{"id":332523,"date":"2025-04-12T16:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T10:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=332523"},"modified":"2025-04-12T16:12:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T10:42:20","slug":"upsc-interview-2024-transcript-60-dinesh-dasa-sir-board-mechanical-engineering-uttarakhand-home-state-trekking-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2024-transcript-60-dinesh-dasa-sir-board-mechanical-engineering-uttarakhand-home-state-trekking-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Interview 2024] \u2013 Transcript #60: Dinesh Dasa sir Board, Mechanical Engineering, Uttarakhand Home State, Trekking Hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 21 Jan F\/N<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Dinesh Dasa sir<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> Mechanical Engineering<br \/>\n<strong>DAF Keywords &#8211;<\/strong> CPWD, Mechanical Engineering, Sainik School Ghorakhal, Trekking( asked from these only).<br \/>\n<strong>Other keywords<\/strong> (untouched) &#8211; IIT Kanpur, Uttarakhand, Hockey, college PORs etc.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2024,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#it2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. So you are working in CPWD through Engineering Services and graduated in 2019. What has been the life trajectory for the last 5-6 years.<br \/>\n2. Okay, so there was a lag of 1 year almost between your result and joining in the department. Don\u2019t you think we should enhance administrative efficiency?<br \/>\n3. As a Mechanical Engineer, tell me why India skipped the secondary sector in its growth trajectory.<br \/>\n4. What do you know about product reservation system followed in 1960s ?<br \/>\n5. What is present system of product dereservation ?<br \/>\n6. Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China. How do you see global trade progressing from here on ?<br \/>\n7. What will be its impact on India ?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. So you are from Sainik School, you must be having affinity towards uniformed services ?<br \/>\n2. How many attempts of NDA you took ?<br \/>\n3. After engineering, why didn\u2019t you go CDS, Technical entry etc<br \/>\n4. What are your department preferences ?<br \/>\n5. There is a lot of social friction in the society ? How can we tackle them ?<br \/>\n6. There is a debate about rewriting the constitution? Should we bring a new constitution as it has become very old ?<br \/>\n7. Number of amendments that have taken place till date ?<br \/>\n8. Why keep repairing a puncture again and again and not replace it with a new tube ?<br \/>\nChairman intervened<br \/>\n9. Where all did we borrow from in our constitution?<br \/>\n10. What did we borrow from the French Revolution ?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. You are already in good service and that too in your domain. Why should we consider you and not someone through lateral entry ?<br \/>\n2. Lateral entry was advertised and then withdrawn. Why do you think it was withdrawn.<br \/>\n3. So, Income Tax is your 3rd choice. Will you take it if you get that service ?<br \/>\n4. What is the difference between financial inclusion and inclusive growth ?<br \/>\n5. If given a choice, which district DM would you like to become ?<br \/>\n6. Okay in Kanpur, what 3 steps will you take to ensure financial inclusion ?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. When people in government departments hear of CPWD, there is a very bad image. Why do you think it is ?<br \/>\n2. Not just maintenance and few projects, everything seems gloomy with CPWD. What are the underlying causes ?<br \/>\n3. What are the top officials of CPWD doing about it ?<br \/>\n4. What do you, your colleagues or immediate seniors and juniors talk about on breaks ? Is there a talk about making things better ?<br \/>\nChairperson intervened :<br \/>\n5. Take the paper and pencil and explain entire Central Vista project to me ?<br \/>\n6. What is the carpet area of each CCS building ?<br \/>\n7. Will it be able to accommodate all the ministries ?<br \/>\n8. How many floors ?<br \/>\n9. Since you are not representing the government here, you can freely tell that won\u2019t it disturb the heritage of the area?<br \/>\n10. Which body provides approval for architectural sanctity in Delhi ?<br \/>\nMember 3 again :<br \/>\n11. What do you understand when I say Akhand Bharat ?<br \/>\n12. To you, is it a territorial concept or a cultural concept ?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. There was lot of controversy about Central Vista when it started, it\u2019s cost and need? Do you think it is justified ?<br \/>\n2. Name some good projects done by CPWD in Delhi area ?<br \/>\n3. You have trekked, this a this. What peaks are in your mind to trek next ?<br \/>\n4. What are the safety protocols needed for trekking ?<br \/>\n5. Don\u2019t you think the number of trekking training institutes are less in India ?<br \/>\n6. What should be done to promote trekking among school and college students ?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Your interview is over.<\/p>\n<p>Board was cordial and I enjoyed the conversation. Mostly DAF based.<\/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 2025:\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: 21 Jan F\/N Board: Dinesh Dasa sir Background: Mechanical Engineering DAF Keywords &#8211; CPWD, Mechanical Engineering, Sainik School Ghorakhal, Trekking( asked from these only). Other keywords (untouched) &#8211; IIT Kanpur, Uttarakhand, Hockey, college PORs etc. To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2024,\u00a0visit this page Chairman 1. So you are working in CPWD&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2024-transcript-60-dinesh-dasa-sir-board-mechanical-engineering-uttarakhand-home-state-trekking-hobby\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UPSC Interview 2024] \u2013 Transcript #60: Dinesh Dasa sir Board, Mechanical Engineering, Uttarakhand Home State, Trekking Hobby<\/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":[12077],"tags":[12062,12081,5087,12063,9596,4662],"class_list":["post-332523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview-transcripts-2024","tag-12062","tag-dinesh_dasa2024","tag-iit-kanpur","tag-interview_transcript2024","tag-trekking_hobby","tag-uttarakhand","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332523","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=332523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}