{"id":278493,"date":"2024-01-19T16:30:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=278493"},"modified":"2024-01-19T14:50:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T09:20:38","slug":"upsc-interview-2023-transcript-45-lt-gen-raj-shukla-board-bihar-home-state-meditation-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2023-transcript-45-lt-gen-raj-shukla-board-bihar-home-state-meditation-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2023] \u2013 Transcript #45: Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla Board, Bihar Home State, Meditation Hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 12 Jan 2024<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla sir<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Bihar<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> IIT, Btech Mechanical<br \/>\n<strong>Hobby:<\/strong> Meditation<br \/>\n<strong>Daf keywords:<\/strong> IIT, Bihar, Mtech in Manufacturing, Btech Mechanical, ntse, mantra meditation<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2023,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#it2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8211; so you are from IIT KGP? Long monologue &#8211; IITs were created for &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.- IITians brain drain. Not much research in India. What they are doing abroad?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; my answer &#8211; about diaspora and remittance<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; remittance is ok. Why they are not staying here?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; are they failing India or is India failing them?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; my response &#8211; startup founders from IITs.<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; again monologue &#8211; recently I was reading a book &#8220;IITians&#8221; it talked of Chetan Bhagat, Arvind kejriwal, I was wondering &#8211; ye iits ko to research ke liye banaya Gaya tha. Kahaa aaplog pizza wizza bechne lage (I had said Swiggy, Porter, etc) \ud83d\ude02?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; some grilling on my answer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8211; ntse scholar&#8230;which body gives it? How much they pay? Till what time? Any proofs you submitted periodically?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; what non technical electives you took at IIT? Cross questions based on my answer &#8220;intercultural communication&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; posted elsewhere? How to overcome intercultural barriers?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; how intercultural barriers within 2 Indian states different from intercultural barriers between 2 nations?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; subsidy vs grant<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; fertilizer subsidy 3 options? Best one? How will you convince the companies to comply?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8211; what was your M Tech project about?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; cross questions based on my answer? CNT in interlayer why?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; CNT USAGE where?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; speciality of CNT? Where used today?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; latest developments in mechanical engineering<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; I said iOT. He interrupted iot is electronics. You are just using that in manufacturing. Innovations in core mechanical engineering?<\/li>\n<li>&#8212; what is IOT? Challenges in IOT? How to overcome?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; what is UPI? Challenge in UPI?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; 3 farm laws why they were taken back?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Ucc pros n cons<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; can parliament pass Ucc without states permission?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8211; mantra meditation vs Chinese XYZ form of meditation (I don&#8217;t recall the name he said)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; physiological changes due to mantra meditation<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; kosi floods &#8211; Nepal why not yet negotiated?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; liquor ban? Views of different sections?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; is it working? Since the ban sale of liquor in Bengal tripled? Money going to mafias? Revenue loss also for the govt?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8211; GDP projections<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; growth rate<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; India&#8217;s projections based on NSO?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; real or nominal?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; inflation rate currently?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; real or nominal? 6% is what?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; then why is it projected so high?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; In terms of decadal growth who is ahead &#8211; India or china?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; stock market indicators in India<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; do their growth reflect growth of GDP?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; IIT education be subsidised or not?<\/li>\n<li>Ans. Sir it would become unaffordable for the poor sections.<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; subsidise only for poor ? Others can pay as per market price? Will it be ok?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Chairman &#8211;<\/strong> 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 2024:\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: 12 Jan 2024 Board: Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla sir Home State: Bihar Background: IIT, Btech Mechanical Hobby: Meditation Daf keywords: IIT, Bihar, Mtech in Manufacturing, Btech Mechanical, ntse, mantra meditation To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2023,\u00a0visit this page Chairman &#8211; so you are from IIT KGP? Long monologue &#8211; IITs were&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2023-transcript-45-lt-gen-raj-shukla-board-bihar-home-state-meditation-hobby\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2023] \u2013 Transcript #45: Lt. Gen. 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