Nair to retire

K Rajendran Nair, Commissioner - Handlooms, in the Government of India, is superannuating this month end. He is 1967 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

GoI in a fix over Secretary-Disinvestment

GoI is in a fix over the next Secretary-Disinvestment. The present incumbent to the post, Pradeep Baijal of MP cadre, is retiring this month end but the government has not been able to locate a suitable officer for the post.

Gurjot Kaur to join Planning Commission

Ms Gurjot Kaur is joining the Planning Commission. She is 1981 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Chhattisgarh - the only one.

Chhattisgarh is the only state where 1968 batch Civil Servants are currently holding top positions in all the three branches viz. the IAS, the IPS and the IFS. These are SK Mishra - Chief secretary, Ashok Darbari - DGP and RC Sharma - PCCF.

Rao is awaiting selection

K.Ramakrishna Rao, AP cadre 1991, batch IAS officer is all set to join Wharton/ Kellogg/ Harvard for MBA (awaiting final selection).

Kapoor to return J&K

Sham Singh Kapoor, Joint Secretary, in the Ministry of Commerce, is being repatriated to the parent J & K cadre this month. Services of the 1974 batch IAS officer, Kapoor, have been asked by the new Government.

Gupta is PS to C P Singh

Suresh Chandra Gupta has taken over as PS to Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, C P Singh. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Home Ministry clears Dhillon appointment

Union Home Ministry has cleared the appointment of Amitabh Dhillon for the post of SP Traffic Chandigarh .He is 1997 batch IPS officer of Harayana cadre.

Two new Banking Ombudsman

N Gopalan has been appointed Banking Ombudsman for Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh while S L Parmar is new Banking Ombudsman for Rajasthan.

IAS Association organising Film festival

MP IAS Association is now organising a film festival at Bhopal from February 7 to February 11. The main persons behind this programme, obviously, are the Association President Rakesh Sahni and its Secretary Raghav Chandra.

IAS changes in UP

Jitendra Kumar who is on deputation from Uttaranchal has been appointed new DM of Gautam Buddh Nagar(NOIDA).Ram Mohan Rao DM of Gautam Buddha Nagar has been made Special Secretary Revenue.

Two new members of Postal Services Board

Indian Postal Service officers, Mrs Padma Balasubramanian (1967) and R.N.Nataraja Murthi (1968) have been appointed as Members of the Postal Services Board efffective from 1st February 2003.

IPS changes in Haryana

Sanjay Bhatia will be Commandant Fifth Battalion. S K Jain has been made SP SCRB. Anil Yadav has been shifted to the Women Cell.Mrs Charu Bali has been appointed SP Crime and CID.

CBEC Chairman gets another extension

Central Board of Excise and Customs Chairman M K Zutshi has been granted another three months extension in service. His extended tenure was coming to an end on February 28.

MP cadre IPS gets posting in Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer Babu Rao who has gone on deputation to the Chhattisgarh Government has been posted as SP Sarguja.