Bureaucratic reshuffle in GoI

There is Secretary level reshuffle in Government of India.
( We said this on May 28)

Chawla is Secretary I&B

Naveen Chawla will be new Secretary Information and Broadcasting. 1969 batch UT cadre IAS officer Chawla would succeed Pawan Chopra who is superannuating on Monday.

Dr Adarsha Kishore is Secretary Heavy Industries

Dr Adarsh Kishore will be new Secretary Heavy Industries in Government of India. 1969 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer Adarsh Kishore would succeed Naresh Narad who is superannuating on Monday.

Ms Chaudhry is Secretary Sports and Youth Welfare

Ms Meenakshi Anand Chaudhry has been appointed Secretary Sports and Youth Welfare in Government of India. She is 1969 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.Ms Chaudhry would succeed Rajiv Shrivastava who is retiring on Monday.

Mano Ranjan is Secretary Statistics and Programme Implementation

Adviser in the Planning Commission Mano Ranjan has been appointed Secretary Statistics and Programme Implementation in Government of India.He is 1969 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.Mano Ranjan would replace Dr Adarsha Kishore.

D P Singh is Secretary Food Processing

Additional Secretary Defence Procurement D P Singh has been promoted to the rank of Secretary in Government of India. 1970 batch UP cadre IAS officer D P Singh would now be Secretary Food Processing Industries.He would succeed J Vasudeven who is superannuating on Monday.

L Mansingh to be Secretary Consumer Affairs

Labanyendu Mansingh who is currently DG foreign Trade has been promoted to the rank of Secretary in Government of India.1970 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer Mansingh has now been appointed Secretary Consumer Affairs in place of Naveen Chawla.

Chandra Shekhar promoted

K M Chandra Shekhar who is currently posted in Brusells has been promoted to the rank of Secretary in Government of India. He is 1970 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Anuradha Mansingh promoted

Ms Anuradha Mansingh who is currently posted in the Cabinet Secretariat has been promoted to the rank of Secretary in Government of India. She is 1970 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Narayanan is Special Adviser to PM

Former Inelligence Bureau Chief M K Narayanan has been appointed Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for a period of three years.
( We said this on May 19 )

Sanjeev Mishra is AS and FA Health

Sanjeev Mishra has been appointed Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Health.He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Vikram to be PS to Prime Minister

Vikram Dorai Swamy will be PS to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He is 1992 batch Indian Foreign Service Officer.

IPS changes in UP

R N Yadav will be DIG Varanasi.Satish Chandra has been made DIG Gorakhpur.Rajendra Pal Singh will now be DIG Chitrakoot Dham.

Karnataka state service officer is PS to CM

R Albert will be PS to new Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh. He is an officer of Karnataka Civil Service.

IPS reshuffle in Tamil Nadu

There is major IPS reshuffle in Tamil Nadu. ADG Intelligence K. Natarajan, a 1973 batch IPS officer, is the new Commissioner of Greater Chennai, in the place of R. Nataraj. Nataraj has been transferred and posted as Additional Director-General of Police, Law and Order, Chennai. He succeeds S.V. Venkatakrishnan, who is the new ADGP, Intelligence. Abhash Kumar, has been shifted to Salem city as Commissioner, vice Sunil Kumar.. C. Sylendra Babu, JCP, North Zone, Chennai, has been placed in full additional charge of the Central Zone. The government issued orders posting new Superintendents of Police for Villupuram, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Kancheepuram, Madurai, Karur, Pudukottai, Sivaganga, the Nilgiris, Tiruvarur, Tiruchi and Virudhunagar districts.

IAS Changes in Tamil Nadu

There is major IAS reshuffle in Tamil Nadu.

V. Kannuchamy, has again been posted as Collector Chennai. He replaces M. Rajaram, who has been re-posted as Director of Rural Development. Among the officers who have been transferred are Ashish Vachhani, Deputy Secretary (Finance); S. Murugaia, Secretary and Personnel Officer, Tamil Nadu Housing Board; D. Karthikeyan, Commissioner, Coimbatore Corporation; G. Ramamoorthy, formerly Joint Secretary (Agriculture); V.M. Xavier Chrisso Nayagam, Deputy Commissioner (Excise), Chennai; and D. Vivekanandan, General Manager (Administration and Land Acquisition), State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu. Jatindranath Swain, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Magnesite Limited, Salem; K.S. Muthuswamy, Additional Director of Rural Development; A. Sukumaran, Director of Social Welfare, Chennai; P. Ekambaram, Officer on Special Duty, Koodankulam Power Project, Nagercoil; Kumar Jayant, Joint Chief Electoral Officer and Joint Secretary, Public (Elections); V. Pandian, Officer on Special Duty, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Administration); Satyabrata Sahoo, Joint Commissioner (Relief), Revenue Administration, Disaster Management and Mitigation Department; S. Gopalakrishnan, Director, Anna Institute of Management, Chennai; and Anandarao Vishnu Patil, Commissioner, Corporation of Tiruchi, have also been shifted to other posts. Vachhani will replace M.A. Siddique as Dharmapuri Collector; Murugaia will succeed P. Senthilkumar as Dindigul Collector; Karthikeyan will be the new Erode Collector replacing Ka. Balachandran, Ramamoorthy will become Collector of Karur in the place of P. Annamalai, Xavier Chrisso Nayagam will take charge as Namakkal Collector replacing D. Rajendiran and Vivekanandan will replace S. Natarajan as Perambalur Collector. Jatindranath Swain will replace Hitesh Kumar S. Makwana as Pudukottai Collector, Muthuswamy will be the new Nilgiris Collector and Sukumaran will become the Collector of Salem succeeding S. Ramachandran.. Ekambaram has been posted as Tiruvarur Collector in the place of G. Sundaramurthy. Kumar Jayant will succeed S.K. Prabakar as Tiruvallur Collector.Chandrasekaran will replace K. Rajaraman as Tuticorin Collector, Pandian will succeed K. Manivasan as Tiruchi Collector, Satyabrata Sahoo will take over as Tiruvannamalai Collector replacing Dheeraj Kumar, Gopalakrishnan will succeed A. Chittarajan Mohandoss as Vellore Collector, and Anandarao Vishnu Patil will be the new Sivaganga Collector in the place of J. Radhakrishnan who will succeed S. Kosalaraman as Thanjavur Collector. Kosalaraman will succeed N. Muruganandam as Coimbatore Collector. Namakkal Collector, D. Rajendiran, will become Madurai Collector replacing B. Chandra Mohan. Nilgiris Collector, K. Sellamuthu, will be the new Ramanathapuram Collector in place of S. Vijayakumar. Sunil Paliwal, will replace Atul Anand.

Will S K Singh be Ambassador to US ?

Now name of former Foreign Secretary S K Singh has started doing the round for the post of Indian Ambassador to the US.

Law Ministry refers retirement age plan to new Government !

Law Ministry is believed to have sent back proposal of the Atal Behari Vajpayee Government to be put up before the new Cabinet.The then Government during its last cabinet meeting had decided to decrease the retirement age from 60 to 58 years.

How Vora has retained his job ?

Grapevine has it that Centre's Interlocutor on Kashmir N N Vora has been able to retain his job courtesy Har Kishan Singh Surajeet.

Nair appointed Principal Secretary to PM

OSD to the Prime Minister,T K S Nair has been elevated to the post of Principal Secretary.His appointment has been made for a period of three years.

Subramanyam to be PS to PM

B V R Subramanyam will be PS to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.1987 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer Subramanyam is currently Director in the Ministry of Commerce.

IAS changes in UP

Himanshu Kumar has been appointed Special Secretary languages.Deepak Kumar will now be Special Secretary Religious Trusts.

Secretary level changes on cards

Secretary level changes are expected to take place in Government of India in a couple of days.

Is a bureaucrat having Villa in London ?

A report has reached to the new Government that a senior bureaucrat considered close to former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has bought a big Villa in Chapman Cresent Wandsworth in London.

Krishna Saini to be PS to Chaidambaram

Krishna Saini will be PS to Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram. He is 1981 batch IRS officer .

New Departments to be created in Sikkim

A couple of new Departments are being created in Sikkim. Meanwhile over one dozen departments have been renamed.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in Punjab next month

A major bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Punjab next month.

Arvind Kumar is PS to Balu

Arvind Kumar is PS to Union Surface Transport and Highways Minister T R Balu. He is 1985 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of Sikkim cadre.

Khot promoted in Maharashtra

A.S Khot has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Maharashtra. He is 1969 batch IAS officer

Former IPS officer is now MP

Former 1972 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand Rameshwar Oraon has been elected to the Lok Sabha on the Congress ticket.

IPS changes in UP

B k Sharma will now be DIG Agra Range.K L Meena has been moved to Lucknow as DIG Food Cell.

Manu Shrivastava to be PS to Kamal Nath

Manu Shrivastava will be PS to Union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath.He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Vijay Kumar is MD Kerala Water Board

P C Vijay Kumar has been appointed Managing Director of the Kerala Water Board.

Tej Pal Singh to be PS to Kanti Singh

Tej Pal Singh will be PS to Union Minister of State HRD Kanti Singh.He is 1990 batch Indian Customs Service officer.

IAS officer shifted in Chhattisgarh

1982 batch IAS officer R C Sinha has reportedly been shifted from his present post for going to the media against his minister in Chhattisgarh.

Will Mrs Balakrishnan be CBDT Chief ?

Grapevine has it that Mrs R Balakrishnan is being appointed new Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).If all goes well 1967 batch IRS officer Mrs Balakrishnan would succeed acting Chairperson of the CBDT Ms Shobha Majumdar in a couple of weeks.

Meena to be PS to Shakeel Ahmad

Hukum Singh Meena will be PS to Union Minister of State Communications and IT Shakeel Ahmad. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

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Maroo on the board of Jindal Power

Sushil Maroo has been appointed as Director on the board of Jindal Power Ltd..

Sharma takes over

P.K. SHARMA, Assistant General Manager, Punjab National Bank, has assumed charge as the Regional Head of the bank's Karnataka operations.