Now this is certain that the two powerful contenders
for the post of Chairman IDBI,Basudeb Sen and
V P Singh are out of the race. The post is to
fall vacant in a couple of months.If all goes
well S K Kapoor currently Executive Director
will head the prestigious IDBI.
Ashok Basak is Secretary in GOI
Ashok
Basak is the new Secretary Official Languages
in the Government of India. He is 1967 batch
IAS officer of the Maharastra cadre. Basak has
replaced K B Saxena 1964 batch Bihar cadre IAS
officer who superannuated last week. Incidentally
Ashok Basak was the Power Secretary in Maharastra
when the Enron deal was signed.
Will
any technocrat be Secretary Petroleum ?
There
is a serious thinking in the PMO about the appointment
of a technocrat as Petroleum Secretary. The IAS
lobby on the other hand is determined to scuttle
the move. Barring V Kelkar the post has always
been held by the IAS officers.Appointment of new
Secretary Petroleum is expected in a day or two.
Minhas
new Additional Secretary Agriculture
B S Minhas has taken over as new Additional
Secretary Agriculture in the Government of India.
He is 1969 batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan
cadre.
Nawani
is Chairman UPSC
N P Nawani is the Chairman of the Uttaranchal
Public Service Commission. He is retired 1964
batch IAS officer . He had been Secretary Information
and Broadcasting in the Government of India.
IIS officer arrested
An Indian Information Service Officer Susanta
Mahapatra has been arrested in Orrisa. He is
an accused in an alleged sex scandal.
IAS
officer promoted
The
Punjab Government has promoted Tribhushan Nath
Secretary Health as Special Secretary.
Mongia
to be sworn in
Justice
Ravinder Singh Mongia of the Punjab and Haryana
High Court will be sworn in as judge of the Gouhati
High Court on June 6.
IAS
officers `under wait' in Tamil Nadu
Over
half a dozen IAS officers considered close to
the DMK Regime have been kept `underwait'.Those
who are awaiting posting include Ms Malathy,Ashok
Vardhan Shetty, Irani Anbu, Dayanand Kataria,
T R Ramaswamy, N Sunderadevan, K Rajamanickam,
S Chandrakumar, K Gopinathan and Santosh Kumar.
Vir Sanghvi to be CEO Star TV(Asia) ?
Grapevine
has it that Editor of Country's number one English
Daily the Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi is going
to take over as Chief Executive Officer Star TV
(Asia).Change may take place in a couple of months.
