Bhure Lal is new Secretary Coordination

Chairman of the Food Corporation of India Bhure Lal has been appointed Secretary Coordination in Government of India. 1966 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Bhure Lal would succeed Dipankar Basu who superannuated on Monday.

Arun Bhatnagar is new Secretary Food

Secretary Rural Development Arun Bhatnagar will be new Secretary Food and Civil Supplies in the Government of India. 1966 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Bhatnagar would succeed R D Kapoor who retired on Monday last.

Dawra appointed Secretary Urban Development

Secretary Non-Conventional Energy Shyam Sunder Dawra has been appointed Secretary Urban Development in Government of India. He is 1967 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

M Shankar is Secretary Rural Development

Secretary Urban Development M Shankar will be new Secretary Rural Development in Government of India. 1967 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer Shankar would replace Arun Bhatnagar .

Dhanendra Kumar is new Secretary Culture

Chairman of the Rural Electrification Corporation Dhanendra Kumar is new Secretary Culture in Government of India. He is 1968 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre. Dhanendra Kumar would replace N Gopalswami who has been appointed Secretary Home.

Ajit Nimbalkar takes over as CS of Maharastra

Ajit Nimbalkar has taken over as 27th Chief Secretary of Maharastra. 1967 batch IAS officer Nimbalkar was Secretary Defence Production in Government of India prior to this assignment.

Designation changed

Designation of Director Agriculture has been changed to Commissioner in Rajasthan.

Dr Bhattacharya fails in SAIL

Finally V S Jain has taken over as the new CMD of the SAIL. In fact, name of Dr S K Bhattacharya had also been in the final select list, He, however, lost to Jain.

Narayan Swamy is President HCCI

G Narayan Swamy has been elected President of the Hindustan Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the year 2002-2003.

Kerala IAS officer is Chairman of Chhattisgarh Tourism

Dr A Jayathilak has been appointed Managing Director of the Chhattisgarh Tourism Board and Director Tourism. Incidently Jayathilak is 1991 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre who is on a three year deputation to the Chhattisgarh Government.

IAS changes in TamilNadu

C V Shankar and V K Subburaj will be Secretaries of Education and Higher Education respectively.Rameshwaram Mishra has been appointed Registrar Cooperative Societies. Leena Nair will be new CMD of TamilNadu Corporation for Development of Women.N Narayan has been given additional charge of Development Commissioner.