RAW Chief to get extension !

Grapevine has it that Chief of the RAW, Vikram Sood, is getting one year extension in service. Sood is scheduled to superannuate this month end.

M P Singh to be Vice Chairman CAT

M P Singh is being appointed Vice Chairman of the CAT. Singh who belongs to the Central Secretariat Service is currently Member of the CAT.

Will IAS officer enter politics ?

Grapevine has it that Jharkhand cadre 1974 batch IAS officer, B K Chauhan, will contest Vidhan Sabha election on the BJP ticket from Himachal Pradesh. Chauhan has already sought voluntary retirement.

1976 batch IAS to be promoted in MP

Four 1976 batch IAS officers Mssrs M M Dahima, Anand Asthana, I V Chahal and Hoshiyar Singh are expected to the promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Madhya Pradesh this month.

People have expectations from Ravi Kant Chopra

1978 batch officer of the Indian Defence Estate Service, Ravi Kant Chopra, is now Staff Officer of the Cabinet Secretary, Kamal Pande . People have a lot of expectations from him. It is ironic that even with Chopra in the Cabinet Secretariat, IDES is getting a raw deal. Officers of 1975 batch are yet to get Senior Administrative Grade there. Only now, four officers have been approved for SAG but their posting have not been announced. Fateullhah (1975), Venkat Ramani (1976), Vinay Srivastav (1976) and Rajagopal (1976) are likely to be promoted soon.

Khandelwal to be new CMD Allahbad Bank

R Khandelwal is being tipped to be the next Chairman of Allahabad Bank. Khandelwal who is currently Bank of Baroda ED would succeed B Samal who is retiring in March.

R S Sharma is PS to Jharkhand Governor

R S Sharma is the new Principal Secretary to the Jharkhand Governor. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.

1990 batch IPS officers get selection-grade

Four 1990 batch IPS officers in Chhattisgarh Mssrs Rajesh Mishra, Ramesh Chandra Sharma, R C Patel and B S Maravi have been given selection-grade.

Tripathy is Dy Chairman Paradip port

Subrat Tripathy, an official of the Indian Railway Traffic Service has joined as the Deputy Chairman of Paradip Port Trust.

Dutt promoted in Assam

Deepak Narain Dutt has been promoted to the rank of Director General in Assam.He is 1971 batch IPS officer.

Dhalia is new PS to Haryana Chief Minister

Birbal Das Dhalia has been appointed new Principal Secretary to the Haryana Chief Minister. He is 1969 batch IAS officer.Outgoing PS to the Chief Minister ,M K Miglani has been reemployed as Chief Adviser.

Sailo is new DGP of Meghalaya

L Sailo is the new Director General of Police Meghalaya.He is 1972 batch IPS officer.

IAS changes in Haryana

Devinder Singh will be Director Mines and Geology.Amit Jha has been made Special Secretary Panchayat. S N Roy has been appointed MD Haryana Finance Corporation.

BHEL Chairman gets award

CMD of the BHEL K G Ramachandran has been awarded as best Chief Executive of the Public Sector Undertakings by the SCOPE.

Jha and Thapar new CMDs

S K Thapar and Muktinath Jha have been appointed CMDs of the SECL and CCL respectively.