The Office of Collaboration organized a talk on How to Crack the Civil Services Exam on 26 February 2021 from noon to 1:00 p.m. for the Students of Second Year ME, ECE, and EEE branches.
Ms. Amlin D’Souza, Commercial Tax Inspector, Mangalore (Alumna, ECE 2010 -2014) of our college was the resource person.
The talk began with the deliverance of a welcome address by the Collaborations Officer and convener of the program Ms. Diana Monteiro. She also introduced the resource person to the gathering. The speaker was then invited to deliver the talk. The resource person began the session by stating that today the students have a lot of openings for a prospective career in the government sector, corporate sector, leading public sector banks, and even in the UPSC (Union Public Services Commission) and SSC (State Services Commission) where they can make a niche for themselves.
The speaker chose to emphasize the main components of competitive exams in the country namely the Union Public Service Commission. The speaker threw light on the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and stressed its intricacies of it, such as the qualifications, number of attempts, reservations, cut-off marks, and the total number of services that comes under it. She also elaborately discussed the exam cycle which takes an entire year to complete.
She made the inquisitive students learn how to apply for the exam and then enlightened them on the various sources to refer to for preparation. She explained in detail the preliminary, mains, and interview parts of the examinations. She also threw light on the selection, salary offered age limit, reservations, the duration for preparation, and exact time to start for preparation.
Overall, the session was highly informative and educative to aspiring and ever-enthusiastic students. The session was followed by an interactive session with the speaker. The highly motivated students raised a variety of questions to the speaker which he answered with unwavering enthusiasm. Altogether 75 students attended the talk. The vote of thanks was delivered by the Collaborations Officer.
