Nair sounded

Finally T K A Nair is believed to have been sounded to join the PMO as Principal Secretary. He is currently Chairman of the PESB.He has already started visiting the Prime Minister designate Man Mohan Singh.Nair is retired 1963 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Assam cadre IAS to be Secretary to AP CM

M G V K Bhanu is being tipped to be Secretary to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Rajasekhara Reddy.Bhanu is 1985 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS officer.

14,IAS officers to retire this month

Altogether 14 IAS officers are superannuating by this month end.They are :- Mssrs T Thomos Joseph (UT),V C Patel (Gujarat),Chandar Singh (Haryana),J Vasudevan(Karnataka),N Mohandas (Kerala),Kiran Vijay Singh ,N K Narad and J P Tiwari (Madhya Pradesh),Pawan Chopra(Rajasthan),Sonam Wangdi (Sikkim),R Rathinasamy (TamilNadu),Rajiv Shrivastava,Nirmal Kumar Jhala and K L Biswas (West Bengal).

Neera Yadav is APC UP

Neera Yadav has been appointed APC in Uttar Pradesh. She is 1971 batch IAS officer.

1972 batch IPS to get DG rank in Jharkhand

Jagat Bandhu Mahapatra is likely to be promoted to the rank of DG in Jharkhand. He is 1972 batch IPS officer.

1980 batch IFS to get promotion in MP

1980 batch Indian Forest Service Officers are being promoted in Madhya Pradesh in a month or two.

Moorthy is CJ Chhattisgarh High Court

A S V Moorthy Judge of the Madras High Court has been appointed Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court.

Dharmendra Dev Mishra is Chairman BoR UP

Dharmendra Dev Mishra has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Revenue in Uttar Pradesh.

Agrawal is acting DG of MANAGE

Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture A K Agrawal has also been appointed acting DG of MANAGE, Hyderabad.

ISS Association to meet on May 24

ISS association Eastern Chapter is to be held at Kolkata on May 24.Seniority list of JTS was published last week, 28 promotees were inducted from SSS

Three IAS selected for British scholarship

Among the 12 Indians selected for the prestigious British Chevening Gurukul Scholarships 2004, three belong to IAS - Jayanti S. Ravi (1991 Batch) of Gujarat cadre, Dr. Santhosh Babu (1995 Batch) of Tamil Nadu cadre and Suman Billa (1996 batch) of Kerala cadre. The scholarships are given to outstanding professionals and practitioners from any field of Indian national life including Government, Industry,Finance, Law, Civil Service, Academia, Research,Science & Technology, Media and NGOs who have demonstrated proven leadership in their chosen field or profession. The program is total of eight week duration.

Mago appointed Chief Secretary of Maharashtra

In a latest development Arun Kumar Mago has been appointed Chief Secretary of Maharashtra.He is 1967 batch IAS officer.Earlier name of FCI Chairman Prem Kumar had been cleared for the post by the Chief Minister.

IAS reshuffle in Gujarat

S Chandrashekhar will be new Principal Secretary Industries and Mines. He is 1974 batch IAS officer. D N Pandey has been made Vice Chairman and MD of Gujarat Women Economic Development Corporation. O Ravi will now be Commissioner for persons and disabilities.Sonal Mishra has been appointed Deputy Secretary Energy and Petro-chemicals.

IAS changes in Nagaland

D K Bhalla will be new Secretary Toursim. THANGI Mannen has been made Secretary Arts and Culture.Rajiv Bansal has been moved to School Education as Commissioner and Secretary.V Sekhose will be Secretary Social Welfare.Zhalio Rio will again be DC kohima. Paolal Hang Singh has been appointed Secretary Home. P N Agrawal has been made Deputy Secretary Geology and Mines. P V Shashank Shekhar has been appointed Additional Secretary Social Welfare.

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AP to have NRI Ministry !

New Andhra Pradesh Government is expected to constitute a new NRI Ministry soon.

Jakhar is Chairman of IFFCO

Surinder Kumar Jakhar has been appointed new Chairman of IFFCO.

Krishnamurthy is Centrum MD

R Krishnamurthy has joined Centrum Finance Ltd..He was earlier MD and CEO of SBI Life Insurance Company.

Mehta is VP UTV

Sanjeev Mehta has joined Vice President of the UTV.