Will Arha be Secretary Disinvestment ?

Name of Special Secretary-Coal, Charan Das Arha, is doing the round for the post of Secretary-Disinvestment in the Government of India. He is 1968 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Tayal goes to Wharton

Deepak Tayal, 1998 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre, has been admitted to Wharton for MBA.

Goyal to return to J&K

Rajkumar Goyal, 1990 batch IAS officer, who is on deputation to the Government of India is returning to the parent J&K cadre this month. The State Government had asked for it, it is learnt .

Snehlata Shrivastava to be JS-CBDT

Madhya Pradesh cadre 1982 batch IAS officer, Snehlata Shrivastava, is being promoted to the rank of Joint Secretary this month. Snehlata Shrivastava who is currently Director in the Department of Economic Affairs is being tipped to be Joint Secretary-CBDT in the Ministry of Finance.

Will Girish Pradhan go to Mussorrie ?

Secretary to the Lok Sabha Speaker ,Girish Pradhan, has been offered a senior position in the Lal Bahadur Shastri IAS Academy ,Mussorrie. Will the 1977 batch Maharastra cadre IAS officer Pradhan join the Academy ?.

Liladhar Mandloi gets Pushkin award

Deputy Director General Doordarshan, popular hindi poet, Liladhar Mandloi, will be honoured with Russia's Pushkin award 2002. This award is given to a Hindi litterateur by the Russia based `Bharat Mitra' organisation every year.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in Maharashtra

Sanjay Kumar will be new Municipal Commissioner Pune. Anand Kulkarni has been appointed MD CIDCO.A K Lakhina has been made Secretary Dairy Development and Fisheries.T C Benjamin has been appointed Settlement Commissioner. M Ramesh Kumar will be Secretary Agriculture and Animal Development.

No ADGP for four years

Rajasthan is probably the only state where no ADGP has been appointed in the past four years. The last incumbent to the post was 1969 batch IPS. Only the corridors of power in the state would be knowing the reason behind.

Dua gets 1.5 crore package

The senior journalist Vinod Dua who has recently joined Sahara group is said to have been offerred a package of Rs. 1.5 crore. He will be heading both - Sahara's National and Regional channels.