 Good afternoon. Good afternoon. How are you? Yes, sir. Romil? Yes, sir. You are Delhiite? Yes, sir. How long in Delhi? Sir, from birth. From birth. Okay. So you know each and every corner of Delhi? Almost. And you travelled how? By bus? By metro? By vehicle? Sir, I have travelled to school by bus, then to my college DTU, Delhi Technological University by metro and normally I travelled by two-wheeler or four-wheeler. Today? My problem. And today? Today, sir, I have come from two-wheeler. That's why I am... Where is this Karual Nagar? Sir, it is in North-East Delhi, near Bhajanpura. Near? Bhajanpura. Near Bhajanpura. And your parents are teachers? Yes. What do they teach? What subjects? Sir, my father is a political science teacher. And my mother is a Hindi teacher. Okay. So, did your father help in your options of that? Yes, sir, a little much. What? Sir, like when I was little, my father used to tell me that J.S. Mill was a very liberal thinker and Marx... Some Marx thought here and there, not in a structured way, but here and there. So... You have not opted for police? Sir, no, I have not. Sir, my height is less than 164. What is this existentialist philosophy? Sir, it is a kind of philosophy which has emerged in contravention of modernity. And it tells that a person has to be responsible for his own actions. We cannot say that fate has done this or that. We are responsible for our own actions. So, it is a kind of human-centered philosophy where humanity is more pronounced. Okay. That is there. One is responsible for one's actions, but there is no contribution of fate. Fate is nowhere at all. Sir, some... The basic tenet of existentialism is that many thinkers are not in a coherent way have written about fate. Some have, like Soran Kierkegaard was a very non-Atheist thinker while Neet sir was an atheist thinker. So, some thinkers have contributed to fatalism. You heard of khak panchayats. They give a lot of decisions, directions to the local youth and the villagers. Those are constitutional? Sir, they are not constitutional. Khak panchayats are not part of our polity, but they are part of our tradition. They have been since like 500 or 700 years. So, they are part... Those should be allowed to continue. Sir, no, they are a part of tradition. They have been taking some decisions that are not in coherence with our democratic... Whether there are any decisions by the courts on this, their existence? Sir, there have been some cases where courts have directed them not to pass derogatory decisions like not taking mobile phones and not wearing some kind of clothes. So, there are remarks. Okay. You have studied long back in Delhi schools. Now, Delhi government is doing something about schools, improvement of schools. They have brought out a scheme bringing out some schools of excellence. What about that? Yes sir, they are making some changes in education system. Like they have been... There have been a scheme of entrepreneurship, mindset curriculum and happiness curriculum in schools where students... Do you know something about schools of excellence which is initiated by government of Delhi? Sir, I have no idea. We have space research organization. Who is chairman of that? Sir, I am not remembering right now. What is the latest on this mission? Any mission going and any delay? Sir, they have been talks of an astronaut to be sent to space with the help of Russian... What is the name of our mission? Sir, Gaganyan. And then what is happening? Sir, they have chosen many Air Force pilots. They are being trained in Russia. So, they have been plans to send some astronauts in space. Before that? Before that they are sending some other... Sir, Mangalyan... For this, before they sent human beings, are they testing with something else? Non-crew missions. Non-crew missions also they send. Yes sir. They simply cannot send humans without being sure of successfulness. United Nations, how many members we have? Sir, 196. 196. Okay. Haryana is your neighbor. Haryana is your neighbor. What are the major industries in Haryana? Very important. 1, 2, 3, 4. Major industries. Sir, footwear industries that is located in Pani Pat and Karnal Liberty. There have been industry, sugarcane, sugar refined mills because Haryana has sugarcane. And... Industries which are contributing to GDP on a priority basis? Or, lot of contribution to GDP up there? Yes, Gurgaon and Faridabad are major hubs of technology. So, they are contributing to industry. What industry? Sir, IT industries. Sir, many offices have been there and many... IT then? Sir, IT and then manufacturing of footwear, etc. And food processing industries. Food processing industries. Okay. You are a computer science graduate. Why don't you pursue IT sector job? Sir, I thought that civil services would help more in enhancing my mental faculties. And it is more challenging and diverse job than working in a transnational corporation. How will it enhance mental faculties if you would explain? Sir, I think I would be more beneficial in public service than sitting in a cubicle. So, I thought my mental faculties would be used more in public sector. Okay. What are the challenges that you will see in the civil servant job? Sir, I think the main challenge is of corruption. So, there is a lot of corruption in administration. So, my main focus would be to curb corruption as much as possible. Also, sir, there is a perception that government machinery and administration is not efficient. So, with the help of technology that I have studied in my college days, I can help in more efficient... What kind of technology will you deploy? Sir, there are many kinds of technologies like database management systems can be used for various land record systems. Also, blockchain has been used in various bank accounts and land records. So, blockchain, 3D printing is an upcoming job also. Sir, drone technology, we have seen many drone attacks. So, helping out government as much as possible in tackling these kinds of technologies. Okay. Which department in government of India will look after the administrative changes? Sir, DOPT. DOPT? Yes, sir. Or DARPG? Sir, yes, DARPG, department of administration which forms. And in the state governments? Sir, state governments, I am not aware, sir. Okay. Can you tell me something about Abraham Accords which was signed recently? Yes, sir. Sir, Abraham Accords, they have been dubbed as Abraham Accords by Donald Trump. They are set of agreements between Islamic Emirates of Arabian Peninsula and Israel. They have been used to normalize relations which have been very severe since 1967 war. So, they have normalized relations in West Asia. What is the impact on India? Sir, it has a great impact on India as India has cordial relations with both Emirates and also Israel. So, it would help us in tackling more because before Abraham Accords there was a ideological contention that India is taking both sides like taking stands for Israel on some points and taking stand for Islamic Emirates. So, normalizing relations between those two countries and those two sets of governments would help India. Is Saudi Arabia part of the accounts? Sir, no, they are not right now. Okay. What are the Lal Dora colonies in Delhi? Sir, some part of Delhi is rural. So, the part of Delhi which has been governed by rural Panchayats were given some land which has been used to have some infrastructure by Gram Panchayats or not Gram Panchayats because there is no Gram Panchayats in Delhi but for rural areas. So, Lal Dora is a kind of region where rural... Can the sale and purchase of property be registered? Sir, I think not. Can you tell me something about quantum technology and how is it beneficial from the existing computing system that we have? Sir, the normal technologies, binary technologies works in bits like 1 and 0 but quantum technology works in qubits that have the power of superimposition, feature of superimposition where there can be simultaneously we can have 0 and 1 also. So, there can have simultaneous states. So, quantum technology is more efficient and more reliable and speedier than the existing technologies. So, you have PSIR as your option. Tell me something about communism. Communism. Sir, Marx has defined in his theory that from capitalism we have to go to communism but the state between communism and capitalism would be socialism. So, communism is a state less society where society is paramount. There is no state and there are no classes. So, communism is the ideal state of Marx. Are we moving towards it or are we moving farther from it? Sir, I think we are moving farther from communism to a kind of socialism because capitalist countries are also developing their own form of socialistic tendencies. So, we are moving in socialist direction from both capitalistic and communistic thought. Sir, Romil. Is there any meaning to this? Romil is just a name. Sir, I have tried to find the meaning of this name on internet. I cannot find much but it has been taken from Romulus, the founder of Rome. Oh, that's quite a thing. How come your father, anybody has some connection with that? Sir, my father is a teacher. So, I asked him why would you name me Romil. So, they said that they had a student named Romil. So, they liked it. Very good. Okay. Now, tell me, you have any idea about schedule 6 of the constitution? Schedule 6, sir, reasons having special powers than other states. No, but where it's applicable and what is the idea? Sir, I think it is in Assam, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram. So, they have some special powers because these areas are tribally dominated areas. So, tribals have their own identity and their own set of culture. So, government has tried to introduce some kind of their own traditions by giving them some of their own rights. Now, is Bodo Autonomous District Council? What is this? Sir, some districts have been clubbed so that they can have their own councils like of 30 members. Some of them are nominated by governors. So, it is a kind of decentralization process where tribals and other classes can have their own say in admissions. Now, what is the current situation between Assam and Mizoram? Is there any issue? What is the issue? What's happening? Sir, it is a very old issue. So, Mizoram says that the area demarcated between Assam and Mizoram is by 1873 Bengal Eastern Frontal Routes where they have demarcated between Kachar Plains and Lusai Hills. But Assam says that the boundary is decided by 1933 agreement. So, after in 1987 when Mizoram was given statehood, so there have been bone of contention between the both of states. So, the current situation is that. How much of land is involved? How many miles? Any idea? Yes. How many miles, disputed miles? How many? Sir, 150. Okay. So, now it's taking a very different, ugly turn now. Some policemen have been killed. How many? Sir, six. Six. Okay. That was about Schedule 6. There is some Schedule 5 also? Yes. What is Schedule 5? Schedule 5 has been for other states. Other states? Same tribal, to protect tribal interests. Sir, tribal and others also. Like there are Hyderabad region where there have been spatial zones. Okay. You have done computer technology, right? Computer engineering. Very good. Some basic issues. What is cloud computing? How will you define what exactly it is? Sir, normal computing stores and analyze and process data at the same level. Like we have a computer, so we will store that there only. But cloud computing helps us to transmit data to some other hardware or some other servers. So, we can store that data somewhere else so that data can be distributed and that can be called upon the network. What are the chances of hacking? Is it more with cloud computing or other ways? Sir, it is less in cloud computing. Less? Good. Why do you say less? Because the data is distributed. Like if we have a data on only one computer, so if all of the data is gone. But in cloud we have different servers like we have a local server, we have a cloud server. So, hacking can be done but it is less than traditional. Okay. What is net neutrality? Net neutrality is a concept where you cannot differentiate between some technologies. Like you cannot say that we would not allow Facebook to open or slow down Facebook or some kind of technology. We have to be net neutral. We have to give all the services same set of rules. Non-discrimination. Yes, sir. Which is the algorithm which controls tariff and other aspects of the telecom thing? Organization. There is an organization. In India DOT, Department of Telecom. No, DOT is there but there is another algorithm directly dealing with this. Sir, I am not. You are not. Okay. Which newspapers do you read? Sir, right now I am reading Indian Express and Hindu. Indian Express and Hindu. Indian Express, what aspect you look at it? Do you read daily? Sir, yes, I try to read daily. Editorial. Yes, sir. Today's paper, have you seen? What is the headline? Yes, sir. One is of Mr. Basavraj appointing as... What is his full name? Sir, Basavraj Bhomai. Bhomai. That is more important. Yes. Son of SR Bhomai. Bhomai in Tamil means toy. You know that. Bhomai, there was a water issue between Delhi and Haryana recently. Can you tell me about that? Sir, yes. Sir, there are many... There are many barrages on Yamuna. So, there is Hathnikund Barrage and other barrages. So, there is a certain quantity of water which has to be released by Haryana so that Yamuna can have ecological flow in Delhi. So, there have been... some days there was no release of water. So, Yamuna's water level was decreased. Okay. Now, there is a new ministry which has been introduced. New ministry. Ministry of Corporate. What is your take on that? Sir, it is a good initiative so that cooperative societies can be more helped because cooperative societies would help in more employment generation also in more decentralization. Some of the state domains are protesting. Why are they protesting again, sir? Sir, cooperative societies is under state list. Multistate cooperatives is under... societies is under state list. So, there is a perception that central government is encroaching on... So, it is against the spirit of capitalism. Sir, state governments think that. What is your take? Sir, I think there should be some model law so that cooperative societies can be more efficient and reactive because there are allegations that elections are not held properly and regularly in cooperative societies. So, there should be a model law which can be used by state governments. The US Secretary of State is visiting India. What are the expected outcomes of this? Sir, there would be some talk with Anthony Belankan on Afghanistan because Afghanistan is an issue right now. Also, there would be some talks on China also because both India and USA are in talks with China. So, Afghanistan and China would be main issue, I think. Now, in terms of computers, we are very good with software. We have one of the best in the world. But when you take the field of hardware, we hardly perform. What is this? Why is this happening? Sir, if we see broadly of Indian economy, manufacturing has been trumped by services. So, this also pertains to computing. Hardware is a more of manufacturing kind of thing and software is more of services oriented. So, because of lack of infrastructure and also lack of some capital intensive in hardware. Is there any steps being taken by the government to address this? Can you throw light on the cyber security infrastructure in the country? So, cyber attacks are happening more and more. So, government has initiated National Cyber Coordination Centre and CCC. Also, C-DAQ also working on some cyber attacks. Also, there is an initiative by DRDO, Netru Network Traffic Analysis. So, there have been initiatives. What do you understand by stoicism? Stoicism. Sir, stoicism is a philosophy where one takes pleasure and pain with same quantity. We are not happy in our good times and we are not that much saddened in our bad times. So, we have to be balanced or stoicism. How is it related to existentialism? Sir, existentialism is also human-centered and stoicism is also human-centered. They work on behaviour of humans. What would be the key difference? Between existentialism and fight. Any difference? Sir, existentialist thinkers are said to be more pessimistic than stoicists. Stoicists are more optimistic of human nature. But like Satra needs existence. So, is it fair to say that you are pessimistic? Sir, no. Sir, it is said that they are pessimistic because they are more like that. We cannot like control things. So, they are not pessimistic in that way. Okay. The interview is over.