visit this page Chairperson So you are in IRTS, but IRTS is generally a service which women do not opt for. And women choose IRAS or IRPS instead. So was that a choice or you got allocated&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2020-transcript-83-sathiyavathy-maam-board-kerala-home-state-writing-stories-hobby\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2020] \u2013 Transcript #83 : Sathiyavathy Ma&#8217;am Board, Kerala Home State, Writing Stories Hobby<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":127409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8784,8810,9250],"class_list":["post-131157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public","tag-8784","tag-interview_transcript2020","tag-sathiyavathy_board2020","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Interview-Transcript.png?fit=506%2C422&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}