Kaun banega CBI Chief ? (1)Ajay Raj Sharma

With the term of the current CBI Director P C Sharma coming to an end on December 6, the race for being his successor has started. The top contender for the post is BSF DG Ajay Raj Sharma. Home Minister L K Advani and Cabinet Secretary Kamal Pande are going to support this 1966 batch UP cadre IPS officer. His only minus point is that he doesn't has any experience of working in vigilance.

Top Ten IAS officers of Naveen Patnaik

1. Mr. Benudhar Mishra . Private Secretary to the CM
2. Mr. Santosh Kumar Satapathy Special Secretary to CM
3. Mr. Pratip Kumar Mohanty Chief Secretary
4. Mr. Srinivas Rath Development Commissioner, Secy, Planning & co ordination.
5. Mr. T K Mishra, Secretary, Home
6. Mr. Jugal Kishore Mohapatra , Secretary Public Enterprises, Secretary to CM
7. Mr.Bijay Kumar Patnaik, Secretary, Agriculture
8. Mr. Sanjiv Hota, Commissioner Agriculture production
9. Mr. R Balakrishnan, Special Relief Commissioner
10. Mr. H. K Panda, Chairman cum Managing Director Omfed

Naidu to be PS to Rao

B R Naidu is joining the Government of India as PS to Union Minister of State for Commerce, Vidya Sagar Rao. Naidu is 1986 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Suresh Kumar is new RC J & K in Delhi

Suresh Kumar has been appointed new Resident Commissioner Jammu & Kashmir Government in Delhi. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.

Jawed Akhtar to join SSB

M Jawed Akhtar is going on deputation to the Government of India in the SSB. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Akhand Pratap Singh gets extension

Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Akhand Pratap Singh has been granted extension in service for three months.1967 batch IAS officer Singh was scheduled to retire on October 31.

Mehta is back to J&K

Arun Kumar Mehta who was on deputation to the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment is back to the parent J& K cadre. On his return 1987 batch IAS officer Mehta has been made MD of the SRTC.

Divakar Prasad to take over today

Divakar Prasad is taking over as DG, Special Service Board (SSB), on Monday. He is 1968 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

K M Singh to take charge on Monday

Intelligence Bureau Special Director, K M Singh, is taking over as DG of the CISF today. He is 1968 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre (We said about about this appointment on September 1)

An IAS officer and his book

Are You Emotionally Intelligent? Dr Dalip Singh, 1982 batch IAS officer of Haryana Cadre tells executives and bureaucrats the ways to achieve high EQ. His book on the subject has been the best seller in recent times. The book is published by SAGE Publication. PHDCCI has also organised workshops on the subject at Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Bhopal. Dr Singh had also developed an EQ TEST which is available online free of cost at www.eqindia.com

Bihar CEO to go !

Election Commission is believed to have directed the Bihar Government to change Chief Electoral Officer Mohammad Shaqeel Ahmad. He is 1973 batch IAS officer.

Negi to be Member SAT ?

Shyam Singh Negi is likely to be appointed Member of the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT). He is 1972 batch IAS officer.

IAS reshuffle in UP

There is major IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh.Neera Yadav Prin. Secy. Labour gets all portfolios related to Education in the State. She is now Prin.Secy. Basic, Intermediate, Higher and Technical Education.Principal Secy. Tech. Education Prabhat Kumar Chaturvedi is now Prin. Secy. Minor Irrigation and Rural Engineering . Prin. Secy. Brijendra is posted as Social Welfare Commissioner and Prin.Secy Social Welfare Arun Singhal Director SWAJAL is made Prin. Staff Officer to Chief Secretary and Secy. Confidential Department. Member (Judicial) in Board of Revenue CK Sharma is now Chief Investment Commissioner at Delh Almost all IAS officers who were kept in waiting list are now rehabilitated. Om Prakash is now Prin.Secy. Sericulture, while officers kept in waiting earlier BP Neelratna, PK Jha, NS Ravi and VK Gupta are made Member(Judicial) in Board of Revenue.Former VC LDA under waiting Mahesh Gupta is now Secy Khadi and Village Industries. Waiting Ms. Shalini Prasad is now Secy. Higher Education. The Computer & IT wizard IAS Arun Arya gets Secy. Technical Education.Other waiting officers, Secy Industrial Development Rajiv Kumar-1 is now Director SUDA, Ram Bachan Verma is Director State Planning Institute, Sudhir Garg is Director PARD in State Planning Institute, Umadhar Dewedi.is now Addnl Commissioner Consolidation and Bhagwat Prasad Mishra is posted as Secy. Ambedkar Gram Vikas.

Verma is sacked

UP Government has sacked the Varanasi Electricity Distribution Company (DISCOM) MD BM Verma. He is replaced by MD Lucknow DISCOM Udai Narain. DG Tourism of U.P. Mukul Singhal is appointed as MD DISCOM Lucknow.

IPS changes in up

ADG Fire Services Govind Vyas swaps postings with ADG Human Rights SS Banerjee, IG Inter State Border Police Varanasi NR Srivastava goes to PAC HQ Lucknow in place of Brijendra Singh as IG.