Nishi Kant Sinha is Member PESB

Finally Nishi Kant Sinha has been chosen for the post of Member of the PublicEnterprises Selection Bureau (PESB).He is retired 1966 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.The post had fallen vcant last month following the appointment of A K Agrawal as Vice Chairman of the CAT.

Sunil Arora to get foreign posting ?

Grapevine has it that CMD of the Indian Airlines Sunil Arora is being appointed Minister Economic in the Indian Embassy in United States. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Bhan appointed Secretary Bio-technology

M K Bhan has been appointed Secretary Bio-technology in Government of India in place of Manju Sharma who is superannuating.

P K Mishra is Additional Secretary Defence

Prashant Kumar Mishra has been appointed Additional Secretary Defence.He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

C T Mishra is Additional Secretary Agriculture

Dr Chuden Tshering Mishra has been appointed Additional Secretary Cooperation and Agriculture in Government of India. She is 1972 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Mishra to be Secretary Security !

Now the name of Tushar Kanti Mishra has started doing the round for the post of Secretary Security in Government of India. 1968 batch West Bengal cadre IPS officer Mitra is currently DG Bureau of Civil Aviation.

IAS changes in Orissa

Sarbeshwar Mohanty,1986 batch IAS officer has been appointed Secretary of the Orissa Vidhan Sabha. Bhabani Panda has been made Director of the Homoeopathy Board.

IPS officer to join politics ?

IG police Balbir Chand is reported to have sought voluntary retirement in Jharkhand. 1975 batch IPS officer Balbir Chand is expected to contest election.

Who will be Spokesman of MEA ?

Who will succeed Navtej Sarna in the Ministry of External Affairs as Spokesman.Names of Prabhu Dayal and Gautam Mukhopadhyay have already started doing the round in the corridors of South Block.

Sanjay Pugaliya to join Sahara TV !

Grapevine has it that noted journalist Sanjay Pugaliya is joining the Sahara TV as CEO.

Retired IAS officer dies

Former Chief Secretary of Karnataka T P Issar died in Bangalore on Wednesday. He was 72.

Bureaucrats are keen to meet Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi visits Punjab today. Already intense lobbying has begun amongst senior bureaucrats and IPS officers to be either introduced or given a chance to meet the Supreme Commander of the Congress Party. What remains to be seen is who amongst the Crème De La Crème of Punjab bureaucracy gets to meet the Congress Chief formally or informally?

WHISPERS ---- CORPORATE WORLD :--

Proposal dropped !

A proposal to sell off the mortagaged Tamrabhawan ,the HCL office to the ONGC is believed to have been shelved.

Garg is MD Bobcards

S P Garg is the new Managing Director of Bobcards,a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda.

Balakrishnan is MD Lazard

The Londan-based global investment bank Lazard has appointed K Balakrishnan as CEO of Indian operations.

Pande quits Ashok Leyland

ED Marketing Arun Pande has quit the Ashok Leyland company.

Rosling to join Tata Sons

R Rosling will be joining Tata Sons Limited as an executive director shortly, and will be a member of the Group Corporate Centre.

Suresh Babu is Director Medicom

Suresh Babu is the new Director of Medicom Consultancy Services.

Dr Pathak , IOC elected

Dr Ajit Pathak, senior manager (corporate communications), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., has been elected to the board of International Public Relations association for a two-year term.