IAS interview of tirumala taken by chairman of the panel

CM: So you are Tirumala
Tiru: Yes Sir.
CM: Date of Birth?
Tiru: 23 Dec 78 sir
CM: Place?
Tiru: Shimoga sir
CM: Good.
CM: Tiru or Thiru?
Tiru: Tiru sir.
CM: What's the difference?
Tiru: Sir, It is not 'tha' but 'ta' (the pronunciation was in Hindi script) and my name being with 'ti' and not 'thi'
M1: OK, but how does TTD spell it?
Tiru: Sir they call it Tiru and not Thiru.
CM: What were you doing in Dhanbad?
Tiru: Sir, My father was in Central Industrial Security force and hence liable to be transferred all over India. As we stayed with him...X (I was stopped here)
CM: Oh, CISF?
Tiru: Yes Sir
CM: You are an Engineer then why do you want to be a Civil Servant?
Tiru: Sir, given an opportunity the best will move towards the best. (I had heard it from senior candidate) Moreover, the depth and breadth of experience that a person gets in civil services cannot be matched by any other job. One also gets an opportunity to serve the society in an effective way and that's why I want to become a civil servant.
CM: Do you say that non Engineers are not fit to be civil servants?
Tiru: No sir
CM: So you mean to say that non Engineers too can become civil servants?
Tiru: Sure Sir.
CM: But in order to be an Engineer, you have taken a seat which would have otherwise gone to someone else and he would have served the industry whereas you have decided to leave it? what do you say?
Tiru: Sir, In Karnataka, many seats remain vacant every year in many colleges and as such I don't think I have taken any one's share.
CM: You mean to say that the number of candidates are less than the number of seats in Karnataka?
Tiru: yes sir, it is so even in Tamil Nadu.
(Another member was nodding the head in affirmative while I said this and CM looked at him and understood that I am not lying)
CM: You passed out in 2002. This is 2007. What were you doing all these days?
Tiru: Sir, I was campus selected into Wipro fluid power in bangalore while in college and after college I worked with Wipro for two years and then changed my job and worked with Eaton Industries in Pune for 1 and half years. In Nov 2005 I quit that job and came to Delhi to prepare for civil services.
CM: Why Delhi?
Tiru: Sir, it is because in Delhi one get good material for stu...X (X symbol will mean that i was stopped at that point)
CM: Material?
Tiru: Yes sir, study material like books, magazines etc.
CM: Fine. (Looks towards the members and gestures them to ask questions)