V N Kaul to chair International meet

Comptroller and Auditor General, V N Kaul, will chair the International meet of the Supreme Audit Institutions. The three-day meeting of the audit departments of 180 countries will be attempting to develop a best audit practices model for the IT sector.

Adarsha Kishore to continue in GoI

Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Adarsha Kishore, is understood to have turned down the offer for the post of Chief Secretary in Rajasthan. 1969 batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre Adarsha Kishore is going to continue in the Government of India. He is being empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the GoI next month.

Cabinet Secretary's honest approach

Bureaucrats in Petroleum Ministry are at a loss to make out that Why did an IAS officer from Rajasthan fail to make it to the Petroleum Ministry despite being close to a Business House that matters. In fact, sources close to the Cabinet Secretary say, it was the closeness of the bureaucrat with the Business House that proved to be his bane. As soon as the Cabinet Secretary came to know of the relations between the two, he rejected the Joint Secretary's posting in the said ministry.

Mallik and Bhatia to go Bosnia

Two Jharkhand cadre IPS officers, Raj Kumar Mallik of 1992 batch and Manvinder Singh of 1993 batch, are going to Bosnia to serve in the UN Peace Keeping Force .

1985 batch IPS to get promotion in MP

1985 batch IPS officers in Madhya Pradesh are likely to be promoted to the rank of IG next week. This is going to be a boon for, at least, seven IPS officers.

1987 batch IPS to be DIG's in Haryana

Four 1987 batch IPS officers in Haryana Mssrs V Kamraj, K K Mishra, Mohinder Singh Ahlawat and Sudhir Mohan are being promoted to the rank of DIG next month.

1984 batch IPS promoted in West Bengal

Two 1984 batch IPS officers Nand Kumar Biswas and Debender Shukul have been promoted to the rank of DIG. Biswas will be DIG Armed Police. Debinder Shukul has been made DIG - Civil Defence. 1981 batch IPS officer Nazrul Islam has been posted as DIG - Organisations.

Yadav is back as CVO Air India

S P S Yadav has rejoined the Air India as CVO following the orders of the Mumbai bench of CAT.1977 batch IPS officer of the Maharastra cadre had been repatriated by the Civil Aviation Ministry in June last to the parent Maharastra cadre.

Mittal to be Vigilance Commissioner Uttaranchal

Rakesh Mittal is likely to be appointed first Vigilance Commissioner in Uttaranchal. He is 1975 batch IAS officer.

Why Manipur Governor is interested in IAS officers ?

Why is Manipur Governor, Ved Marvah, so keen to "help" well connected IAS officetrs of Manipur stay away from Manipur despite having completed extended central deputation tenures?
During president's rule he had pressurised Chief Secretary, Rakesh, to allow Nikhilesh Jha (MT:84), then PS to Arun Shourie, to proceed on an assignment to JAMR, New Delhi despite the officer having been on deputation since 1996. Most recently, he has been reportedly pressurising the Chief Minister, Manipur to agree to let Barun Mitra (MT:87) proceed on inter state deputation to Mizoram( Resident Commissioner at New Delhi) in continuation of his extended central deputation with the Rashtrapati Bhawan as Deputy Secretary.

IAS changes in UP

Dev Dutt will be new Secretary PWD. R C Shrivastava has been appointed Secretary Programme Implementation. J P Sharma has been given additional charge of Health.

IPS officer seeks retirement in AP

1966 batch IPS officer C Anjaneya Reddy has sought voluntary retirement in Andhra Pradesh. He is currently CMD of the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation.