Will Bedi be next RAW Chief ?

In case Vikram Sood is denied one year extension senior most RAW official I S Bedi is sure to become the RAW Chief. He is 1966 batch ex-army officer. In the meanwhile a proposal has been mooted to shift the present IB Chief K P Singh to the RAW and make A K Doval as DIB. This proposal is however, unlikely to be accepted. Present RAW Chief Vikram Sood is scheduled to superannuate next month.

Bureaucratic reshuffle on cards

Secretary and Additional Secretary level changes are expected to take place in the Government of India soon.Names of Mssrs Pawan Chopra, Charan Das Araha, S C Tripathi and Rajiv Ratan Shah are expected to figure in the list.

Sanghi to go Tokyo

Chetan Bhushan Sanghi, AGMUT cadre IAS officer of 1988 batch is joining MBA at University of Tokyo with ADB Scholarship.

Bhamathi to join IAS Academy

B Bhamathi is likely to join the IAS Academy Mussorrie as Joint Director. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Dr Garg transferred to Delhi

DIG CBI in Chandigarh Dr R K Garg has been transferred to Delhi in the important STF. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Prithvi Pal Singh to continue in BSNL !

Prithvi Pal Singh in all probability will continue to be CMD of the BSNL . Grapevine has it that he will turn down the proposal of Member Services in the Telecom Board . The post of Member Services is going to fall vacant this month end following the superannuation of D P S Seth.Prithvi Pal Singh is scheduled to retire in December.

Will Ahmad be ambassador ?

Grapevine has it that Kamaluddin Ahmad ,Member Planning Commission is being appointed ambassador in Saudi Arabia.

Anand Kumar shifted to Delhi

Joint Director IB Anand Kumar posted in Kolkata has been transferred to Delhi. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Two banking Ombudsman

The RBI has appointed M V S Chalapathi Rao and H W T Syiem as banking Ombudsman for Orissa and North- East states respectively.

Patel is new VC Gujarat University

A U Patel has been appointed Vice Chancellor of the Gujarat University.

Aruna Makhan is new CGA

Aruna Makhan has taken over as Controller General of Accounts. Till recently she was Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Tripura IGP transferred

As per directive of the Election Commission IG Armed Forces Tripura T K Sanyal has been transferred. He is 1983 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Rastogi is again UP IAS Association President

President of the UP IAS Association A K Rastogi has reappointed himself as the President despite loud protests from the officers. He made it clear that he is re-elected to the post since he is the seniormost member of the UP cadre.

IAS changes in Maharastra

1971 batch IAS officer J Shankaran will be new MD Finance Corporation. 1973 batch IAS officer Chandra Aiangar has been appointed PS Tourism. Sharbari Gokhle ,1974 batch IAS officer has been made MD of the Maharastra Petro-Chemicals.