Tripura CS to join GoI

Tripura Chief Secretary Vasudevan Thulasidas is joining the Government of India as Additional Secretary Defence. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Laxmi Singh is Chief Secretary Jharkhand

Laxmi Singh has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Jharkhand. She is 1970 batch IAS officer. Her batchmate A K Mishra who was Chief Secretary has been shifted to the Board of Revenue.
( We had predicted on October 29 that A K Mishra is on his way out )

Laxmi Narayanan gets another assignment

Additional Secretary IT in Government of India S Laxmi Narayanan has been given additional charge of the Controller of Certifying Authority. He is 1970 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. This post was held by K N Gupta who retired on October 31.

Shangari is new DGP Maharastra

S M Shanghari has taken over as new DGP of Maharastra. He is 1968 batch IPS officer.

( We said about his appointment on October 8 )

IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh

There is major IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. New changes are as under :- Mssrs R N Trivedi DG Deendayal Rural development Institute,N N Upadhyay Principal Secretary Tourism,Vinod Malhotra Principal Secretary Revenue,Atul Gupta Principal Secretary Irrigation,Satish Agrawal Principal Secretary Agriculture, Venkatachalam Principal Secretary Backward Class Welfare, Chandra Pal Chairman Vigilance Commission, Manoj Kumar Secretary Board of Secondary Education, Arun Arya Divisional Commissioner Basti,Dev Sharan Singh Divisional Commissioner Varanasi,Sobran Singh Yadav Divisional Commissioner Chitrakoot,Sadakant Secretary Banking, Mohammad Iftkharuddin has been put on compulsory wait,Jagat Pal Divisional Commissioner Ajamgarh,Deo Dutt Divisional Commissioner Allahbad,Mahesh Gupta Divisional Commissioner Mirjapur,Hariraj Kishore Secretary Basic Education, Sanjeev Nair director indup, Pravir Kumar MD PICUP,Chandra Bhanu Gupta Special Secretary Sugar Development, Himanshu Kumar DM Varanasi, A K Singh Special Secretary APC,Sunderam DM Balia, Ashish Goyal DM Hathras,Amrit Abhishek Special Secretary Home,Ram Janam Singh DM Mirjapur,Alok Kumar DM Sant Kabir Nagar, Yogesh Kumar Secretary Jail,C B Paliwal Secretary Health and Medical Education,Narendra Bhushan Director Medical Education, Arvind Kumar Additional Secretary Commercial Taxes, Dimple Verma DM Gorakhpur and Saurabh Babu CEO Balia.

IAS changes in Jharkhand

1974 batch IAS officer Rahul Sareen will be new Secretary Finance.1978 batch IAS officer Devashish Gupta who was Secretary Finance has been shifted to the Road Construction Department.Ashok Kumar Singh has been made Secretary Relief and Rehabilitation.Mary Bina Kacchap will now be Secretary Labour.Arvind Kumar Singh has been appointed Divisional Commissioner Daltonganj.

Somi Tandon is FA Defence

Somi Tandon has taken over as Financial Advisor Defence Services. She has succeeded Vishwajeet Banerjee who superannuated last month.

Retired IPS officer joins BJP in MP

B C Joshi has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is retired Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1977 batch.Two serving IPS officers of Madhya Pradesh cadre Rustam Singh and Panna Lal had already joined the BJP.

1972 batch IAS gets CS rank in Assam

S.Kabilan,IAS (RR - 1972 ) Additional Chief Secretary ,Govt of Assam has been promoted to the rank and pay of Chief Secretary ( Rs.26,000 fixed).S.Kabilan will continue to function as Additional Chief Secretary in the Departments of PWD, Irrigation, Water Resources, Public Health Engg.,Power,Urban Development and Forest.

IPS changes in UP

Satyavrat has been appointed IG PAC Central Zone. Naveen Arora ,A K Roy,Chandradev and Arun Kumar will now be SPs of Balia,Hamirpur,Fatehpur and Ambedkar Nagar respectively. R N Kureel has been made SP CB-CID Lucknow.N K Shrivastava has been moved to PAC Lucknow as SP. Ram Singh will be SP Prosecution.Ram Kumar has been shifted to CB-CID as SP.

IPS officer to resign in AP today ?

Grapevine has it that an IPS officer of the IG rank is resigning on Monday to join the Telangana Rashtra Samiti.

Arun Bhatnagar is new Secretary Personnel

Secretary Food and Civil Supplies Arun Bhatnagar has been appointed new Secretary Personnel in Government of India. He is 1966 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Bhatnagar would succeed S S Dawra who superannuated on October 31.
(We said this on October 27 )

Tuteja is Secretary Food and Civil Supplies

S K Tuteja has been appointed Secretary Food and Civil Supplies in Government of India. He is 1968 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
(We said this on October 28 )

Minhas is Secretary Small Scale Industries

B S Minhas has been appointed Secretary Small Scale Industries in place of S K Tuteja. He is 1969 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Shekhar Dutt is Secretary Indian System of Medicines

DG Sports Authority of India Shekhar Dutt has been appointed Secretary Indian System of Medicines. He is 1969 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on October 29 )

Binoo Sen is Secretary Water Resources

Binoo Sen has been appointed Secretary Water Resources in Government of India. She is 1967 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on October 25 )

Radha Singh is Secretary Dairy and Animal Husbandry

Ms. Radha Singh,1969 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre has assumed charge of Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying on Friday.

J P Singh is DG SAI

J P Singh is the new DG sports Authority of India. 1972 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre Singh would succeed Shekhar Dutt.

Ashok Vijayvargiya is Secretary North-Eastern Council

Ashok Vijayvargiya has been appointed Secretary North-Eastern Council with headquarters at Shillong. He is 1968 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Taori appointed in Planning Commission

Kamal Taori ,presently advisor,Inter-State Council Secretariat has been appointed Advisor to Planning Commission. He is 1968 batch IAS officer of Uttaranchal cadre.

A K Singh is Additional Secretary Coal

A K Singh has been appointed Additional Secretary Coal in Government of India. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on October 31 )

Sushma Chaudhry is Advisor Planning Commission

Sushma Chaudhry has been promoted to the rank of Secretary and posted as Advisor to Planning Commission. She is 1969 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Abhijit Sengupta is Additional Secretary Commerce

Abhijit Sengupta has been appointed Additional Secretary Commerce. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
( We said this on October 30 )

Samant is Additional Secretary Water Resources

D C Samant has been appointed Additional Secretary Water Resources. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
( We said this on October 29 )

WHISPERS ---- CORPORATE WORLD :--
Rao to be CMD of Indian Bank !

R A O Rao is being tipped to be next CMD of the Indian Bank. He is currently ED in the same bank.

They lost to Verghese

Atleast six candidates were in the fray for the post of Member IRDA. They all including K K Sreenivasan, M Raghvendra,Y P Chopra ,M D Gardhe and C H Sharbaayya ,however, lost to Mathew Verghese.The post has been vacant since R C Sharma retired in June.

HCL HQ to be shifted from Kolkata to Delhi

HCL headquarters is being shifted from Kolkata to Delhi soon.