Srinivasan Prabhakaran to be Secretary Family Welfare !

Special Secretary Power Srinivasan Prabhakaran is being tipped to be Secretary Family Welfare in Government of India. He is 1967 batch IAS officer of Maharastra cadre.

Dhanendra Kumar to be Special Secretary Power ?

Dhanendra Kumar who was top contender for the post of Secretary Tele-com is now being considered for the post of Special Secretary Power . He is 1968 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Manipur Chief Secretary to be changed

Grapevine has it that Manipur Chief Secretary Rakesh is being changed.1972 batch IAS officer Rakesh may be brought to Delhi as Resident Commissioner.

Two bankers join the race for RBI post

Chairman of the Punjab National Bank S S Kohli and Chairperson of the Indian Bank Ranjana Kumar have also joined the race for the prestigious post of Deputy Governor Reserve Bank of India. .A couple of IAS officer are already in the race.

Technocrat lost to IAS

Had CMD of the MTNL Narendra Sharma been able to convince some PMO bigwigs on Thursday the post of Secretary Tele-com would have gone to him? He, however, lost the post to a senior IAS officer Vinod Vaish who had earlier remained on the post only for a couple of months.

Vivek Johri to join Cabinet Secretariat

Vivek Johri is joining the Cabinet Secretariat as a Director. He is 1984 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Hota to be next UPSC Chairman

P C Hota is all set to take over as Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission on July 1. Tenure of the present Chairman Lt General Surrender Nath is due to expires on June 30.

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News and Views

We are pleased to inform our viewers about our new column News And Views. The idea, in fact, is to provide a forum where the IAS, the IPS and others who matter in the country would be able to exchange their views on various subjects including how best to serve the people amidst political and administrative odds if any.

To start with we would like to have your views on the question below ?

That the IAS and the IPS do not see eye to eye is an open fact. Both think themselves to be superior to other. It is in this context that we would like to have your opinion on --

Who takes more pains to serve the country - An IAS or an IPS ?

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IPS changes in UP

V N Rai will be IG Railway Police Allahbad. Rijwan Ahmad will now be IG PAC Allahbad. Ramesh Sehgal has been made IG Vigilance Lucknow.Dr Chandrika Rai has been transferred as SP Sonbhadra.

IPS Transfers in Himachal Pradesh

O C Thakur on his return from deputation has been appointed DIG Mandi range. S P Kaushal has been made DIG CID Simla.

Air Marshal Gandhi is new Chief of WAC

Air Marshal A R Gandhi has been appointed new Chief of Western Air Command.He has been appointed in place of V K Bhatia.

Vinay Bansal gets additional charge

Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Commerce Vinay Bansal has been asked to hold additional charge of the post of Director General Indian Institute of Foreign Trade till further orders. He is 1969 batch IAS officer of Maharastra cadre.

IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh

There has been major bureaucratic reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. Ms Neeraj Gupta, Kunwar Fateh Bahadur,C V Paliwal and Netram will be Secretaries to the Chief Minister.Half a dozen new district collectors have been posted.They are : Piyush Goyal Oriya,Bhagwan Shankar Sonbhadra,Jitendra Kumar Fatehpur,Anil Sant Varanasi ,Sanjiv Kumar Mittal Gaziabad and Himanshu Kumar Barabanki. B S Chaube is new Secretary Revenue.Sudhir M Bovde will be Additional MD UP Power Corporation.B P Nilratna will be Commissioner Rural Development.Prabhat Kumar Jha will be Secretary Banking. Gajendra Pal has been made Joint MD Sugar Corporation.Debashish Panda is Special Secretary Planning. Anita Singh has been appointed Special Secretary PWD.Anita Singh has been posted as Divisional Commissioner Basti.J N Chamber will be new Secreatry Home. Kapil Dev will be Secretary Elementary Education.G B Patnaik is new Secretary Industrial Development. Anurag Shrivastata has been made Special Secretary Panchayati Raj. Prem Narain will be Project Director Aids Eradication Programme.