Marksheet

Roll No. : 074599
Name : D PRASANTH KUMAR REDDY

Civil Services(Main) Examination 2008
Subject		Maximum Marks	Marks Obtained
Essay(Paper III)		200	094
General Studies (Paper-IV)		300	183
General Studies(Paper-V)		300	170
Optional I,Geography	Paper-VI	300	188
	Paper-VII	300	152
Optional II, Public Administration	Paper-VIII	300	189
	Paper-IX	300	157
Penalty Marks			0
Written Total		2000	1133
Interview Marks		300	135
Final Total		2300	1268

Remarks : Recommended.

I have no words to comment on my interview performance. Three interviews same score, 135. This time it was Parveen Talha's board. I worked hard from December. We formed a group, gathered around 300MB of online content, got deeper into many issues and more over worked good bit on personality. So much of discretion that it makes or mars one's chances. I am the last one in the day to be interviewed. It was almost 5:45 PM by the time it started. Meanwhile I gathered profiles of all those who will be interviewed before me by the same board, observed the plan of UPSC, its architecture, surroundings, directions which we are facing and many more to answer what you have done here from afternoon. Quite unlucky after so much of effort, before and during. My Honest feeling is that I deserve a place in top 20 if not 10. I belong to that school of thought which treats IAS as a passion and not just a career. Interestingly, I hold the honours for topping from below the interview score amongst top 100. Please correct me if I am wrong! On the other hand my written score should well be in the top. A Perfect IRONY, something like an oxymoron. Anyways have to accept it as there is no other alternative and move ahead. One guy in the same session got 85. Atleast I should not feel bad after hearing this. Its better if UPSC has some feedback mechanism atleast.