My Interview :

Optional – Psychology  , Grad : MBBS , Hobbies : poetry , reading , watching Indian and world cinema and movie reviewing.

Chairperson – Alka Sirohi

Chair person : So you have studied Psychology . What is the difference between Psychology and para-psychology ?

A: Ma’m , Psychology is the study of human behavior and mental processes . Whereas parapsychology is the study of those phenomena which cannot directly be perceived by senses , ex: Extrasensory perception , clairvoyance and other such phenomena

C: So you mean it is the study of paranormal phenomena ?

A: yes ma’m.

C:  So you are a Doctor , So tell me Dr Abhishek , If there is a case where a boy travelling on a road meets with an accident and he gets injured in his right abdomen and you are in the emergency room of a hospital and he comes to you , how do you mange this case

A: I said all the necessary examination will be done then Madam asked me about the investigations . then I answered about USG abdomen , CT abdomen etc . then the discussion continued about splenectomy , side effects of splenectomy , post splenectomy precautions and  vaccination .( I could notb answer the vaccination part fully but rest were fine .)

Finally Ma’m asked the next member to ask questions .

M1 : There is a talk of reforms  everywhere . Electoral reforms , police reforms , administrative reforms etc . First – Do you think we need so many reforms  , can we not do without so many reforms ? secondly , what are 2  areas of reform you think are vital ?

A: Sir , first of all I think it is vital that we have so many reforms , especially for the Indian scenario wherein we are a country in transition , an emerging economy and at this stage of development reforms are indispensable .

So should I pick one reform or two

M1 : pick two

A: Sir then Administrative reforms …

M1: (interrupting) No Administrative reforms is broad , pick up specific reforms.

A:  ( I thought for some seconds , I picked up Labour reforms and police reforms  , basically because I had studied them well .)

Labour reforms – To see through India as a emerging economy skill development is essential , so we need to amend the APPRENTICESHIP ACT , secondly the labour laws should be liberalized – basically 85% of Indian labour is in the unorganized sector , 11% of the labour within the organized sector are casual workers , so 96% of labour sector is out of labour laws’ ambit and for 4% we have hundreds of labour laws – so for skill development and for a liberal economy we need labour law reforms

Second , I actually thought for a while then , said Police reforms , started listing out recommendations various committees and the SC guidelines in the Prakash Singh case , but 

M1 asked me not to list those recommendations but what I feel should be reformed .

 I answered -  

·         Police should be freed from the executive

·         Autonomy should be balanced with accountability – District and State level police complaints cell must be established

 He then asked about Economic reforms :

Second wave of liberalization should be ushered freeing licenses in most other sectors where they exist. Tax reforms : DTC , GST .

Also PPP in social sector , private sector involvement in areas like health , education to a greater extent.

M1 : What about electoral reforms ?

A:  - Decriminalisation – Those chargesheeted must be barred from contesting elections

NOTA option must be strengthened with annulment of elections if there is more than  50 % polling for NOTA option.

M1 : It is said that in our justice system an innocent should not be punished at any cost , i.e. even if some are let Scot-free no innocent should be punished . Do you agree with this ?
A: Yes sir I do agree . because any civilised nation s duty is not just   to punish a criminal but the punishment is to act as deterrence . So if an innocent is punished it is a blot for the civilised society .

M1 (interrupting) : But then how can you let criminals go unpunished ?
A: yes sir they must be punished and there must be an assured certainty of punishment only then it will act as a deterrence but this rule is to guard the civilisation ....many nations are moving from retributive justice to reformative justice .....

M1 : Satyameva Jayate episode on health . comments

A : Pharma lobby , is definitely present , it is a sad fact . About unnecessary tests and procedures – professional discretion must be allowed , good and bad ppl in every profession , black sheep exist . but guidelines must be prepared for standard treatment , ex: as mentioned in the clinical establishments , registration and regulation act .

Shift to M2

M2:

1.Karnataka as a linguistic state and the relevance of borders

2. Border disputes of K’taka

3. What was the extent of K’taka in ancient times

4. Do you think problems will be solved if we have that big state ?

5. Name two other states involved over border dispute over linguistic boundaries

6. Ideology of Shiv sena

7. Attitude of SS towards north Indian migrants

8. Attitude in Indian cities towards NE – Indians . (mentioned Nido case )

I answered these  questions . 

M3 :

1.    Importance of cardiovascular examination ? supplement to that Splenic injury management case .

2.    Do you think Corruption in cricket is overhyped , while the fact is that corruption exists in all spheres ?

Answered that Cricket represents the spirit of the country , part of the folklore of the nation’s story , can’t let that be corrupted , having said that corruption in any sphere must be curbed .

    3 .  Since Chess is an individual ‘s game , don’t you think Vishwanathan Anand deserves Bharat Ratna more than anyone else ?

A:  Though what you said is true sir , I believe that even in a team game the contribution of an individual is phenomenal as in the case of Sachin Tendulkar , and As I was following Anand – Boris gelfand match even chess involves a team ,, but then of course Anand ‘ contribution to sports is enormous and he definitely deserves Bharat ratna , now that the sports criteria has been included . So does Dhyan chand posthumously .

3.    So will you take up his case?

A: (smiled ) Sir I don’t know  to which forum I can take his case , in my capacity I would write a letter to the editor of a newspaper (smiled again).

M4
questions 

1               M4:  Doctor – population ratio in India ?
          A : I know the health personnel to population ratio . It is 19:100000
 M4:  Is it satisfactory ? (I answered that its grossly inadequate )
 M4:  Then why did you leave medicine ? Are you not needed more over there ?

 M4 : Foreign universities setting up campus in India . Comment
  A: spoke about  foreign universities bill , Times Higher education list of 500 universities only should be allowed . need for proper regulation to discourage fly by night operators . UGC norms must be prescribed to these universities too.