J N L Shrivastava to retire

Secretary Agriculture in the Government of India, J N L Shrivastava, is superannuating this month end. He is 1966 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

New Cabinet Secretary is unhappy with compulsory waiting

The Cabinet secretary, Kamal Pande, is understood to have taken a strong note of a large number of Joint Secretaries in compulsory waiting. He is also said to have sought reasons behind this. There are 17 such Joint Secretaries in the compulsory waiting at the Centre.

Frequent transfers ?

Mystery shrouds the frequent transfer of an IAS officer in Tamil Nadu. The 1986 batch officer, Swaran Singh, has been transferred four times in just six months.

Major bureaucratic reshuffle likely in Delhi

A major bureaucratic reshuffle will take place in the Delhi Government in the third week of this month. Final touches are being given for the change.

One dozen GMs in SBI to be promoted

About one dozen General Managers in the State Bank of India are being promoted as Chief General Managers this month.

Who will be RC Maharastra in Delhi

Who will be the next Resident Commissioner of Maharastra Bhawan in Delhi?. Three names viz. Mssrs B S Meena,Sanjay Narayan and Chitkala Zutshi are in circulation for the post. The present Resident Commissioner A K Dua is joining the Government of India this month.

Ganeshan is CMD of KIOCL

P Ganeshan is the new CMD of the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd.(KIOCL) He has succeeded P murari

N K Tripathi is ADG Fire Services

N K Tripathi has been appointed ADG Fire Services with headquarters at Indore in Madhya Pradesh.

Divisional Commissioners post abolished in Karnataka

Karnataka Government has decided to abolish the posts of Divisional Commissioner.

HSCL to have new CMD

A full time Chairman cum Managing Director is being appointed for the Public Sector Hindustan Steelworks Construction next month.

11 IFS to be Chief Conservator - Forests

With the Madhya Pradesh government permitting to hold the DPC for the new posts of Chief Conservator of Forests, 11 IFS are likely to be promoted on the posts this month. These posts have come into being following cadre revision in the Forest department. Those likely to be promoted include RN Saxena, Hukumchand, AK Singh, Arvind Kumar Jain, Dr. Amitesh Shukla, Ajit Sonakia, KS Reddy, SP Singh, MS Garvpal, Krishna Avtar, Ravi Srivastava, Jitendra Agarwal and RK Singh.

CVC indicts 214 officials

The CVC is understood to have advised major penalties against as many as 214 officials all over the country. The indicted officials include four bankers.

Reflecting through a glass !

Believe it or not. A Rajasthan cadre IAS of 1985 batch, Kiran Soni, reflects on her experiences as a bureaucrat through glass paintings. She has been painting for years on the themes that revolve around her real life experiences. And her creativity finally culminated in an exhibition at Hotel Taj, Mumbai, recently.

Ex-CBI man drops to write ?

The former Additional Director in CBI, Dr. UN Biswas, has dropped the idea of writing his book further. It is understood that he took such a decision after having penned down one-third of the same.

Retired IAS officer appointed OPSC Member

Vivekanand Patnaik has been appointed Member of the Orissa Public Service Commission.. He is a retired IAS officer.

Dr Sharma is Director NDRI

Dr Nagendra Sharma has been appointed new Director of the National Dairy Research Institute.

Justice Bansal is judge of Rajasthan H C

Justice Fateh Chand Bansal has been appointed Judge of Rajasthan High Court..

Hemant Krishna Singh is new ambassador to Indonesia

Hemant Krishna Singh has been appointed India's new ambassador to Indonesia. He is currently countr's ambassador to Colombia.