{"id":179988,"date":"2022-04-18T17:30:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=179988"},"modified":"2022-04-18T17:30:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:00:56","slug":"upsc-interview-2021-transcript-33-smita-nagraj-board-mathematics-optional-chess-movies-hobbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2021-transcript-33-smita-nagraj-board-mathematics-optional-chess-movies-hobbies\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2021] \u2013 Transcript #33 : Smita Nagraj Board, Mathematics Optional, Chess, Movies Hobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of interview:\u00a0<\/strong> 08.04.2022, Afternoon<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Smita Nagraj<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Mathematics<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong>\u00a0 IIT Kharagpur<br \/>\n<strong>Employee:<\/strong> (if any)- workex as Model Risk Analyst at an investment bank<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Chess, watching socially relevant movies<\/p>\n<p>Your experience in interview- very cordial board, some interesting questions, some easy questions, very thoughtful IR questions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2021,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#int2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chairperson<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You have worked at Model Risk Analyst, how will that knowledge be useful for public administration?<\/li>\n<li>Suppose I ask you to build a model to predict Russia Ukraine war. What will be the outcome of your model? (2-3 follow ups on this)<\/li>\n<li>Do you know about game theory?<\/li>\n<li>How can game theory be applied to look at Russia Ukraine crisis?<\/li>\n<li>Why there is so much negative publicity for Russia right now but when western nations were involved in human rights violations in West Asia, there wasn&#8217;t any hue n cry? (I mentioned psychological warfare in my answer)<\/li>\n<li>Can you recall from your surroundings any instance of psychological warfare?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What are implications of social media on an individual, on national level and on international level?<\/li>\n<li>Should social media be regulated?<\/li>\n<li>What are the current provisions in India for regulation of social media?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>There are some subjects in union, state and concurrent lists. Some states want a few subjects to be included in state list and vice versa. ( I said i can recall vice versa that water should be added to concurrent list)<\/li>\n<li>Why water should be moved to concurrent list?<\/li>\n<li>Tell me few provisions of Dam Safety Act.<\/li>\n<li>What is interlinking of rivers and it&#8217;s pros n cons?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What is the reason for establishing IITs\/IIMs in each state?<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t you have IIT\/IIM brand is degrading because of it?<\/li>\n<li>What are socially relevant movies? Aren&#8217;t all movies socially relevant?<\/li>\n<li>(*Chairperson mam) So you only watch such kind of movies? What last movie did you watch?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Some question on LIC, which i can&#8217;t recall. (Not related to IPO though)<\/li>\n<li>There is so much hue n cry over Russia in Ukraine, a European country. If Russia would have invaded any nation in West Asia, there wouldn&#8217;t have been such hue n cry. What is your take on this?<\/li>\n<li>Yesterday, Russia was removed from Human Rights council. Told me India&#8217;s stand on it. What is your opinion on India&#8217;s stand?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Thank you. Your interview is over<\/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 2022:\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><strong>(This transcript has been posted by a community member of ForumIAS)<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of interview:\u00a0 08.04.2022, Afternoon Board: Smita Nagraj Optional: Mathematics Background:\u00a0 IIT Kharagpur Employee: (if any)- workex as Model Risk Analyst at an investment bank Hobbies: Chess, watching socially relevant movies Your experience in interview- very cordial board, some interesting questions, some easy questions, very thoughtful IR questions. 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