[VIDEO]CONNECTING THE DOTS: Expert Talk by Mr Ashok Kumar, IPS (DG, Crime Law and Order, Uttarakhand) on Life of an IPS, Internal Security, Attitude of civil service aspirants, On Interview Preparation and Ethics

Dear Students,

As part of IASbaba’s ‘Connecting the Dots’ initiative, Mr Ashok Kumar DG(Crime Law and Order) Uttarkhand has given insights on Life of an IPS, Internal Security, Attitude of civil service aspirants, On Interview Preparation and Ethics.

He is one of the renowned officers of our country with many accolades to his name. He has won UN Medal for Serving in KOSOVO, IP Medal for Meritorious Service and President’s Police Medal and many more.

He is very famous among UPSC/IAS aspirants credit to his book on Internal Security named “Challenges to INTERNAL SECURITY of India”. We are sure majority of UPSC aspirants and Teachers would have referred to this book.

He is also an Author of many other famous Books for a Civil Service aspirant, which includes-

• Human in Kakhi
• Ethics in Civil Services
• Cracking Civil Services the open secret

Key Takeaways of the Discussion:

The entire discussion can be divided into 3 parts-

Part 1:

• Attitude of civil service aspirants
• Life of an IPS officer

Part 2: Interview Guidance

• Interview – Test of personality and not of knowledge
• What type of personality should an aspirant have?
• Stress management
• Being confident of what one knows
• Art of saying no

Part 3: Ethics guidance

• How to approach ethics paper
• How to study the philosophers.
• How to handle dilemmas in the questions
• How to attempt case studies

Thank You

IASbaba