Bureaucratice changes this week end !

Bureaucratic changes are expected to take place in the Government of India this week end.

Palat Mohan Das to join Centre !

Palat Mohan Das is likely to join the Government of India in the rank and pay-scale of Secretary soon. He is 1968 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

V Radha to go abroad

V Radha, Maharashtra cadre 1994 batch IAS officer, is proceeding abroad on Rockefeller Scholarship for studies and research through LEAD Foundation.

Khan to be Adviser !

DGM in the MTNL, K H Khan, is being tipped to be an Adviser in the Telecom Board.

Surinder Kumar to return to South Block

India's Consul in Chikago, Surinder Kumar, is likely to be brought back to the South Block. Arun Mukar may succeed him.

Who will make it Umesh Kumar or Srinivas ?

Two 1983 IAS batchmates are aspiring for the post of Joint Secretary, Industrial Policy and Promotion, in the Government of India. Both, Umesh Kumar of Rajasthan cadre and Injeti Srinivas of Orissa cadre are currently Directors in the same Ministry. Since both the officers are now empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary, it is to be seen who emerges victorious.

Alok Prabhakar to go to Sri Lanka

Alok Prabhakar will succed K B Gokulchandran in Sri Lanka. Prabhakar who is posted in IB is 1986 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Sinha to be ADG-BSF !

Grapevine has it that Jyoti Kumar Sinha is being appointed ADG in BSF. He is 1969 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre. He is, however, not welcomed in the organisation.

IAS changes in Jharkhand

P P Sharma will be the new Health Secretary. Mukhtiar Singh has been given the additional charge of Social Welfare and the Resident Commissioner of Jharkhand in Delhi will officiate as Additional Relief Commissioner.

Senior SBI official arrested

Ajay Kumar a senior State Bank of India official has been arrested in Kolkata for his alleged involvement in 4.5 crore fraud.

Siddhu gets new posting

Gurdev Singh Siddhu has been appointed new Additional Secretary Child and Women Welfare in Punjab.He is 1990 batch IAS officer.

1977 batch IAS gets PS rank in Gujarat

Five 1977 batch IAS officers Mssrs Radha Kant Tripathi, Pabitra Narayan Roy Chaudhry,Vilasini Ramachandran,Varesh Sinha and Rajni Kant Patel have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Gujarat.

Three IPS promoted in Andhra Pradesh

Three 1984 batch IPS officers Mssrs Sambasiva Rao, Sudeep Laktakia and P Chandra Shekhar Reddy have been promoted to the rank of IG IN Andhra Pradesh. While Rao has been posted in CID,Laktokia has been shifted to the VIP Security. Reddy will be new IG Guntur.