{"id":357033,"date":"2026-02-28T17:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=357033"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:56:16","slug":"upsc-interview-2025-transcript-148-bidyut-behari-swain-board-electrical-engineering-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2025-transcript-148-bidyut-behari-swain-board-electrical-engineering-optional\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2025] \u2013 Transcript #148: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, Electrical engineering Optional,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 02\/02\/2026 (Afternoon)<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong>\u00a0Bidyut Behari Swain( 25 minutes &#8211; 1st to go)<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Electrical engineering<br \/>\n<strong>DAF details &#8211;<\/strong> IIT Hyderabad, Optional &#8211; Electrical engineering, Dantewada, GK Quiz ( rest not asked)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2025,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#it2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Why is Dantewada famous?<br \/>\n( Only one question)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>What government has done in terms of development in Dantewada?<\/li>\n<li>Are now tribals not joining naxals?<\/li>\n<li>You are from IIT Hyderabad, so IITians go to foreign so will H1B visa ban impact them?What can government do to help those returning?<\/li>\n<li>One leader told in davos..the rule based order is collapsing..Who was he?<br \/>\n( I told Mark Carney..she told no it was macron..I told sorry)<\/li>\n<li>Why did he say that? What trump is doing? ( I had mentioned trump)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Your hobby is quizzing..Then tell me the name of rail corridors announced in budget?<\/li>\n<li>You mentioned.. Dantewada has natural beauty..Why less tourism in waterfalls like chitrakoot?<br \/>\n( he said .. something regarding security then I told naxal he nodded)<\/li>\n<li>Why bank officers on strike ( I told I am not aware) . Then he asked will you accept demand ( again I told I am not aware)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Impact of AI &#8230; challenges and should we regulate?<br \/>\n( Should Central government or independent authority regulate)<\/li>\n<li>You can work in private ..why civil services?<\/li>\n<li>What is your backup plan<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Don&#8217;t you think sundar pichai( I mentioned in my answer)contributes more than a civil services. Why then civil services?<\/li>\n<li>What is the energy mix of India. Are you satisfied with it?<\/li>\n<li>Renewable energy challenges.. solutions..<\/li>\n<li>Why rooftop solar not achieved its potential?<\/li>\n<li>What is alternative of BESS system ( I told Pumped Hydro power) .<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Then chairman looking at clock..and then nodding on my last answers&#8230;Seemed like he was in a hurry to end <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji emoji-small opacity-transition slow shown open\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/web.telegram.org\/a\/img-apple-64\/1f605.png?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude05\" data-path=\".\/img-apple-64\/1f605.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Overall board was cordial and questions were based on daf<\/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 2026:\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: 02\/02\/2026 (Afternoon) Board:\u00a0Bidyut Behari Swain( 25 minutes &#8211; 1st to go) Optional: Electrical engineering DAF details &#8211; IIT Hyderabad, Optional &#8211; Electrical engineering, Dantewada, GK Quiz ( rest not asked) To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2025,\u00a0visit this page Chairman Why is Dantewada famous? ( Only one question) Member 1 What government&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2025-transcript-148-bidyut-behari-swain-board-electrical-engineering-optional\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2025] \u2013 Transcript #148: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, Electrical engineering 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":[12147],"tags":[12150,12155,7994,12148],"class_list":["post-357033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview-transcripts-2025","tag-12150","tag-bb_swain2025","tag-electrical_engineering","tag-interview_transcript2025","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357033","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=357033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}