Tenure of Sudha Bhave to expire this week

Tenure of Sudha Bhave, Joint Secretary - Atomic Energy, Mumbai, is coming to an end on December 7. She is 1975 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Bhai Mahavir to get second term !

Madhya Pradesh Governor, Dr.Bhai Mahavir, if the top sources are to be believed, is getting a second term in the state. His tenure is coming to an end in April.

Gaurav Yadav will be SSP Chandigarh

Finally Gaurav Yadav has been chosen for the post of SSP Chandigarh.A tug of war had been going on in the Chandigarh administration for the post of SSP. Tie was said to be between two 1992 batch IPS officers of Punjab cadre - Gaurav Yadav and Harpreet Singh Sidhu. The post has fallen vacant following the expiry of Parag Jain's tenure on November 30. Jain is 1989 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.Intense lobbying for the post of SSP in Chandigarh was witnessed and as many as one dozen MPs, a couple of former Chief Ministers and, surprisingly enough, some RSS leaders took interest.The Union Home Ministry has finally cleared the name of Yadav.

Raju to be Vigilance Commissioner in J&K !

The new J & K Government is believed to have recalled R V Raju, Joint Director in the CBI. 1975 batch IPS officer Raju is likely to be posted as Vigilance Commissioner in place of Rajinder Tikoo - a 1970 batch IPS officer.

Blowria supercedes several officials

The new Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, SS Blowria, is said to have superseded six officials in reaching to the coveted post. They are Mssrs K Balkrishna Pillai, Udipta Ghosh and Jalil Ahmad Khan - all 1967 batch besides Wajahat Habibullah, Hira Lal Kadalbaju and Sukhdev Singh of 1968 batch.

Laxmi Pranesh also supersedes in TamilNadu

The new Chief Secretary of TamilNadu, Laxmi Pranesh, who is 1968 batch IAS officer has also superseded eight officers. They are Mssrs Krishnan Dharmrajan and Ashok Joshi of 1966 batch and V S Laxmiratan, Rathi Vinay Jha, P V Rajaraman , Sukhvaneshvar, Dr Chhatrasal Singh and Om Kumar - all of 1967 batch. Incidentally three officers are currently on deputation to the Government of India.

Natrajan is CMD Bharat Earth Movers

V R S Natrajan has taken over as new CMD of the Bharat Earth Movers Ltd Bangalore.

1977 batch IAS officers are now PS in Karnataka

Altogether eight 1977 batch IAS officers in Karnataka have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary.They are Mssrs Sudhir Kumar, Bevis A Coutinho, Sudhir Krishna,B L Sridhar,C S Suranjana,D Thangaraj, D Venkateshwara Rao and Shameem Banu.

Kashyap is back to Maharastra

ADG BSF K K Kashyap is back to parent the parent Maharastra cadre. On his return Kashyap has been appointed Chief of anti-naxalite operations at Nagpur. He has replaced Pankaj Gupta.

Ashvin Lohani goes

Ashvin Lohani is no longer Chairman of the ITDC.Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has turned down the proposal to appoint Lohani as full time Chairman of the ITDC. He would now return to the parent cadre Railway Service.

New DG Supplies in Army

Jagdish Chander has taken over as new Director General of Supplies and Transport at Army headquarters.

IAS reshuffle in Maharastra in a day or two

A major IAS reshuffle is expected to take place in Maharastra in a day or two. About a dozen officers are going to be affected.Some vacancies will also be filled up.

Dr Nawab Ali is Director CIAE

Dr Nawab Ali has joined as Director of the Central Institute of Agricultural Engineers(CIAE).

IPS changes in Orissa

Debasis Panigrahi, Sanjay Kumar and Arun Bothra will be new SPs of Cuttack,Ganjam and Kendrapara respectively.Jasbinder Singh has been made SP Railways Cuttack.B B Kundu and A K Panigrahi have been appointed SPs of Nayagarh and Angul respectively.

Three IPS officers promoted in Orissa

Three 1988 batch IPS officers Mssrs Satyajit Mohanty, Manoj Chabra and A K Akhaya have been promoted to the rank of DIG. Now Mohanty ,Chabra and Akhaya will be DIGs of North Orissa,SAP Cuttack and Vigilance respectively.