Rudhra Gangadharan to join LBSNAA

Rudhra Gangadharan is joining the Lal Bahadur Shashtri National Academy of Administration, Mussorie, as Joint Director. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Aujla to be Commissioner Chandigarh MC !

Param Jit Singh Aujla is being tipped to be the next Commissioner of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Vaskar Saha to join ADB?

Grapevine has it that Vaskar Saha (ISS: 1973), currently working as ADG, National Accounts Division of CSO is joining Asian Development Bank shortly after taking voluntary retirement from January, 2005.

Will Anand Kulkarni return to Maharashtra ?

One hour closed door meeting between Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh and Anand Kulkarni has fuelled speculations of the latter's return to Mumbai to head the sixth floor of the Sachivalaya. 1982 batch IAS officer Kulkarni is presently Joint Secretary in the Lok Sabha Secretariat. Meeting took place in Maharashtra Sadan, New Delhi on Sunday night.

Narang to retire next month

Member of the CBDT A S Narang is superannuating by December end. He is 1968 batch IRS officer.

Karan A Singh is back to Punjab

Karan A Singh is back to the parent Punjab cadre after completion of his Chandigarh Administration deputation tenure. He is 1984 batch IAS officer.On return he has been made Secretary Finance and MD PIDB.

IPS officer suspended in Bihar

1985 batch IPS officer Ajay Kumar Verma has been suspended in Bihar.

MEA should keep a watch!

MEA should keep a watch in certain Indian Embassies on Diwali celebration slated for November 10.Infact,Ambassador and Minister should host but in certain countries officers are asked to contribute large sums of money and ladies to cook food. And,nobody knows who gets paid for food.

Vineet Agrawal nominated

Vineet Agarwal, Supt of Police (Training), CBI Academy has been nominated to attend Commonwealth Training Workshop on Counter Terrorism in Kuala Lumpur from November 22 to 26. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Sarangi goes to Election Commission

The services of TamilNadu Chief Electoral Officer Mrutyunjay Sarangi have been placed at the disposal of the Election Commission of India for appointment as Officer on Special Duty to the Chairperson of the Delimitation Commission. He is 1977 batch IAS officer.

IAS changes in Punjab

Radha Behari Ojha has been appointed Deputy Development Commissioner Shivhar.Nandji Ram has been made Deputy Development Commissioner Madhepura.

IPS changes in Haryana

Rajbir Singh will be SP Police Academy Madhuban.Ravi Kumar has been made SP Crime Madhuban.Raj Pal Singh has been moved to the State Armed Force.

IPS promotions to be ratified by Centre

Now, the promotions announced by the TamilNadu Government to three IPS officers serving in the STF have to be ratified by the Centre.

`Whispers' becomes a household name

The portal `whispersinthecorridors.com' seems to be becoming a household name. This whisper has, of late, started gaining currency following the reference about the portal from the stage at an annual get together of IAS Wives Association, held on Saturday, at the residence of the Cabinet Secretary in Delhi. The get-together is considered a prestigious one in the corridors of power.

Five dozen 1974 batch IAS short-listed for empanelment

About five dozen 1974 batch IAS officers are reported to have been short-listed for empanelment to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. Empanelment meeting is expected to take place soon. Total number of this batch is said to be 124.Those who reportedly figure in the list are ;- Mssrs Pradeep Singh and Ashok Kumar (UT), A P V N Sarma, Kanuru Sujatha Rao, P K Rastogi and Asha Murthy (AP), Lambar Rynjah (Assam-Meghalaya), Anup Mukherjee, Ashok Kumar, A N P Sinha and M S Jalja (Bihar), C J Bose, D Rajgopalan, S K Sekhon (Gujarat), Vivek Mehrotra and Ms Umesh Nanda (Haryana), Chandra Shekhar Balakrishnan (Himachal Pradesh), S S Kapur and S Maria Desalphine (J&K), Rahul Sarin (Jharkhand), Shantanu Consul, A K M Nayak and N Gokul Ram (Karnataka), Thomas C George and K Mohan Das (Kerala), Alka Sirohi,K M Acharya, Sudhir Nath, Iqbal Ahmad, Ranjana Chaudhry, R N Berwa and Sushma Nath (MP), A K Lakhina, Leena Mehendale, Sharwaree Gokhle, V P Raja and Baldev Chand (Maharashtra), Jarnail Singh (MT), Raghu Menon (Nagaland), Santosh Kumar, Ujal Singh Bhatia, Dr U Sarat Chandran (Orissa), Dr J S Maini and R I Singh (Punjab), Rakesh Hooja, Ms Kushal Singh and M K Khanna (Rajasthan), M M Nambiar and Ms Lalitha Kumar (Tamil Nadu), A K Seth, Dr Rita Sharma, Atul Kumar Gupta, Pulock Chatterjee, Atul Chaturvedi and Dinesh Rai (UP), Ashok Mohan Chakravorty, Sumantra Choudhry and Ms Mira Pande (West Bengal).

Dohre is IG HRC in MP

Ashok Dohre has been appointed IG Human Rights Commission in Madhya Pradesh.He is 1985 batch IPS officer.

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Srivastava is ED of HMT

R.R. Srivastava has taken over as Executive Director (HR) at Hindustan Machine Tools Ltd., Bangalore.

Aftab is new ED of Vijya Bank

M. S. Aftab, a senior officer of Punjab National Bank (PNB) has taken over as Executive Director, Vijaya Bank last week.

Sheppard joins

Alan Sheppard has joined Dr. Reddy's Laboratories as Executive Vice President and Head of Europe Generics and as Managing Director and Head of Dr. Reddy's U.K. Ltd.

Nair joins

K. M. Nair has joined as Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals), Coimbatore.

Changes in Chartered Bank

There are changes in the Chartered Bank. Regional Head, Consumer Banking, Vishu Ramachandran, has now been moved to the position of Chief Financial Officer, Group Consumer Banking. Murali M. Natarajan will succeed Ramachandran as Head-Consumer Banking, India & Nepal. Shyam Srinivasan has been assigned the portfolio of Head, Consumer Banking, Malaysia.

Hectic lobbying by the north-eastern States was on for the establishment

The Central Gover-nment has decided "in principle" to set up an Indian Institute of Management in Meghalaya, highly placed sources said here.