Nishikant Sinha is new Member UPSC

Nishikant Sinha has been appointed new Member of the Union Public Service Commission.1966 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Sinha would replace T K Banerjee whose term expired last month.

K M Acharya to be JS HRD

K M Acharya is all set to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. He is1974 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer.

V N Mathur promoted in IB

V N Mathur has been promoted as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau. He is the first 1969 batch IPS officer who has been promoted to the rank of DG.

Will Mishra go to Washington ?

Grapevine has it that senior Indian Information Service officer Umakant Mishra is being sent to Washington as All India Radio Correspondent.

Shenoy and Khandelwal at loggerheads !

If insiders are to be believed Chairman of the Bank of Baroda P D Shenoy and ED A K Khandelwal are at loggerheads these days.

Why did Billowria proceed on leave ?

Why did Jammu & Kashmir Chief Secretary proceed on fifteen days leave ?Is he in Delhi to return to the Government of India?Answer may be"yes".Now one has to wait and watch developments during next two months.

IAS changes in Gujarat

Secretary Industries and Mines Amarjeet Singh has been appointed Commissioner Industries.A K Nigam will now be Secretary Ports and Fisheries. R P Gupta has been given additional charge of GSWCL.

Who will succeed Lalit Sharma in Arunachal Pradesh ?

The ouster of controversy shrouded Advisor to Administrator, Chandigarh,Virendra Singh is almost certain. Grapevine has it that the well networked 1969 batch officer might very soon have to leave Chandigarh lock, stock and barrel.However, the rumour mill has it that Virendra Singh is trying to put up a brave front by confirming to friends and associates that he wouldn't have to budge from Chandigarh. Meanwhile,it is learnt that Dy P.M has cleared the name of Lalit Sharma,Chief Secretary Arunachal Pradesh to take over as the Advisor. However,the delay in Lalit Sharma's arrival in Chandigarh is not because some vested individuals have been successful in scuttling his appointment in the Chandigarh Administration.The delay is simply because Sharma's replacement in Arunachal has not yet been found. While it is a known fact that UT Cadre officers generally are not too keen to be posted in Arunachal and Andaman and each one of them either wants Delhi, Pondicherry or Chandigarh, its time that UT cadre officers rise above cherished choices and do justice to the North Eastern state. Will there be a single UT cadre officer in Delhi or elsewhere in India who would have the courage and conviction to stand up and say that he's willing to do justice to the North Eastern state and willing to serve there?One hopes that ways both Arunachal and Chandigarh could see some light at the end of the day!

A P Singh is new Chief Secretary UP

Akhand Pratap Singh is the new Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh. He is 1967 batch IAS officer. Chief Secretary during the Mayawati regime D S Bagga has been made Chairman of the Vigilance tribunal.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh

There is major bureaucratic reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. Karnail Singh will be new Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister. Anand Mishra will be Secretary while Anita Singh and Chandrama Prasad Singh Special Secretaries respectively to the Chief Minister.V K Deewan has been made APC and ACS.V K Mittal has been appointed Chairman of the Jal Nigam.B B Singh,A K Verma and Mahavir Yadav will be new DMs ofEtawah,Shahjahanpur and Fatehpur respectively.Rajnish Dube has been shifted to Mandi Board as Director.A S A Rizvi will now be Registrar Cooperative Societies.

IAS changes in Bihar

Shakil Ahmad has been appointed Secretary Urban Development. Arun Bhushan Prasad will be Additional Secretary Middle and Higher Education. Ajay Kumar has been moved to Planning Board.

IAS reshuffle in Karnataka

There is major IAS reshuffle in Karnataka. New changes are : Mssrs A K Agrawal Commissioner Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority,Usha Ganesh Principal Secretary Culture and Kannads Department,Shantanu Konsul Principal Secretary Agriculture,G R Prem Kumar Principal Secretary Animal Husbandry and Fisheries,P Vijyan MD Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation, Meera C Saxena MD Mysore Sales International Ltd,D Thangaraj Principal Secretary Water Resources,C S Kedar Secretary Information,Tourism and Youth Welfare,M G Halappanavar MD Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd,Ashok V David MD Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Corporation,Subhash Chandra Special Commissioner Bangalore Mahanagar Palika,B Bheemaiah Director Rural Development and Panchayats, T Mukthamba MD Karnataka Small Industries Development Corporation and Ms Rashmi V Mahesh Deputy Secretary IT.

Srikantan is new MD State Bank of Jaipur

K R Srikantan has been appointed the new Managaing Director of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur.

IAS changes in Himachal Pradesh

Ajay Bhandari has been appointed Special Secretary Treasuries and Accounts.Chamel Singh will be Director Land Records. P Rajput has been made Additional Deputy Commissioner Kangra.

Why was Dr Singh not allowed to meet the President??

Grapevine has it that Dr Karan Avatar Singh, Finance Secretary, Chandigarh Administration was not invited to meet the honourable President Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam on his recent meet to Chandigarh. It is learnt that some vested individuals never wanted Dr Singh to meet the President, Dr Kalam . All that mattered to them was to earn some brownie points for themselves only. Meanwhile, Dr Singh, one of the finest officers that Chandigarh ever had and a major factor in inviting IT big wiggies like Infosys and the University of Columbia into Chandigarh was supposedly kept at bay deliberately, whereas even the junior strata of the Administration like SDM's got the opportunity of joining the President in an exchange of pleasantries. Who is responsible for this lapse ?.

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