Ahmedabad: The idea that civil servants are generalists have been re-engineered and are assumed by the fact that the inundation of Gujarat’s top IAS officers are now dominated by engineers and doctors.
During the past seven years, the IAS officers from the two disciplines have more than their peers from the highest echelon of Gujarat cadres.
Tipping Point was 2013, when six of the seven recruits he was new at Gujarat cadres were doctors and engineers.
Between 2013 and 2020, of the 72 new IAS officers were recruited, 61% belonging to the Temporary Temporary Engineering Flow was a medical doctor.
There are only 25% of other streams such as art and trade.
Between 2005 and 2012, of 106 fresh IAS recruits, only 27% were engineers while the slightest 5% were medical doctors and the remaining 68% came from the Humanities.
Experts say that beneficial opportunities for ‘hard worker’ engineers are drastically reduced in the period 2011-12.
The number of students who chose Humanities in college also plunged.
In the background, many engineers turn to civil service.
Interestingly, in 2012, of 18 fresh IAS officers who chose Gujarat as their country cadre, only four belonged to the technical flow, while no one had a medical degree.
Additional collectors of 2020 IAS Batch said that the main reason was the change in the UPSC examination pattern after 2010.
From that point, candidates can choose an optional subject, not two.
“When there are two optional subjects, those from the Humanities background have the advantage,” the officer said.
“When one subject is optional into the norms, engineers and those who have a technical background can compete with those from the Humanities.” Dikesh Dasa, Chairperson of the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC), said: “In a competitive world, the work ability of the engineers is not as high as two decades ago.” Dasa added: “Instead of struggling to find work in their field, fresh engineering graduates now choose to work with wider horizons.” Administrative work in the government is an interesting choice in that context.
In the case of medical students who entered civil service, Dasa said: “They chose less for administrative services because there was still a good doctor’s need in the community.” He added: “Only a few medical students choose administrative services.
They have usually studied medicine because of the family and peer pressure.
But once they become adults, they feel suitable for something other than the medical profession.” Adharsh Rajeendran, IAS 2020-batch officer, Has Btech in the field of Mechanical Engineering.
“I have a close friend who managed to get to civil service and he told me about the possibility of lying in a career,” he said.
“I don’t think twice before diving.” A senior general administration official (GAD) said that the period between 2006 and 2012 was the era dot.com and IT boom sent a lot to the engineering field.
In all, 23.6 lakh seats are available in engineering courses throughout the country for 2021-22, according to Aicte, the Supervisory Authority for technical institutions in this country.
This is the lowest since 2012-13, when 26.9 lakh chairs are available.
The last 10-year peak came in 2014-15, when 31.8 seats were offered by college techniques.
However, since then, the number of seats has declined.
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