kk pauls interview a grilling experience

INTERVIEW WITH  DR KK PAUL

31^st march 2011, I was the fourth candidate to be interviewed in after noon session.

Interview started at 3 45 pm.

As soon as I entered even without looking at me kkp sir told to sit .i was  confused as I have not yet greeted them members .however  I wished  members and took my seat.

Chairmen started (kkp sir) dr bhuvnesh whats your name

Me                   sir  dr bhuvnesh pratap singh

Kkp sir            your roll no

Me                   48756

Kkp sir             your date of birth

Me                   22/7/1983( by now I was thinking what he is up to,,

            taking interview or  interrogating me)

kkp sir            dr you have worked in ONGC FOR 1 YEAR why did you left it

me                    sir ,I was on contract there . which got over

kkp sir              SO,     you left ONGC or they left you ??or  you left it for preparing

me                    sir ,as contract period was over so I deciced to leave   and

                         I had to prepare    also..

Kkp sir             your hobbies are teaching ,writing hindi poems,introspection(he read

                         this in one go).you write what sort of poems

me                     sir, for my friends..

kkp sir             for friends or about friends??you tease your friends in your poems ???

me                     sir . I write for my friends..i try to incorporate my emotions in poems

kkp                  and this introspection.. it is same as diary writing

me                    yes sir,, I do write diary also . but since I do introspection often so

                         I have  written it as my hobby,   

Kkp                what you do

Me                   sir I try to evaluate my behaviour . I think about how I think,,

                         I review my decisions,, also it sets me right when ever I go wrong..

                          it  guides my emotion to do better

kkp                  you are emotional person ???

me                    yes sir

kkp                   an emotional person cannot be practical person ..and

                         emotional person cannot be practical also.. we don’t need such people

me                   sir, shall I take an example

kkp                   ok

me                     sir, since I am a doctor  and when ever my patient comes to me

                         I show my emotion and my empathy towards him to accommodate

                        him .. but while prescribing the drugs I am the most practical person

                           .i prescribe based on scientific tenets..so  I think an emotional person

                         can be practical too..

kkp                    till now his face was wearing mask.. he didn’t showed any

                     facial  expression . and pointed fingers towards 1^st member to ask question

member 1(m1) he was sitting left to him

m1              so dr you are from agra

me               yes sir.

m1               dr I call AGRA  as a GUTTER ..despite it being tourist place it is very dirty

me              sir , I beg to defer with you here,,sir you are talking about pre 2008

                    status now agra has changed a lot

m1               really

me               yes sir

m1               ok tell me what all we can do to tackle such problems in big metropolis

me                sir we need to educate people.. we should strengthen

                    municipality corp,,allow  them to come up with bonds to

                     ensure their    financial instability

m1               and in citis

me                sir, I am staying in delhi from past 1 yr and I saw  that MCD sends

                     their autos and truck to clean the areas . so I think we can copy this plan

                    in other cities like agra also

m1               who is responsible for all this mess

me               sir , we all

m1               how we

me               sir , we are the one who throw our garbage in roads and there

                      is implementation failure also

m1               government is coming up with courses like BRMS because there is

                   scarcity  of doctor . and you people instead of working in rural area come

                   and join services..why are you shifting from your field

me             sir, an MBBS is just a beginning or a step in medical field.. and todays is era of multispecialisation(inter disciplaniry) I think we can help more.. and I being doctor I am more well versed with fellow doctors  problems and I think I can tackle that through civil services..sir recently there was a news that in maharastra only 40 % students of 1^st year reach 2^nd yr and I think I understand this problem better

kkp          interrupted the m1 and asked m2 (lady member) to ask

m2            dr what are your views about traditional medicine , should we discard it

me            mam.. ayurveda has treated our people from past 2000 yr. and even till today we all rely on ayurveda .traditional medicines  is deep rooted in us take for example we all eat chawanprash which is an ayurved prep. Mam what I believe that ayurved in in its lowest ebb now and allopathic medicine in its peak.. so there is need for more research in this field

m2               but we do not have money

me               true mam.. but govt is working in this front we have AYUSH dept .we have homeopathy ,ayurved college etc

m2                dr do you know about  HDI

Me               yes mam

M2              who measures health component on HDI

Me                  and then I kept quiet for some time and then she prompted that is national family health survey..

M2                 do you know what is our ranking in this

Me                  sorry mam I don’t know.. but I know we are behind srilanka n Bhutan in this

M2                  yes.. but why so

Me                  mam . may be population pressure

Kkp                 interrupted mam and told member 3 to ask . m3 was sitting right to me mam wanted to ask more question but she stopped  and I gave a smile to her.kkp sir was listening when I was telling chawanprash stuff.how ever till now kkp sir and other members did not gave any expression

M3                 dr you told you are emotional,, what is difference between emotional person and impulsive and who is better

Me                sir, impulsive person takes decision instantaneously while emotional thinks and  i believe emotional is better than impulsive

M3               asked one more ques relating to emotion which I have never heard, so I stated that I don’t know sir

M3              dr do you take interest in foreign afFairs

Me               yes sir , I do    

M3              who is indias best friend

Me                sir, in long term relations I  it is Russia and recently it is USA

M3             WHY  USA  needs us,big brother attitude of USA

Me               sir for balance of power with china, its strategic interest, its commercial interest.we are largest consumer of US goods blah..blah…

M3               what do you think that doctors are going to USA and not serving nation

Me              sir, they do help us gain dollar which we require the most

M3               but dollar is no more an international currency

Me             true sir, but we import oil which is need of hour and their payment has to

                      be done in dollar terms so dollar is valuable for us

M3              ok , do you know how much is foreign exchange reserve now

Me               I was not sure  and wanted to play safe  so I told sir I think its more than 250 mn dollars

M3           ok quiet above this value..he points toward member 4

M4              dr  as you rightly pointed out that MBBS is just beginning ,but don’t you think that doctors are not at all going to rural area what about  health of rural people

Me             sir I beg to defer with you here,, (he nodded) sir infact my friends are working in rural area, my seniors are also working in rural area also sir when I was student during my community medicine postings I have seen doctors working in rural area.. sir however I do agree that there is problem of turn over

M4           dr you are from agra or karnataka

Me            sir agra

M4            but you have spent your most of time in Karnataka

Me             yes sir, but I was sent there

M4            sent ???

Me             yes sir , since I had my schooling in military school so I was sent there ,but sir later I started liking that place and infact I learned kannada also and  later on did  MBBS from there

 M4          what was your choice for military school

Me             sir , I don’t remember( that form was filled when I was in 5^th and what I remember my father had filled that form)

M4             you did MBBS from bijapur. Bijapur is famous for??

Me              after a pause sir   its golgumbaz

M4              nodding his head .. what it is

Me           sir mausoleum of adil sha

M4             but why it is famous for

Me             second largest dome of world.sir also one sound resonates for 7 time

Kkp             interrupts here and looks toward me and says ok go your interview is over

You . can go now

 I wished them thank you and good day

When I came out it was 4 : 15 so my interview went for 30 minutes..

Dr paul kept on giving sarcastic look through out interview