Radha Singh to be Secretary Agriculture !

Radha Singh is likely to become Secretary Agriculture in Government of India.She is 1969 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Madhukar Gupta is Vice-Chairman of DDA

Additional Secretary Mines Madhukar Gupta has been appointed new Vice Chairman of Delhi Development Authority.He is 1971 batch IAS officer of Uttaranchal cadre.

Gupta to join CISF

V K Gupta is joining the CISF as IG. He is 1977 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Tiwari is back to Assam cadre

Pramod Kumar Tiwari who was on deputation to the Bihar Government is back to the parent Assam cadre. He is 1991 batch IAS officer.

Lyngdoh wanted lady member !

Outgoing Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh was keen for the appointment of a lady IAS officer as Member of the Election Commission.He had reportedly recommended names of a couple of lady IAS officers.

Prasad gets scholarship

VSN Prasad (IAS, 1988, Haryana) has been awarded the Galbraith Scholarship at Harward University for higher studies.

Only IAS and IPS officers are blamed -why ?

If rumour mill is to be believed, A Senior Army official, who after having taken over recently as the Army Commander of a particular command,within days, dispatched official staff cars, batmen and orderlies to the houses of his relatives in Delhi.Official Army cars and Indian Army soldiers were deployed at the humble service of some cherished relatives, all of whom were civilians. Number of soldiers is reported to be thirty and they have been instructed categorically to stay in civil dress and not to don the Army dress.

Retired army officer is Deputy RC Rajasthan

Riaz Ahmad who is a retired army official has been appointed Deputy Resident Commissioner , Rajasthan Bhawan in Delhi.

IAS changes in Uttaranchal

Anand Vardhan will be new DM of Nainital.Amit Ghosh has been made Additional Secretary Energy.R K Sudhanshu has been moved to the secretariat as Additional Secretary Education.Sanjay Kumar has been appointed MD of Uttaranchal State Roadways Transport Corporation.Suvardhan will be Director Rehabilitation Tehri Project.

Sirvi to join politics ?

Grapevine has it that 1981 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS officer Pukhraj Sirvi is joining the politics .

Varun Gandhi joins BJP

Varun Gandhi has joined the Bhartiya Janata Party.

( We said this on January 14 )

WHISPERS ---- CORPORATE WORLD :--

Datta and Chaudhry new CGMs of SBI

Abhijit Datta and A D Chaudhry have been appointed new Chief General Managers of the Chennai and Chandigarh Circles respectively.

Gulab is Director Personnel Mahanadi Coalfields

G D Gulab has taken over as Director Personnel of the Mahanadi Coalfields.

Rao is Director in Hindustan Paper Corporation

M V Narsimha Rao is the Director Finance of the Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd..

Is it a conspiracy against Capt Hathi ?

The Mumbai Police is reported to have registered an NC offense against Captain.Manoj Hathi, Director-0perations for his alleged public remarks about recruitment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe Pilots. Captain M.Hathi, one of Air Indias youngest Directorsand Pilots had a bright future, but this case on his career seem to have ensured that he is nolonger in the race for the post of Air India's DeputyManaging director ( Executive Functional Directors).Incidentally Manoj Hathi has also been chairman of the Air India Aircraft Selection committee that plumpedfor the Boeing 737-800 and the Airbus 340-300 airplane.

Nanda is nolonger MD of Escorts

Anil Nanda has ceased to be Managing Director of the Escorts.He will ,however,continue to be Director of the company.

NALCO CMD asked to proceed on leave

NALCO CMD C Venkatachalam who is embroiled in a controversy has been asked to proceed on leave.