Sunil Kumar to join GoI

Sunil Kumar is all set to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of HRD.He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Subodh Agrawal to be PS to Natwar Singh

Subodh Agrawal is joining as PS to External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Neeraj Mandloi to be PS Suresh Pachori

Neeraj Mandloi is being appointed PS to Union Minister of State for Personnel and Parliamentary Affairs Suresh Pachori.He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.He is the grandson of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Late B R Mandloi.

Arun Kochar to join Arjun Singh as OSD

Arun Kochar is joining the Government of India as OSD to Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Mishra is PS to Ramdoss

Atulya Mishra will be PS to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramdoss.He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Jha to join CISF

Mithiliesh Kumar Jha is joining the CISF as DIG in Bangalore. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Two 1969 batch IAS officers move from Planning Commission

Two 1969 batch IAS officers Ms Meekashi Dutta Chaudhry and Mano Ranjan have been appointed Secretaries in Government of India.
( We said this on April 26 )

Negi to be IG BSF Srinagar

J B Negi is being appointed IG BSF ,Srinagar. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

( We said this on May 6)

Shiv Basant to be RC Jharkhand in Delhi

Shiv Basant will be new Resident Commissioner Jharkhand Bhawan in Delhi. He is 1976 batch IAS officer.

PS of S M Krishna shifted

New Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh has transferred the PS of outgoing Chief Minister S M Krishna,P Manivannnan as Commissioner Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation He is 1998 batch IAS officer. Now Karnataka Civil Service officer R Albert will be PS to Dharam Singh.

IAS reshuffle in Maharashtra

Mssrs B S Munde,Harsadeep Kamble and P T Nalvade will be new Collectors of Dhule,Yavatmal and Sindhurg respectively.Asim Kumar Gupta has been made Director of Maharashtra Text Book Board. B V Gopal has been appointed Director Sports. Sanjay Sethi has been moved as Commissioner Thane Municipal Corporation.P C Gaikwad will be CEO Nashik ZP.Vinita Ved Singhal has been appointed MD Maharashtra Cooperative Tribal .R R Bhavare has been shifted to Nashik as deputy Director Land Records.R K Gaikwad will be CEO Sindhudurg Zila Parishad. I M Kundan has been shifted to Tribal Welfare Department.Dilip Band will be Commissioner Pimpri-Chinchawad.Parag Jain has been moved to Pune as MD of Western Maharashtra Development Corporation.

IPS changes in Madhya Pradesh

S W Naqwi will be DIG Administration. Vipin Maheshwari has been made DIG Planning. Other changes are :-A P Singh DIG Special Branch,Anuradha Shankar Singh DIG Special Branch,B B Sharma DIG CID,Ashok Awasthi DIG SAF.

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 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.

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.

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.

Pondichery Chief Secretary dies

Pondicherry Chief Secretary R Padmanabhan has passed away.He was 1973 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

UPA Government & American school

Many heads are going to role in the Enforcement Directorate, once probe relating to alleged murky happenings of the Bombay located American school were completed. As the grapevine has it the PMO has already instructed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to probe about delay in investigations and fix responsibility for the same.

Bharma is collector Rajgarh in MP

Gulshan Bhamra will be new Collector of Rajgarh in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1997 batch IAS officer.

WHISPERS ---- CORPORATE WORLD :--

Stock Market Pl watch

Business circles say this week is going to be crucial for the stock market.One can only wait and watch.

HAL official arrested

The CBI has arrested a senior official of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. In Chennai.

Felix is country manager

Felix Schaer has been appointed country manager of Danzas Lemuir , a Mumbai based integrated logistics company.