Mittal is JS Environment

Sudhir Mittal has taken over as Joint Secretary Forests and Environment in Government of India. He is 1978 batch IPS officer of the Punjab cadre.

( We said this on September 10 )

Pradhan to join Power Ministry next month

Gireesh Pradhan is set to join the Ministry of Power in Government of India as Joint Secretary Power.1977 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre Pradhan, is currently PS to Loksabha Speaker Manohar Joshi.

Majotra is Vice Chairman CAT

V K Majotra is the new Vice Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) New Delhi. He is a retired 1966 batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Will Tuteja be Secretary Food ?

If rumour mill is to be believed then Secretary Small Scale Industries S K Tuteja is being appointed Secretary Food and Civil Supplies in Government of India. He is 1968 batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre.

CBI Chief selection panel meeting deferred

Meeting of the selection panel to suggest names for the post of CBI Chief did not take place on October 22 owing to illness of CVC P Shankar. Now meeing is expected to take place some time next month.

Amitabh Jain to be relieved after elections

Chhattisgarh Government will relieve Amitabh Jain to join the Centre only after the vidhan Sabha elections.1989 batch IAS officer Jain is slated to join as PS to Union Minister of State for Petroleums Ms Sumitra Mahajan.

Prime Minister and UP Chief Secretary

If insiders are to be believed UP Chief Secretary A P Singh was granted three months extension only after a nod by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. In fact,Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani was not in favour of giving an extension to Singh who was due to superannuate on October 31.

IPS changes in UP

Dawa Sherpa Prakash and Sanjeev Gupta will be new SPs of Sonbhadra,Pilibhit and Chandauli respectively,K Satyanarayan has been shifted to PAC Mirzapur. Radhe Shyam Sharma will now be DIG PTS 3.Nasir Kamal DIG has been moved to PAC Moradabad.

IPS changes in Karnataka

SP Hassan Nanjundaswamy has been transferred to Bangalore South as DCP. Bhaskar Rao DCP Bangalore South is yet to get a posting.

Dr.Ram Prasad VC of Barkatullah varsity, Bhopal

Dr.Ram Prasad who is presently Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) with MP Government will be new Vice Chancellor of the Barkatullah University, Bhopal.His appointment had been made as Dr.Agrawal former Director of IIITM Gwalior had refused to accept the post.

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Why Ramchandran did not get extension ?

Why did BHEL CMD K G Ramachandran fail to an get extension?According to insiders Minister Heavy Industries had agreed to support Ramchandran for an extension but the Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thakre categorically said "No".Reason-anybody's guess.

Will Khan be acting CMD of MTNL ?

Grapevine has it that Member Technology K M Khan is being appointed as acting CMD of the MTNL.Chairman of the MTNL Narendra Sharma is superannuating on October 31.

IIB to be shifted to Kolkata

There is a move to shift the Industrial Investment Bank from Assam to Kolkata.

Gupta is Chief of United Telecom

Videsh Sanchar Nigam's Managing Director S K Gupta has been appointed as Chairman of United Telecom of Nepal.

Taraporewalla is country manager of Yahoo

Neville Paraporewalla is the new country manager of Yahoo India.