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1985 batch IAS empanelment delayed

Empanelment of 1985 batch IAS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India has been delayed by one month.

Advani may quit one post

Grapevine has it that a consensus has been reached in the higher echelons about the BJP President LK Advani quitting one post. Either he will remain as the BJP president or the Leader of Opposition.

Old vs new in CPM too

Old vs new seems to have started in the CPM too. While the old guards like Jyoti Basu and Surjeet want to continue support to UPA government despite several differences, the younger ones including Prakash Karat are not that keen in case the Common Minimum Programme is not adhered to.

Jogi and CBI top man are batchmates

Bureaucrat turned politician Ajit Jogi and the CBI Director US Mishra are batchmates. Both belong to 1968 batch IPS but that does not comes as a deterrent as far as the functioning of the CBI is concerned whatever the case may be. Mishra continues to do what he is supposed to.

Who will be Chief Commissioner IT Mumbai ?

Hectic lobbying is on to grab the powerful post of Chief Commissioner, Income-Tax, Mumbai. The post has fallen vacant following the superannuation of Urvashi Saxena on June 30.In all probability the post will go to either H Tulsyan or Arun Bhargava.

Srikrishna to join when Singh goes

Newly appointed Member of the CBEC Shrikrishna will join only after the vacancy caused by the superannuation of A K Singh. He is 1970 batch IRS (Customs) officer.

WHICH CIVIL SERVANT HAS MORE ACADEMIC DEGREE?
Shivaji
Shivaji, IAS of MH- 1986 batch, (who is currently working as CMD of Maharashtra State Financial Corporation, Mumbai), is B. Sc. (Enginering) from BITS, M. Tech. from IIT Delhi, PGDM (MBA) from Management Development Institute (MDI)-Gurgaon, M.A. ( Economics) from Annamalai University and Ph. D. ( Management & Finance) from Kerala University.
Seeing the interest of our readers in the academic qualifications of the most learned ones among the decision makers, we welcome more such information about those running the show. If you have any such information, do send it to us to enable the whole World to know about it. After all, knowledge is to be imparted or it is of no use. Mail us:- sureshmehrotra@yahoo.com

K C Verma is Special Director IB

K C Verma has taken over as Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau. He is 1971 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Jayanti is Director in PMO

Jayanti Srinivasan Ravi is the new Director in the Prime Minister's Office. Jayanti is 1991 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Paul to move from Andman

R P Paul is moving to the Goa Government from Andman-Nicobar. He is 2002 batch IAS officer.

Defense Ministry gives cases to CBI

Defense Ministry, it is learnt, is giving 12 out of 24 cases of Arms purchase to the CBI.

Four HP IAS keen to join GoI

Names of four Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officers have been retained for the central deputation. They are Mssrs Saroj Kumar Dash, Ajay Mittal, Vineet Chaudhary and Upma Chaudhry.

Who will be Joint Secretary Lok Sabha ?

Who will succeed Dr Paramjit Kaur Sandhu as Joint Secretary Lok Sabha ?.The tie is said to be between P K Bhandari, K D Grover and R K Chaddha. Dr Kaur has been elevated as Additional Secretary.

Gaur is Back to Haryana

Shiv Raman Gaur is back to the parent Haryana cadre after completion of central deputation tenure.On his return 1989 batch IAS officer, Gaur, has been appointed Special Secretary Health.

Corporate

Maligning Jesudasan's image !

Few agencies are said to be out to malign the image of Tony Jesudasan - one of the best PR men in Delhi. Who is the person behind hiring agencies to meet the goal?

Ojha is Director Personnel SAIL

G Ojha, Executive Director (P&A) of Bhillai Steel Plant has been promoted to the post of Director (Personnel) of SAIL.
( We said this on June 28 )

Qatar Airways to expand

Qatar Airways has decided to expand its operations in India.

Office bearers of PRSI Chennai

V S Ramana of Larsen and Toubro has been elected chairman and Daniel T Das as vice-chairman of the Chennai Chapter of Public Relations Society of India (PRSI). Other office bearers are Mssrs R K Dharan -Secretary, V Kalidas -Treasurer and K T Soliappan - Joint Secretary.