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Bureaucratic reshuffle in a day or two

Secretary and Additional Secretary level reshuffle in the Government of India is expected to take place in a day or two.

CBI seeks transfer policy of CBEC , CBDT

The Central Bureau of Investigations which has taken up the case of the alleged bunglings in the transfers of Commissioners in the Customs and the Income Tax departments is learnt to have sought the new transfer policy from both - the CBEC and the CBDT.

ITDC Chairman panel cancelled

The panel, having Hotel Corporation of India's RC Agarwal and Vinay Luthra of the Forest Services, for the post of ITDC Chairman has reportedly been cancelled.

Air India run by Civil Aviation Ministry ?

Is the Air India these days run by Civil Aviation Ministry? Going by the comments and the impression of the employees of Air India and those posted in the Ministry, it seems to be so.

Proposal to appoint CS as Governor shelved

There was a serious move early this month to send Cabinet Secretary B K Chaturvedi as Governor of Chhattisgarh. The move, however, did not materialized.

WHICH CIVIL SERVANT HAS MORE ACADEMIC DEGREE?

Anand Asthana

Many civil servants have two or more degrees from reputed foreign universities. Dr. Anand Asthana IAS 1976 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre, in addition to an engineering degree from Roorkee, has four post graduate academic qualifications from foreign universities:
1. M.Sc. in Development studies from University of Bath, England.
2. Ph.D. in Economics from Fordham University, New York.
3. PG Certificate in Financial Management from Harvard University, U.S.A.
4. PostDoc in Finance from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
His academic papers have won prizes in international conferences and published in top academic journals including Journal of Development Studies.
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

Sonali Mishra joins CBI

Sonali Mishra has joined the CBI as SP. She is 1993 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Defence Minister, Secr resolve differences

The Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee and the Defence Secretary AV Singh appear to have resolved all their differences. They are out to US together. Earlier they did not see eye to eye.

Will Ram be DGP of Jharkhand ?

V D Ram has also joined the race for the post of DGP Jharkhand. He is 1973 batch IPS officer.

Sevan Bihar cadre IAS to Join GoI !

Government of India has retained the names of seven IAS officers of Bihar cadre for central deputation. They are Mssrs A B Prasad 1976,B Balasubramaniam 1979, NK Sinha 1980, Arbind Prasad 1980, Naveen Verma 1982, Dr DS Gangwar 1988 and Ravi Manubhai Parmar 1992.

Post of CVO Metro railways lying vacant

The post of CVO in Metro railways is lying vacant since the transfer of Haryana cadre officer Deepa Mehta.

CBI seeks permission to prosecute

The CBI has sought permission to prosecute customs Commissioner S P Singh.

Rawat is back to Sikkim

Joint Secretary, Surface Transport in the Government of India, Alok Rawat, is back to the parent Sikkim cadre after completion of deputation tenure. On return 1978 batch IAS officer, Rawat, has been posted as Principal Secretary, Programme Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Department. He will also hold the charge of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER), NEC Affairs and Central Sector Schemes. He will hold his office with headquarter at Secretariat, Gangtok and also at Sikkim House, New Delhi for effective co-ordination with Government of India.

Oscar Fernandese to be Sports Minister

Oscar Fernandese is likely to be appointed new Sports and Youth Welfare Minister.

Tuli shifted in Sikkim

Dr Mandeep Singh Tuli has been moved to Gangtok West as SP. He is 1999 batch IPS officer.

IMAGINARY INTERVIEW

RENUKA CHAOWDHURY

I am walking around the Wildflower property when I hear someone calling out. I turn around and am petrified to see an Amazonian Lady coming hurtling towards me. Before I can take any evasive measures she nears and stops. The Amazonian Lady is none other than Renuka Chowdhury.

Renuka: Hello…hello ……you just came form inside ….who are you???
Me: Madam I am a guest staying at the Hotel.
Renuka: I want to send a note for Madam Sonia Gandhi can I give it to you and you can slip it under her room door!!
Me: Madam why don't you do it yourself???
Renuka: The Hotel is out of bounds for us Congressmen!!!
Me: And Madam the section where Sonia's rooms are, is out of bounds even for guests!!!
Renuka: Hello…hello…… okay just drop the note for Sonia Ji at the Reception!!!
Me: Madam I'd rather not get into this!!
Renuka: Give me your name and I will see you…do you know who I am???
Me: Madam Bharat Kumar hai mera naam, kavita ya satire likhna hai mera kaam!!!!
Renuka: Bharat Kumar…….. that crook who pens thakela satire!!!
Me: Madam standing in front of you in flesh and blood!!!
Renuka: Hello…hello….. you write about me too…….so now toh you will have to help me out…….just leave this note at the reception for Sonia Ji.
Me: Okay Madam.

I take the note and go inside and handover the note to the reception for Sonia. The Receptionist gives me a polite smile and shows me a pile of envelopes lying in the corner and says that these are all for Mrs. Gandhi and these have come from the people waiting outside. I pick up a Newspaper and walk out.

Renuka: Hello….hello…..hello……..mera kaam kiyaa kyaa !!!
Me: Yes Madam….but seems your fellow Congressis who are standing outside the Hotel have also sent in letters…..at the Reception there must be a pile of about a hundred letters for Sonia (and I start walking away).
Renuka: Shucks……… hello……hello……where are you going???
Me: I'm going for a walk …….. there is a Dhaba down the road that serves damn good tea!!!
Renuka: What a thekela fellow….leaving five star hotel tea to have tea at a dhaba!!!!

I take a leisurely walk down to the Dhaba . I order tea and biscuits and start reading my newspaper. Suddenly I feel the ground shaking ……..at first I feel it is a earthquake…..but then I look around and see Renuka stomping up to me!!!

Renuka: Hello…Hello …what a thakela gentleman …you did not even offer me a cup of tea??
Me: Madam after your Five Star comment I thought you did not relish dhaba tea!!!
Renuka: Hello…hello…. did I say that…….nowadays with me people are just jumping to conclusions……. Chalo to atone now buy me a cup of tea and do my interview!!!
Me: (after ordering her tea) Do you feel you are going to be dropped in the reshuffle??
Renuka: Who or what gave you this ludicrous idea????
Me: No wonders you are trying to slip a note to Sonia!!!
Renuka: Hello…….hello……… again jumping to conclusions ……… I've just mentioned in the note that as Minister of Tourism I have followed her and am at her beck and call should she require anything!!!
Me: But there are rumors that you are out!!
Renuka: Hello…hello……. my info is that I am being shifted.
Me: Madam you are being shifted to khuddaa line or in Police parlance to Police lines…sidelined!!!
Renuka: Hello ….Hello……Dil hai ke mantaa hi nahi…..my heart says no…...lets see!!!

Our tea arrives and Renuka looks at the tea pitifully. Then she takes a sip and from her expressions it is easy to make out that she likes the tea.

Me: What was this Johnny Walker matter??
Renuka: Hello…hello….. I've been black labeled for no reason!!!
Me: Please elaborate!!
Renuka: All boils down to profit…..JW was not profitable to ITDC!!!
Me: JW is stocked all over the World in Duty Free shops and there are no such complaints that have come to light from other Countries on this aspect.
Renuka: No no this problem is only in India!!!
Me: Why so???
Renuka: I understand that there is so much spurious JW in the Indian Markets that JW has incorporated a spurious cess in its prices for the Indian Market.
Me: This needs to be verified!!!
Renuka: Hello……hello….. yes vilification without verification is wrong!!!

The scenery is breathtaking. The breeze is cool and in the shade one even feels cold. I order another round of tea and biscuits. I've discussed 'tea and biscuits' over tea and biscuits with Confucius many times and he says…….Tea without biscuits is being punished to drink hot sweetened flavored water.

Me: Then there is the controversy about you recommending a gun!!!
Renuka: Hello…Hello ……as a MP I am in my rights to recommend something that is good for the Country!!!!
Me: Was your recommendation based on catalog knowledge or did you see the gun's trials!!!
Renuka: Hello…..now your getting technical…… I was seeing a war movie and in this movie this gun was being used. Now in the movie the gun was pretty damn effective…….and as you know I am always thinking of the Nation so there and then I penned a letter recommending the gun!!!
Me: Did you give this excuse to Manmohan when he questioned you on this??? I hear Manmohan gave you a piece of his mind!!!
Renuka: You know this is a privileged matter…for your info I wrote this letter when NDA was in power and I was just an MP!!!! When I came out of 7 Race Course there were was the Press waiting and if the PM had lambasted me I am sure my face or body language would have let the cat out of the bag……you know Press wallahs are like hounds they would have smelled it and written about it.
Me: Madam there was this fellow who was waiting in the Reception area to meet his Boss and he knew he was going to be fired….he was talking big and showing off …….he was called in and he went in and groveled in front of the Boss but got fired……then he came out shamming confidence and even did a thumbs up to those waiting in the Reception area!!!
Renuka: Hello…hello……… so either I am a damn good actor or nothing happened???
Me: The proof of the pudding is its eating…..lets see what happens in this reshuffle.

Renuka's Mobile beeps the receipt of a SMS message. She shows me the message saying that it is a SMS is from Jaipal Reddy…….. Devdas…..aaj didar ,kal yaar ,parson pyaar ,phir ekrar , fir intezar , phir takrar, fir darar , sari mehnat bekar.…..aur aakhir mein..…..ek aur devdas at beer bar.

Me: Madam speaking of acting I recall seeing you shedding tears when Sonia refused the PM's post!!
Renuka: Hello…hello…..Madam's tayaag moved me!!!
Me: What I was told was that just as you were moving to the mike you stubbed your foot badly in the dhakaa- dhakee and the tears were of pain!!!!
Renuka: I was pained that Sonia was refusing the PM's post!!!
Me: Then there is this rumor that prior to going to the mike you were pleading your case for a Cabinet post with a bigwig and he told you your chances were bleak and you started bawling!!!
Renuka: Hello…..hello………I was crying for Sonia!!!
Me: Chalo this I give it to you that the tears were real …but the cause is debatable!!

The aroma of food is in the air and next to us a family is eating and the food looks yummy. So I order some food for Renuka and myself.

Me: They say you had once said that you are more man than many men!!!
Renuka: Oh! Not me this is what NTR had said about me!!!
Me: Is this the reason why you intimidate many men!!!!
Renuka: Not my intention but if they get intimidated…good!!
Me: Why are you so rude to Journalists???
Renuka: Hello…..hello…….I am not rude…….. but I am human and do get perturbed when they write canards about me!!!
Me: Madam but what you call canards may be the truth!!!
Renuka: Is a matter of rights…they have their right to write and I have my right to protest!!!
Me: Okay protest but do not browbeat!!!
Renuka: All I threaten is legal action….psychological warfare!
Me: So you are using your education …….psychology……….. no wonders in the Third Estate you are known as Renuka Bhai!!!!

I pay the Dhaba Bill. Renuka first insists on paying the bill but then turns out she has no cash on her….only two credit cards.

Me: So now you will go and wait outside Wildflower!
Renuka: Yes…I have to meet Madam. If not today then tomorrow she is visiting the Ridge……will try to meet her there.
Me: Why don't you meet Manmohan???
Renuka: What you take me to be a yedi……I know how the system works!!!
Me: But I understand it is Manmoahn who is hell bent upon getting you removed!!!
Renuka: Madam is the antidote….. she can overrule Manmohan!!!
Me: Hello….hello…… but they say Madam also has agreed with Manmohan!!!
Renuka: Then Rahul Ji and Priyanaka Ji are there!!!
Me: And if they say no….next will you approach Priyanka's son.
Renuka: Hello…Hello…..all is fair in the quest for Power!!!
Me: Madam so this reshuffle is your report card??
Renuka: Hello…hello…
Me: If you pass I am sure you will be eating a Cadbury chocolate and singing 'Renuka pass ho gayi'!!!

Bharat Kumar

Whispers --- Corporate World -

Ojha to be Director Personnel SAIL !

Gantantra Oza is all set to become Director (Personnel) SAIL.He is presently posted in the Bhilai Steel Plant.

Shankarlingam unlikely to be NHPC CMD

It is widely believed that the Secretary Power in the Government of India is keen to have Shankarlingam of the NTPC as CMD of the NTPC.so that NTPC can finally Make NHPC its subsidiary which he has been planning for more than four years .There seems to be no chance as Sankarlingam does not have even one day experience in hydro sector.

Why did Anil Ambani and Ashwin meet ?

Why did Ashwin Windlas, the ex high profile Director of Max India Ltd and Reliance Infocomm Chief Anil Ambani. Meet ?. Is there any connection for appointment of new Directors ?.

Shankaran is acting MD of CPCL

R Shankaran has been appointed acting CMD of the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd..

Bindra is seniormost official of Standard Charted Bank

Jaspal Bindra is currently seniormost official of the Standard Charterd Bank. He is presently Regional GM South-Asia.

Shukla joins Goldstone Teleservices

Former ED of the BHEL S. P. Shukla, has joined the board of Goldstone Teleservices as Executive Chairman.

Manickam elected President

M. Manickam has been elected President of the South Indian Sugar Mills Association.

Murthy joins LIC Housing Finance

K. Narasimha Murthy, has joined the board of LIC Housing Finance Ltd as an Independent Director.

Gandhi resigns

S S Gandhi has resigned from the Board of Directors of Herbertsons Ltd..