{"id":183290,"date":"2022-05-09T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T02:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=183290"},"modified":"2022-05-08T19:18:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T13:48:06","slug":"upsc-interview-2021-transcript-138-tca-anant-board-kerala-home-state-malayalam-literature-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2021-transcript-138-tca-anant-board-kerala-home-state-malayalam-literature-optional\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2021] \u2013 Transcript #138 : TCA Anant Board, Kerala Home State, Malayalam Literature Optional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 22\/04\/2022<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> TCA Anant<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Malayalam Literature.<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Kerala<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> Dual Degree Physics and MSc Astronomy<br \/>\n<strong>Work exp:<\/strong> teaching<\/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>Chairman:<\/strong> if you want you can remove both mask and shield. (i obliged)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Looked through my DAF, commented on interesting aspects of it<\/li>\n<li>Asked about whether I went to Canada for PhD or MSc?<\/li>\n<li>Tell me about your university in Canada.<\/li>\n<li>Was your degree a stand alone Astronomy course ?<\/li>\n<li>What were you doing after 2018?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 1<\/strong> (it was very difficult to understand her as her sound was feeble)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What is your understanding of reasons for poverty in india. (Had to ask her 2 times aanu couldn&#8217;t register &#8220;poverty&#8221; from her feeble voice )<\/li>\n<li>How is health and education affect poverty<\/li>\n<li>Role of out of the pocket spending on increasing poverty.<\/li>\n<li>Question on child wasting stunting etc and how it can be resolved.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Difference between astronomy and astrology. Is there any scientific basis for astrology?<\/li>\n<li>You were in Canada. What can indian education systems learn from your university in Canada. ?<\/li>\n<li>What are the contributions of Indians in Canada.<\/li>\n<li>Is there a regional variation among indian diaspora there.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You said indian education is not good (i hadn&#8217;t said that ). Why is that ?( I said I didn&#8217;t mean that. I just compared research output at masters level. And I apologised if I made any different impression\u00a0 )<\/li>\n<li>When he started to confront me Chair intervened and asked not to pursue it<\/li>\n<li>What are the parameters of QS ranking system<\/li>\n<li>How can we make Mid day meal scheme better ?<\/li>\n<li>Do you know about Japanese mid day meal system (he also explained it). Asked how it will have an impact on kids<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>General comments on quantum mechanics and special relativity. Asked what is quantum mechanics and it&#8217;s application in daily life.<\/li>\n<li>How is space commercialisation impact astronomical observation<\/li>\n<li>What can we do about it.<\/li>\n<li>How can you make Malayalam universal language.<\/li>\n<li>In a large picture what do you see in 30 years about apllication ot science and technology in health sector.<\/li>\n<li>Back to chair.<\/li>\n<li>Thank you. Your interview is over.<\/li>\n<li>I thanked them and came out.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Generally,<\/strong> I felt clumsy. I was trying to be very pleasant throughout. Even though I did answer almost all questions the confrontation with M3 made me uneasy.\u00a0 So didn&#8217;t felt that great after interview.<\/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: 22\/04\/2022 Board: TCA Anant Optional: Malayalam Literature. Home State: Kerala Background: Dual Degree Physics and MSc Astronomy Work exp: teaching To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2021,\u00a0visit this page Chairman: if you want you can remove both mask and shield. (i obliged) Looked through my DAF, commented on interesting aspects of it&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2021-transcript-138-tca-anant-board-kerala-home-state-malayalam-literature-optional\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2021] \u2013 Transcript #138 : TCA Anant Board, Kerala Home State, Malayalam Literature Optional<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8094,8809,1748,7993,10704,1682],"class_list":["post-183290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-8094","tag-interview_transcript2021","tag-kerala","tag-malayalam_literature","tag-tca_anant2021","tag-teaching_hobby","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183290","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}