Prajnanandan Giri AIR 24 - Personality Test Transcript (CSE 2023)

Sharing my Personality Test Transcript (CSE 2023) as asked by many.

My overall experience this time has been much better than last time which is also reflected in marks. Most of the questions were from DAF (PT2022 was random). The board was very cordial and it was more of a discussion rather than interview.

Chairman -

(Read out DAF. Offered cookies which I had to accept )

1. Asked about OAS like when I joined, which batch etc & some conversation around OPSC exam process.

2. OAS in Odisha or IPS in Manipur - Which one will you choose ?

3. So what it takes to be Pandian ? (Sri VK Pandian, Chairman(5T) & ex- Private Secretary to CM)

4. How Odisha accepts an outsider as leader ? Is it a good thing or bad thing ? (Then discussion went to comparison with Rishi Sunak, PM-UK)

5. Is he really a Taskmaster ? What is your views on it ?

6. What is 5T ? What all comes under it ?

7. Why/How Odisha is a leader in disaster management ?

8. Apart from Disaster Management , in what other areas Odisha has done well ?

M1 - (Ma'am)

(Appreciated my educational background & academic achievements)

1. You already have a publication during MSc. Why did you change career from research ?

2. Do you still feel attracted to Chemistry ?

3. What is your job as Deputy Collector ?

4. What other sections are in Collectorate ? Which section is most interesting ?

5. Which one has more public interaction ?

6. (Revenue Section ) What is the status of Land records digitalization /modernisation ?

7. What is the process of mutation ? How much digitalization happened in Odisha wrt Mutation process ?

8. How successful is it in Odisha ?(She compared it with her own state)

9. How it can be improved further ?

M2 -

1. Who is Mayadhar Mansingh ?

2. Why is there a demand for Koshal state in western part of Odisha ?

3. What can be done to solve this issue ?

4. You are from Mayurbhanj. So what is the unique history of Mayurbhanj ?

5. Have you been to Chandipur ? What is the phenomenon about ?(Receding sea upto 4/5 km)

6. What is the geographical term for this ? 7. Where else such phenomenon can be seen in the world?

M3 -

1. Who is Madhu Babu ? (Madhusudhan Das)

2. What is his contributions for Odisha ?

3. Odisha has huge tribal population, what is being done for Tribal tourism in Odisha ?

M4 -

(Some conversation about Homi Bhabha National Institute)

1. Prime Minister has recently Inaugurated a project related to Nuclear power. What is it ? (PFBR in Kalpakam)

2. Why is it important for India ?

3. What is 3-stage nuclear program ? Then more questions around it.

4. Bureaucracy requires anonymity, teamwork, and results. Do you think Mr.

VK Pandian has all this ?

5. Between results and procedures, what is more important ?Do you think both of these are being seen in 5T ?

6. Leaders should be charismatic. Do you think Naveen Patnaik is a charismatic leader ? How ?

Chairman -

Okay. Thank you. Do you want to add anything ? (No)

We exchanged smiles and Interview was over.