Hi
I have been assigned the
board of Ms.Shashi Uban Tripathi (IFS), a former
Indian high commissioner in the
Canada s Indian embassy …here s
the detailed interview as
done on may 2nd…I have
been called as the
fourth member in the
forenoon session of the
interview chaired by Ms. Tripathi…I
did enter the room
around 12.35 pm and when I did
come out
I noticed the
time as 1.25pm..probably I do think that the
interview has been done
about 47 to 48 minutes. let us take the
four members as M1,M2,M3,M4….how ever to
my memory s concerned
I did notice
that the M4 s
former SEBI chairman
Mr.Damodaram. when I did
enter the room I
did n’ t
find his presence …some where
insides the curtains.. that s all I
have felt…let s
follow the convention
as “ Ms.” For the
chairperson… and those
with in the brackets does
indicate my individual ideas which I didn’t utter
before the board.,.
Here s
the process…
I did
enter the room made
a few steps
into the room ,just
bent the head and
wishes good morning to
the chairperson….…(I do
follow the process
of wishing good
morning to a person when
I have met
him or her for the
first time in the
day…it s a usual
process for me…so eventually the
thing s that I
did say
good morning)
Ms.. Good afternoon
Me: Good afternoon madam, shall I take the
seat…she just directed
her hand and I did take the seat.
After
getting myself seated,,,,
Ms.. so you
are Andhra vamsi…(just
pronounced it as the
one w r t the
pronunciation of Andhra
Pradesh…when I’m supposed to recorrect
the pronunciation… )
Ms. .is it
pronounced so???
Me.. sorry mam its
pronounced as Andra (the
one that’s been in the
word androgynous)
Ms. .what do
you mean by andra??
Me. .so far as
to my knowledge s concerned
it mean s extremely masculine in
the English literacy…(she was
unable to hear
me and I repeated again…M3 did
assist her with respect to that
and M3 just laughed at
me saying that
you are a
macho.. i too had a smile)
Ms. .please let
me know your
roll number and
your date of
birth?
Me .madam my roll
number s
182337 and my date of birth s 13th august 1985
Ms. .so you are
a software engineer??
Me: yes
madam
Ms. Which stream do you belong to
in engineering
Me. .mam I do
belong to the computer science engineering back ground..
Ms.. when did you pass out
your engineering…
Me.. mam its
in may 2006 I did pass out..
Then she directed
her hand towards M1
who s sitting
extreme left to
her…
M1..so why do you want to enter into civil services.??
Me.. sir, civil
services provides me the wider
opportunity to serve the
people and that
s the reason why I do want
to get into
it…
M1..whats the reason that
does made you to have this
idea??
Me.. sir, right from my childhood I do
have this dream of
getting into civil services…I
have been effectively motivated by my
father who s an
NGO activist…and his
programmes and ideas
does incite the
feeling for me to
get into civil services…
M1.. then you can be an
activist like your
father and the
serve the people…why need to
get into IAS,, even the IAS
officers are leaving their
jobs and turned out
to be activists…
Me. yes sir I
do agree with your point ,,but
I can say one thing activism does
arises when the system
s not doing the
things in a right
way and right manner,,, myself being
exposed to these activisms
have made myself a strong
resolution, not to commit
such mistakes when I have been in the
service.. and more over activism
s related to a single
issue ,but civil
services provides me the wider opportunity to redress the problems
of common man…
M1.so far 60 years
has been over and we
have n t achieved anything
and you are
saying that we can effectively serve
the people…how s
it possible??
Me. .sir, I totally disagree with your point
,in this sixty years we have progressively
realized a lot of
things and success, ,in the near
future we’ll be performing much better and soon we’ll be the best…
M1..are you sure?
Me.. yes sir,,
M1.. so how
will you achieve the success?
Me.. we can have it
step by step, progressive realization of
the entire programmes
and depending on the
past errors we
have to reshape
the contemporary things and
aspire for the
best future…never repeat those
mistakes .
M1..so far what
all the Vijayawada has made
the progress in the past 25 years…(I do feel that
I did mention my plus 2 has
been done in vijayawada sri chaitanya
college,, that’s the reason he
did ask)
Me. sir, vijayawada has
made a good progress,, the best
example s AUTO NAGAR
and a few industries there in the
near precincts…
M1…and??
Me.. sir w r t education
vijayawada s a good
destination…the primary ,secondary
and the plus 2
education in vijayawada s the
best in Andhra Pradesh. .recently the
intermediate pass percentage
topper s
the Krishna district…
M1..do you think
there are no
problems in vijayawada ?if so what
are they??
Me. .sir, previously we
use to have a local factionalism in
vijayawada…hoodlums are dominant. .but right now
the government has taken its
every measure to eradicate this..
M1..is it so??
Me. .yes sir
M1..how about
the problem of alcohol??
Me.. sir I don’t feel
all the people are alcoholic
in vijayawada…its only a
little bit…
M1..is it
related to crime…??
Me.. so far
as my knowledge s
concerned I don’t feel so…
M1..so you mean that
all the people in vijayawada are
silent and go to their
homes after getting alcohol?
Me.. i’ m not sure
about it
sir,, but I can say that the alcohol related crime incidents are not so rampant in vijayawada…
M1.i had
found that the
unemployment s increasing
in the Krishna
district ..what s your opinion?
Me. sir I
do accept this thing
and the reason
lying before this is
the Krishna district being a
delta and fertile
area , the former
generation has been
dependent on the agriculture…and the
recent generations are
excessively focusing on the
industries and the
services sectors…they are newly
developing things and
may get some
time to get settled
completely…the problem of the
unemployment can be attributed
to the shift
in the production from
agriculture to the other
sectors..
M1..why the government
s not pursuing
the industrialization policy
effectively in the Krishna district?
Me. sir, already the government has
got the enough
obligations to develop the
backward regions,,, so far
industrialization has been at a good
phase in the medak, rangareddy, karimnagar and
the warangal districts…warangal indeed
got a STPI
park…the government s
accomplishing all these things
progressively,,, in the near
future we can expect
the same thing
here in the betterly developed
Krishna district,,,
M1..is vijayawada
more developed than the
vizag?
Me.. sir comparatively
vijayawada s not so developed
as vizag
M1..today a
parliament committee has
said that the
indo-us nuclear deal should be put off,,, what do you think about it
and what s your
stand??
Me.. sir, I do agree with
them, ,I don’t want the
deal to happen owing to
the unacceptable clauses to be committed by the Indian government…
M1..why are you saying
like that don’t
you want the deal to take
place and you do want to go against
the government?
Me. sir I’m not completely
against the deal and definitely not opposing the deal…let it be
postponed for a
while.. and let it
be done once those unacceptable
clauses are avoided.. explained those unacceptable clauses of the Hyde act, including the Iran s foreign policy issue.. i’ ll only advise the
government but if the government puts up
with the deal, as an
administrator I does obey to it.
M1.assume you
are selected and you are a policy advisor,, and try to persuade me why not to accept the
deal?
M3.you are selected.. let u
start advising…(he s
commenting right from the
beginning but I didn’t focused
on his words and
started thinking how to
substantiate my view
over the deal)
Me.. sir, I have
a few points for
that..
First
of all we do
have the experience
of the 1974
Tarapur agreement,, the same agreement
that has been
made and has been abruptly ended,,, leading to a
lot of excessive
economic burdens in the
field of nuclear energy(all the board actively turned out
at me at
this point of time..)
Second
more or less the
deal s most
expensive, rather than switching
on that we can focus
on other alternative methods
of acquiring the power…like bio fuels
and the solar ,wind power…
And third Hyde
act provisions impinges
the independent foreign policy and sovereignty of the
Indian government,,
Finally
the deal may increase
the nuke power
contribution from 3% to 6% of the
total power,, ,but I want more than that…at
the less cost.. hence I do prefer some other alternatives..
M1..sovereignty mean
the political sovereignty(laughs) and
what about the
cultural sovereignty?
Me. sir, I’m not
aware of
these kinds of
sovereignties.. but what I mean to
say s that the independent nature
of the foreign policy will be impinged and our self direction will
be thwarted..
And
about the cultural sovereignty I do feel
that even though the globalization s rampant
,the Indian cultural norms and
ethos are not
too much influenced by the
foreign nationals…
M1..so you do feel
that the
bio fuels and the other
means of power acquisition are cheaper…
Me.. sir ,when compared to
the nuke power
they are comparatively cheaper..
M1:what s the
power scenario in the
Krishna district?
Me: sir so
far as my knowledge
s concerned it s self
sufficient
Then he did
direct his hand
to the M2 and
he does started
his bombardment of the
questions…(the one who did
comment me for a
couple of times..)
M2..so vamsi you
are from prakasam district.. what s this
prakasam district about?
Me. sir it
was formed in
1970 named after the
first chief minister of the Andhra
State.. he was born in vinodarayuni palem in our district and
the district has
been named after
him..
M2..but I
have heard that potti
sriramulu has fought for the separate Andhra
Pradesh .why was n’ t he
made as the
chief minister,,,
Me.. sir, he did
last for a short
time and moreover
prakasam has been an
active freedom fighter, political participant and
also the former municipal chairman of the
rajamundry…so the system thought of
using his intelligence
and his administrative capabilities
effectively and did
make him as the
CM..
M2..you said
that he s
a freedom fighter and
what s he
famous for?
Me.. sir he
s called as
Andhra kesari, the lion of
Andhra.. because he actively
turned against the English army ,in the
sense English police so as to
protest the simon
commission in the guntur
and the ongole areas…he launched
an active anti simon
movement and daringly
confronted the police
by tearing his shirt and
agitating against the English
to shoot him.. from then he has
been called as the
Andhra kesari..
M2:is poti sriramulu
not a
minister you mean?
Me: yes sir
M2:: let me know
some of the
major towns and
areas in your district?
M2; but prior to my answer
he did say “ is
ongole an important town in
your district”
Me.. yes sir
its the district head
quarters of the
prakasam s district
M2..you have mentioned that
you are a student placement coordinator.. have n’ t you been placed?
Me.. yes sir
I have been placed in Accenture.. i have
written the same thing in my
accomplishments column…
M2 .where have
you been posted?
Me.. in Hyderabad itself
sir
M2:why didn’t you go
for the
job?
Me: sir I
do have the
great desire of
getting into the civil
services and serve the public at the best,,,
M2:you can do the
same thing by
being yourself as
a software employee,,,
Me.. yes sir I
do agree with your
statement…but prior to that
I have to satisfy the targets
my higher authorities that they
do levy for me and be
present for the entire working
hours.. in the civil services,
the nature of
the job itself provides the ample
time and dedication for me to
completely focus on the
public activities…hence I do
prefer the civil services to the
soft ware mode of serving
the public…
M2::how many students
were there in your batch of the engineering ?
Me:: I did count on my fingers and
said its a
total of six branches in the
engineering and each
batch has got 50 students each,,, then said it
as 300
M2: how many
have been placed?
Me: sir its
ninety percent
M2:how many have left the job?
Me: sir i’ m not sure about
all the other branches student
s but
I can say about my
classmates…
M2::let me know
Me: sir , 30 people
are with in the job domain
and 11 people are
pursuing their MS course
in the USA ,2 people
doing their M Tech and 3
people aspiring for the civil services like
me….then he did pause
me when I’m about to finish it,,
M2..so you do fall into
the minority group of
your class,,,
Me: sir , its
not the majority or
minority that matters but its up
to the individual perception of
the people to
design their career
according to their
personal interests,,
M2:you have said
about ongole as a famous
town ..what s ongole
famous for?
Me:: sir
its famous for
the ongole bull…
M2::bull is it so?
Me: yes sir indeed,, he
laughs
Then he
did direct his
hand to the
M3 and this s the
most confusing part for my interview
owing to the communication gap that did
result by the M3..
M3:vamsi you have been stressing upon the bio fuels, are they so cheap?
Me: yes sir
they can be grown in the
water scarcity areas.. and more over
we are a progressing
economy and the burden should
not be more for the power
generation..
(when I did try to stress
the usage of this
to the common man he
did pose me
another question immediately)
M3:so you are
against the nuke
power generation of the
electricity?
Me: definitely not
sir, but the deal should
not be made
right now owing to the
clauses as I have
stated above. .as both the nuclear
power and the bio fuels
are newer one s to the India
we can opt for
the cheap and
the best source
of energy.. and moreover I do strongly
take those unacceptable
clauses in the deal ,
which have to be addressed
prior to the making
of the deal..
M3:why do you feel so?
Me: sorry sir I ‘m not
able to get your
view,,, can u please repeat the
question
M3:you are saying that
the two are newer
one s ..i don’t feel so..
Me: sorry sir what all I
intend to say is that
their contribution is minimum to the total power generated,,, hence when we
are having two choices
I do prefer the less economy
oriented one and most
capable one with out
any further obligations…and hence
I do feel that the bio fuels
and the hydrogen fuels can be used…let s go
for the deal when
we can have the sufficient wealth .. and
what s the point of loosing
this cheapest means
of power generation…
M3..bio fuels are they grown in India …if
so what are
they?
Me: sir we
do have jatropha and pongamia
cultivation here in India…
M3..but don’t
you think that we
don’t have those resources available….
Me: may be sir, but we can
seek the international assistance …which
are actively focusing on these
things…example latin America…
M3:again you are
going for the
international assistance …
Me: sir ,,my stand remains clear. .more over we
didn’t face many hurdles
to get these deal of bio fuels ..but w r t
the nuke deal we
have lot of unacceptable conditions
and most of them are politically ramified..(what all I
have said above once again repeated
them) hence I do prefer this
alternative concepts to that..
M3:k which amongst the following s
cheaper ?hydro thermal or nuke ?
Me: sir I really
don’t know… I know that
the nuclear power generation s
the most costlier,,,
M3:you are a software engineer and
have got a lot of
talent…why can you start a software company and
achieve a huge success like infosys
narayanamurthi.. probably you
will be serving the public by providing
some good employment
opportunities…one day we can talk
about vamsi , like the
narayanamurthy
Me: sir, I do agree that
infosys does a lot of
public service…but prior
to that I want to
state that Mr. narayanamurthy did focus on his individual
accomplishments…he didn’t get
himself to be
establishing a software company right form the beginning of his young
ages and serving the public…he did
focus on his individual
career. And then concentrated much to improve his establishment
and finally focused
on the public service.. and also its
only relevant to hardware
and software…but my view
s completely different and I
do want to focus on this from my young
ages and get every year utilized
for the sake of public good…and also civil services
provides me a
diversified ways to serve the
public.. not only in
a single way
but many ways
of serving the people…
M3:why did you take
the computer science
and engineering when you do
have the
civil services with in your purview,,,??
Me: sir more over civil services does
require a basic degree to get
into it.. and my father s
view s to have
a good academic record for
myself and be updated
with the contemporary trends…so I did
take this option of the CSE
engineering course..
M3:does your father agrees with you right now?…
Me: definitely sir,
Prior to
these happenings in the
middle of my
conversation with the M3 I did
find the M4
coming o n to his
desk and being seated…I
just made a turn
at him so as to justify myself
whether he s the SEBI
s former chairman Mr. Damodaram or not…and does
realize that its him and
after having a 2
second s glance
I did turn around to answer the
next question pose d by the
M3..
Then soon after the
M3 s, he directed
his hand towards the
M4 who s
seated at his
place ,extreme right to the
chairperson…
M4:you did
mention the achievement of
police commemoration day prizes
in your achievements,,, what s the
police commemoration day about,,,?
Me: sir it
s commemorated on October
21st particularly
those martyrs who
does lay down their lives
for the public cause..
M4:when was started?
Me: sir , it s
based on historic event in 1959 ,hot spring ,ladakh, where the CRPF
has laid their lives against
the Chinese aggression and
from that day October 21st it
has been commemorated….
M4:do you know about
that monument for
the police?
Me: yes sir, but
right now I’m not
able to remember when it was
and where it
has been placed
M4:so far you are saying about
the black or white.. but don’t
you know about the
grey in between these two.. what
s the philosophy that you did realize..?(then I felt that
he heard everything about
my conversation behind the
curtains)
Me: sir I understood your concern
on the deal…I’m not totally against
it …I do want it to postpone it
for a certain time
till the ambiguity over the
clauses are clarified…
M4:why do you think so ??and you are
saying the deal as
burdensome ?what s the burden ,we
have got enough wealth
Me: sir , we are a
developing economy still…and investing
on all the things at
a time…particularly the expensive
things may be cumbersome
for us…
M4:did you hear about
the sovereign wealth funds?
Me: yes sir I
did hear
M4:let me know?
Me: sir I did
hear but I’m not
sure of the
technicalities of it.
M4:how do you contain the inflation if you are
a part of the
system, in long term perspective.?
Me: sir the present
government policies to contain the inflation are trustworthy.. and if we
do follow them we can tackle
the inflation…(when I’m supposed
to narrate the
measure he interrupted
and said)
M4:its because
of the government policies
that the inflation has taken place.. so you want to do the same
thing(he laughs)..
Me: sir, I’m speaking
about the post inflation
containment policies…and as I
said earlier we
do have to learn from the past and
design a good future..
M4:so you want the inflation to happen and then tackle
it ?
Me: I had
a small smile and
said definitely not
sir, as I said above this should
be a good
experience to be
taken into consideration and get
a good
policy in the future
so as not to repeat
the mistake happen…
M4:what s
meant by stagflation?
Me: sir its
the product of two things.. a stagnated
economic growth and a the
inflation or where the
prices are on rise.. here the economic
growth s hindered and the prices will
be on rise…
M4:is there any stagflation in India right now?
Me: no sir
definitely now.. its only
inflation…our growth rate has been consistent for
the past four years…so
we can’t have the
chance of any stagflation…
M4:do you feel that all the trucks that
have been coming to the
vijayawada ensure the enough
development with in the city for
the past years..?
Me: sir ,it
s not the trucks
coming into the city, but
the dominant automobile spare parts industry that
has been ensuring the success..
added with the urban real estate development..
M4:list out
your first three priorities as a district
collector?
Me: sir one its taking
due care of the vulnerable
sections and redressing
their grievances..
Second to effectively implement
the government policies and tackle
the corruption..
M4: tackling corruption
how(he laughs)?
Me: I can have an
effective ombudsman system in my
district so as
to tackle this
M4:ombudsman(he laughs)
,what do you mean by this?
Me: I have said
about the ombudsman duty of accepting
the popular discontent
,their complaints and
getting their grievances
redressed..
M4: third?
Me: its rural development
M4:then you are neglecting
the health, education , and
agriculture…..
Me: sir, rural
development itself encompasses
the socio infrastructural
development and the
holistic development…
M4:that s a
good answer to hear(he laugh s and every one
laughs )
M4:you have been speaking
of your
father and what
does activities he
took after?
Me :I said
about the land agitation
s taken by my father
in my home district
for the dalit
causes…
M4:have you read
any dalit poetry?
Me: yes sir
I have gone through
few verses…
M4:about whom?
Me :sir its
about e v ram swami naicker
periyar
M4:what s the
movement launched by him?
M4: what is it
all about?
Me :sir its
self respect movement ..for providing social justice to
the downtrodden people and
to preserve the dignity of dalit
life and also to eradicate the concept
of untouchables, ultimately
ensuring the humanity,,,
M4:he launched one
famous thing?? what s it?
Me: sir I don’t know
M4:its the
base for DMK and
AIADMK
Me: I don’t know
sir
He the
says it as
dravida kazhagam and said that “I
don’t want to ask anything relevance
to your reason for
the civil s and leaving out computer science as it
is effectively dealt by my
peer s
here”…
And the turn s
now to Ms. Tripathi
Ms: what does your
father do?
Me: madam he s
a bank cashier by profession
Ms: which bank?
Me: Indian overseas bank
Ms: what s
the NGO he
work s for?
Me: I said
it as All India Dalit
maha sabha
Then she said thank
you and you may
leave. i just got
up and said
thank you and followed by my say “nice to meet
you”
These are
all the things I
remember at the
most in my interview…if
do get anything memorized in the mean time, I’ll get it updated…
Finally I
got 207 marks
in the interview…
QUALIFIED
IN WRITTEN
RollNo. :182337
Name : ANDRA VAMSI
Name : ANDRA VAMSI
|
Civil
Services(Main) Examination 2007
|
|||
|
Subject
|
Maximum
Marks |
Marks
Obtained |
|
|
Essay(Paper
III)
|
200
|
136
|
|
|
General
Studies (Paper-IV)
|
300
|
166
|
|
|
General
Studies(Paper-V)
|
300
|
101
|
|
|
Optional
I,Anthropology
|
Paper-VI
|
300
|
129
|
|
Paper-VII
|
300
|
179
|
|
|
Optional II,
Public Administration
|
Paper-VIII
|
300
|
151
|
|
Paper-IX
|
300
|
155
|
|
|
Penalty Marks
|
|
0
|
|
|
Written Total
|
2000
|
1017
|
|
|
Interview
Marks
|
300
|
207
|
|
|
Final Total
|
2300
|
1224
|
|
Remarks : Recommended.
RANK 490….
Qualified for the Indian Revenue
Services (Income Tax Department)
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