22 ,1970 batch IAS officers empanelled !

Altogether 22 1970 batch IAS officers are believed to have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in Government of India.If insiders are to be believed Mssrs Satish Chandra, Meenakshi Dutta Ghosh, Labanyendu Man Singh,S K Das, Vijay Singh, S Laxminarayanan, L K Joshi,Vinod Kumar, P K Verma, A K Dubey, Priydarshi Thakur, R Poornalingam, Natrajan Narayanan, D P Singh, A K Jain, P Jyoti Rao,P Vanamali, Anupam Dasgupta,,Vinod Kumar Malhotra,Pawan Raina,Anil Vaish, N S Hariharan and P S Rana.

Navin Kumar to be DG Doordarshan

Navin Kumar is being appointed new Director General of Doordarshan.He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

1978 batch IPS to get ADG rank in Chhattisgarh

Two 1978 batch IPS officers Anil Nawani and S K Paswan are being promoted to the rank of ADG in Chhattisgarh next month.

IRS officer is Director Petroleum

Pramod Nangia has taken over as Director Petroleum in Government of India. He is 1985 batch IRS officer.

Ray 's to return Delhi

Two UT cadre IAS officers Arvind Ray and Reena Ray are expected to return to the Delhi Government next month.1984 batch officers Arvind and Reena are currently posted in Goa.

Will Air India do it ?

Almost 300 contract crew who were to be recruited at Rs.100 per hour were shelved and now the Ministry is forcing Air India to absorb grounded Air Hostesses at Rs.1300 per hour.

DDA to have new Vice Chairman ?

Grapevine has it that Vice Chairman of the DDA Anil Baijal is being appointed Secretary in Government of India soon. He is 1969 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Lalit Sharma and Chandigarh administration

If there's any one person in the Chandigarh Administration who would possibly know the real meaning and significance of terms such as "BRIAR, MEERSCHAUM, CALABASH, CHURCH WARDENS and LONDON STRAWS" then it's got to be the Advisor to the Administrator, Chandigarh Administration, Lalit Sharma. The reason being that all the above mentioned terms happen to be variants of world class smoking pipes!! Something that the suave UT cadre bureaucrat has been fond of since college days!!!In an informal interaction with whispersinthecorridors, he stamped his mark of magnificence more than often.He even handled the hard hitting media of 8 national dailies very deftly in an informal chit chat and registered an exultant victory over them with his "Cheshire Cat Grin".Well one thing is for sure, after a long time Chandigarh Administration has an Advisor who is "Navy Cut", whose pleasing conducts appears to be "Burley", language absolutely "Cavendish" and thought process "Bright from the Carolinas". Any similarity with the names of the world's best pipe tobacco is purely coincidental!!(Pun Intended).

IAS changes in Madhya Pradesh

Vinod Semwal and P D Meena will be new Divisional Commissioners of Bhopal and Gwalior respectively. Sanjeev Kumar Jha and Umakant Umraon will be Collectors of Panna and Satna districts respectively. J D Ekka has been shifted to the Board of Revenue.Ramanand Shukla has been moved to the NVDA.

Lok Sabha elections in April ?

Political wind shows that Lok Sabha elections are going to be held in April.One can only wait and watch.

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Will Damodaran be CMD of IDBI ?

Grapevine has it that Chairman of the UTI K Damodaran is going to be made full time CMD of the IDBI. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of Manipur Tripura cadre.One can only wait and watch.

A G Joshi to retire

Chaiman of the Dena Bank A G Joshi is retiring this month end. He can expect to get post retirement job.