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RAW Chief to get three months extension

If top sources are to be believed three months extension in service to RAW Chief P K Harmese Tharakan has been cleared.He was to retire on June 30.

FCI to have politician as Chairman

Grapevine has it that a politician from Gujarat is being appointed Chairman of the Food Corporation of India. Present CMD, V K Malhotra, a 1970 batch UP cadre IAS officer, is being moved to some important ministry as Secretary.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in GoI next week

Secretary and Additional Secretary level reshuffle is now expected to take place in the Government of India next week.

Four AP IAS for central deputation

Names of four Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officers have been retained for central deputation. They are MSSRS Chandna Khan 1979 batch, Satyanarayan Mohanty 1980 batch, Nilam Sawhney 1984 batch and Ajay Prakash Sawhney 1985 batch.

Did MEA reprimand IFS officer ?

Jaimini Bhagwati 1976 batch IFS officer has reportedly been reprimanded by MEA for not heeding its instructions and being away at World Bank for many years without proper permission.

IPS Assoc. to meet Chhattisgarh CM

IPS Association in Chhattisgarh is planning to meet the Chief Minister on June 25 to apprise him with their reservation about the post of the State Home Secretary being given to an IFS. They want that it should remain either with the IPS or the IAS.

Post of JS to be created in NHRC

A new post of Joint Secretary is being created in the National Human Rights Commission.

WHICH CIVIL SERVANT HAS MORE ACADEMIC DEGREE?

Rajendra Nimje
Rajendra Nimje, IAS officer of AP cadre, 1994 batch.He is working as District Collector, Khammam, AP.He is having following qualifications.

1. B.E.(Electronics) from VRCE (now NIT), Nagpur
2. M.Tech(Communication Engineering) from IIT Mumbai
3. Bachelor of Laws from Nagpur University
4. Bachelor of Journalism from Nagpur University
5. Diploma in Business Management from Nagpur University
6. Diploma in German Language from Nagpur University
7. Digital Vision Fellow of Stanford University, USA
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

PMO turned down Lakhina's proposal !

Grapevine has it that the name of a 1974 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer, A K Lakhina, was proposed for the post of CMD in the Indian Airlines but it was turned down by the PMO.

Rimjhim Prasad is Dy Secretary

Rimjhim Prasad has joined the Government of India as Deputy Secretary Child and Woman welfare. Prasad is 1992 batch Customs Service officer.

Sudhir Mishra is back to West Bengal

Sudhir Mishra is back to the parent West Bengal cadre after completion of his tenure. Prior to his return 1988 batch IPS officer, Mishra, was DIG CBI in Bhopal.

Will Sudhir be CBEC Member?

Grapevine has it that A P Sudhir is being appointed Member of the Central Board of Excise and Customs. He is 1970 batch IRS officer.

DG Investigation post is vacant in Delhi

Important post of DG (Investigation), Income-Tax, has been lying vacant in Delhi for the last three months. The last DG ,1968 batch IRS officer K Rangabhashyam, is now Member of the CBDT.

Why " Padma Shree " not given to other IAS Officers ?

It is widely discussed in Maharahstra that why well-deserving Officer V P Raja, of 1975 Batch, could not get Padma Shree. Raja was the actual originator of the idea of "Innovation Method of Record Keeping" but the credit went to some other Officer (No price for guessing). In fact, K. Sarangi, 1977 Batch, who also did a superior work at Pune could not achieve the feat.

11 IT Commissioners transferred

A new transfer list of 11 Income -Tax commissioners has been released by the CBDT.

Dr Bhattacharya is VC of JNU

Director of Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, Prof. B.B. Bhattacharya has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Singh gets assignment in Geneva

Swashpawan Singh, presently Indian Ambassador in Kuwait, has been appointed India's next permanent representative to the United Nations offices in Geneva.He would succeed Hardeep Singh Puri.

Sudhakar is DPIO Bangalore

P.J. Sudhakar, a senior officer of the Indian Information Service, has taken over as Deputy Principal Information Officer, Press Information Bureau (PIB), Bangalore.

Mitra appointed Ambassador

Bhaskar Kumar Mitra, presently Ambassador to Bahrain, has been appointed next envoy to Myanmar. He would replace R K Bhatia.

IMAGINARY INTERVIEW
LALOO'S MAKEOVER

I am shopping at a Department Store and come across a college friend. Now this college friend works for a reputed PR firm in Delhi. After giving each other the latest info on each others lives and some info on mutual friends we finish what we have come for and decide to have Coffee at the Coffee Lounge in the Store.

Me: So who is the lucky one getting a makeover???
He: Top secret…….Laloo!!!
Me: Lost case.
He: But he's paying us a pretty packet ….in this business there are no refunds or guarantees !!!
Me: But how do you then convince your customers that your makeover will work for them???
He: Well we Research our Customer……. get customer's objective…….blend both and come out with a package. This is like making an ad ….though all the research and trials are done no one can guarantee if the ad will be a success or failure!!!

The Waiter takes our order …….. I take a Latte and he goes for a Cold Coffee. I request the Waiter for some Cookies as I cannot drink coffee without cookies.

Me: So where do you start with Laloo???
He: Well first his looks……..the hair sprouting out of his ears, his penchant for the all white jumping jack Jeetendra look, his hair…….yaar the works!!!
Me: He will never let you touch the hair in his ears because I've heard him boast that these hair are his antennas and give him extraordinary hearing powers!!!
He: You'll be surprised he has said he will agree to whatever we propose!!
Me: Yaar do something about the saliva attack…….. hope you've seen Satish Shah in Maine Pyaar Kiya!!!!!
He: Yes the Kheni and spittoon will go!!!
Me: But he is addicted to kheni!!!
He: Answer is tobacco chewing gum.
Me: But the potency that he is used to will require him to chew a full carton of chewing gums at one go!!!
He: Yaar we are getting him high potency gum from Texas.
Me: How will he do his loyalty test……you know he checks loyalty by asking people to bring him his spittoon???
He: Will take the gum out of his mouth and tell the person to throw it…simple!!!

The Coffee comes. Coffee is a beverage that enhances in its pleasure with the ambience, the company , the service etc. Popularity of Coffee Cafes and Lounges are a proof to this fact.

Me: What are you going to do about his image???
He: Yaar he has to give up his Mera naam Joker image.
Me: But this has been his biggest selling point…he connects with the public with his humor.
He: Well there has to be a shift…… now substance will be garnished with humor.
Me: Difficult to envision a serious Laloo!!
He: Yeah …..Laloo in a business suit , mouthing figures and chewing gum!!!
Me: I'll bet he'll want the Govinda kind of suites…… garish!!!
He: Well you are in for a surprise……we are getting him business suits …….suits worn by Corporate heads.
Me: What about the shoes…..white ones will look horrendous!!!
He: Yaar here we are facing a problem as he is bent upon wearing white shoes!!!
Me: Why???
He: Well he says he wants to keep something original about him…..emotional matter!!!
Me: I'm sure you have no plans of changing his undergarments……… well do some hard bargaining…… tell him he will have to wear a Frenchy underwear and Lux Cozy banyaan…….. Laloo will never agree as he will want to wear his Shakti Kapoor kind of long drawers and pocket waali banyaan……. then bargain him to change his shoes instead !!!
He: But he is hell bent on not wearing socks…..says socks are too cumbersome!!!
Me: Yaar if you give in this guy is habituated to taking off his shoes all the time and sitting bare foot….what a funny sight…a suited fellow sitting bare feet????
He: So what to do???
Me: Yaar the guy has become superstitious …tell him the socks are so that his feet do not come in direct contact with animal hide leather!!!!
He: Well eh was not very superstitious otherwise there would not have been chaara ghotala!!!!

On the Notice Board where people post messages in the Lounge someone has posted an interesting message……… Dil lagaana chahatha hoon dil lagaane waali nahi milthi, Taj Mahal banana chahtha hoon Mumtaz nahi milti - Aashiq…….. Boori nazar waale tu mera saala!!!

Me: (pointing to the messages) Seems some truck driver or some guy who has been driving on the highway has penned these!!!
He: Then we are getting him a professional speech writer!!!
Me: What and take away all the fun in his speeches!!!
He: Yaar if he has to have a makeover he has to be serious!!
Me: But do you know that his humor is his USP……. he is able to get his point through to the public via his rustic humor!!!
He: No no you are not getting my point….let him continue with his speeches in his campaigning ….but when he has to give Official speeches he needs to change!!!
Me: Yes that is correct…….. I remember he was giving a speech to the Chamber of Commerce like he was talking to village bumpkins…… he told them……..teen P padhe padhe badhte hai….. plot (land- in value) , peth (stomach - in girth) and pettaa (pumpkin- in size) !!!!
He: Yaar you know that joke Clinton spent a week at Laloo's place. He returned back to Washington and everyone calling him was in a tizzy…because Clinton would pick up the phone and say Clintonoowa here……yaar one thing the guys rustic humor is infectious!!!

A group of college going kids come and sit next to us. I feel there is merit in Mumbai University's VC mandating that kids should be dressed properly. Surprising today the cloth being used in female clothes is becoming lesser and lesser and still the prices of these clothes is going higher.

Me: Yaar have you seen the guy eat……..ask Rajdeep Sardesai….the poor guy did not eat food for the next five days after having a meal with Laloo during Follow the Leader…he had nightmares!!!
He: Really ……… Laloo does not believe in using spoons….hand attack. You know after his swearing in as Railway Minister he took the RJD 'infamous four' for dinner to House of Ming ……. the staff in this Restaurant still shiver when they talk of that day. Do you know there was a heated argument between two of his cronies over chopsticks….. one said it was a ear cleaner whereas the other said it was a nostril cleaner and both even demonstrated their points???
Me: So what do you plan to do????
He: We are table training him…..usage of cutlery, table manners…… basically not treating the table as a war zone….. grabbing , slurping and burping!!!
Me: After you table train him you must make Rajdeep have a meal with Laloo……so that he can get over his nightmare!!!
Me: You know the House of Ming Staff say that under the table where Laloo and his gang had their dinner , spat out kheni littered the floor!!!
He: Boy sometimes I feel he does this on purpose…..its like his calling card….Laloo was here….but the chewing gum will lessen this!!!
Me: You are sadly mistaken….haven't you seen Texans who chew gum spit???
He: Yaar we are getting those barf bags you find on airplanes…..his chamchas will carry these barf bags for Laloo to spit into.
Me: So the spitting will continue!!!
He: Yeah but there will be a change…..before spitting he will say excuse me or pardon me.

The kids go and a young couple come and sit next to us. Seems they've had a fight. The Lady caught the man eyeing another Lady. He is apologizing to her and professing his undying love for her. A beautiful Lady comes into the Lounge and….. whamo his eyes start following her. The fight starts again.

Me: What about Laloo's better half???
He: Yes she too is going to go in for a makeover!!!!
Me: What will you change ???
He: Well we are getting a person talented like Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady to do the job!!!
Me: The Rain in Patna is a big ghatna (The Rain in Spain stays mainly in the plains) ……..so very soon we are going to see a very prim and propah Mrs. and Mr. Laloo!!!
He: Yep!!
Me: What about Laloo's good friend the Aaloo???
He: Now a classy Laloo will stop using the Aaloo to show his political longevity!!!
Me: No he will not stop ….just change…..now he will say…….Till mashed potatoes are made of potatoes, Laloo will rule and keep all on their toes!!!

Bharat Kumar

Whispers --- Corporate World -

Venugopalan joins Federal Bank

The outgoing CMD of the Bank of India, M Venugopalan, has reportedly joined the Federal Bank.

Central Bank profit declines

Central Bank has shown a 42.2 per cent decline in its net profit .

Bhopal boy does the country proud

Dr. Anuvrat Joshi brought laurels to the country when he was declared the valedictorian for having topped the M.B.A. Programme 2005 run by Georgetown University, Washington D.C, the university where Bill Clinton once was an under-graduate in the School of Foreign Service [S.F.S.]. Besides others, Conan O'Brown, Robert Frost and the evergreen Cindy Crawford figure prominently in the list of earlier valedictorians. The alumni included two hundred fifty plus students drawn from nearly sixty countries of the world, including the developed countries like U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Japan, S.Korea, Italy and Canada. Dr Joshi, presently vacationing with his parents, Shri Upendra Joshi I.P.S. [Retd.] and Shrimati Madhu Joshi, Addl. Registrar Coop.in Bhopal is due to join Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, a world renowned investment banking institution, in August this year.

Now Drugs Regulatory Authority

Government of India has decided to set up an Independent Drugs Regulatory Authority.

Jayaprakash is Director of The Park

Kalyan Jayaprakash has been appointed as the director, business development of The Park.

Shenoy appointed President

Poornima Shenoy has been appointed President of the India Semiconductor Association.