UPSC 2024 Expert Guide is an initiative by Newz9 the place we share professional recommendation for IAS aspirants.Today our professional Shubham Aggarwal, Director and Chief Mentor at Vidyapeeth IAS Academyis sharing his insights on UPSC Detailed Application Form (DAF) submission, which follows the MAINS examination and is an important section of an aspirant’s UPSC journey. Read on for his professional recommendations on one of the best ways to fill the DAF.
DAF submission is step one in direction of the final section of your UPSC journey: The interviews/Personality Test. It is a gateway to the primary formal 1-to-1 interplay between an aspirant and UPSC. The candidates will likely be given their respective slots over a interval of two to 3 months after the DAF Submissions are over. A DAF tells UPSC every part about you on paper, and the interviewers construct up their perspective about you, by way of this data furnished within the DAF. The final date to submit DAF for UPSC 2024 interviews is nineteenth December.
The data to be supplied within the DAF could also be categorized into three sorts:
1.The first portion consists of the main points about you which of them can’t be hidden – your private particulars, fatherland, mom tongue, everlasting deal with, particulars about your mom and father, their incomes and locations of residence, your tutorial particulars, marks at school and faculty, your formal job, your earlier UPSC makes an attempt, and many others.
These particulars are exhausting information which can’t be modified or manipulated. Changing them would quantity to unethical conduct and even fraud on the system. We can not information candidates about this half, and simply advocate that they have to fill it very fastidiously, to one of the best of their data, in order to keep away from any mismatch with the unique paperwork.
2.The second a part of the DAF checks your inventive instincts on the University/State/National Level in respect of – Prizes, Medals, Scholarships, Sports/NCC, Position(s) of distinction Leadership held in School/College, Other extracurricular actions and pursuits reminiscent of hobbies and many others. Here, you’ve a possibility to showcase that you’ve a life past books and core teachers and you’ve got been doing far more in life, apart from UPSC preparation. But bear in mind, it’s okay to not have these. Sometimes, the circumstances could now permit one the luxurious to get pleasure from these actions and a candidate could go away these fields clean, as a substitute of mendacity about them. The fee respects the truth that India is a nation that has individuals with survival points involving bread and butter, and never all get the prospect to carry out further-curricular actions. Also, one should not muddle their DAF with every exercise carried out previously, which you suppose is a distinction.
- Try to prioritize these prizesmedals, scholarships which are obtained from acknowledged establishments, have a state/nationwide/international presence or make an influence on the nationwide/societal/worldwide stage. Let’s say that successful an appreciation/fellowship from the state CM workplace is extra worthy than successful a debate competitors carried out by a neighborhood Private Club in your city.
- Similarly, sports activities actions are price mentioning if in case you have performed them professionally at any stage – be it college, college, or state/nationwide ranges. Mentioning cricket if in case you have solely performed tennis ball gully cricket or mentioning chess if performed solely at house with siblings, should be averted. The video games, guidelines, India’s achievements in that sport, well-known sportspersons, latest developments, linkages with worldwide occasions/olympics, and many others. should be nicely researched by the candidate.
- Position(s) of distinction management held at school/faculty should be talked about provided that they’re of real accountability and authority. Also, be ready with what influence or adjustments you had been capable of convey about in your establishment by way of your management.
- I counsel the aspirants to take the half on hobbies and pursuits most severely whereas filling their DAF. According to Collins Dictionary – hobbies are actions achieved throughout spare time. It means, you don’t do them out of compulsion, or for cash, or out of frustration. You get pleasure from doing them, you know do them, and you’ve got been doing them often, until just lately. For occasion, studying tutorial books for the sake of clearing exams just isn’t a interest, however studying fiction novels throughout a flight or a self-assist ebook earlier than mattress is a interest. Do not get carried away and shoot out tons of hobbies and pursuits to impress the panel. It could possibly be counterproductive as you would be grilled on so a lot of them. Do not showcase a faux interest, in case you wouldn’t have one, since you could be caught in case you fail to reply one thing about it. It is sensible to maintain the column black and gently say to the interview panel that you just didn’t have free time previously years to pursue a interest or an curiosity due to a job, or preparation or some private obligation. The board members reward honesty!
3.The third half of the DAF is about your future aspirations: Your cadre, zones, or service preferences. You could also be requested a query in case your IAS and IPS preferences differ an excessive amount of. This half needs to be crammed up assuming {that a} main a part of your service will likely be spent in that exact space and subject. However, not every part would go as per your needs until you find yourself within the prime 50 and get your required state and repair. Still, one could prioritize the record after an knowledgeable session with household, future aspirations and mentors. For occasion, an individual aspiring for Police providers in Punjab and Haryana could not want to find yourself in Tamil Nadu’s Indian Postal Services.
Given all of the efforts put in, loads relies upon upon your advantage and rank and the provision of the specified vacant submit. One should be ready to serve like a soldier in any a part of the nation, on the name of obligation.
(The professional may be reached at 0306shubham@gmail.com. His specializations embrace General Studies and Political Science and International Relations(PSIR) Optional)