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Manoj Saunik to be JS Petroleum
Manoj Saunik is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary Petroleum in the Government of India.1987 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer Saunik is presently PS to Minister Secretary Power Sushil Kumar Shinde.

Will Pattanaik be DG Doordarshan ?
Name of G B Pattanaik is currently doing the round for the post of DG Doordarshan. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

PS to Prithiviraj Chauhan goes abroad
Ashish Kumar Singh who was PS to Outgoing Union Minister Prithviraj Chauhan has gone on a one year training abroad. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Prasad is ahead ?
R Prasad is ahead in the race for the post of Chairman CBDT. He is 1971 batch IRS officer.

Dhingra is CMD, HUDCO

K L Dhingra has assumed the charge of CMD HUDCO.Earlier, Dhingra was associated with the Rail Vikas Nigam, Mumbai.

(We said this in beginning of August 2007)

8 envoys present their credentials to the President

The Eight Envoys to India from different countries have presented their credentials to Indian President Mrs.Pratibha Devisingh Patil at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.They are: Marc Courte the Ambassador of Luxembourg, Jerome Bonnafont the Ambassador of France, Ms. Ann Ollestad the Ambassador of Norway, Miguel Angel Ramirez Ramos the Ambassador of Cuba, Jean-Marie Deboutte the Ambassador of Belgium, Charles Richard Vernon Stagg the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom, Ms. Daniele Smadja the Ambassador of the European Commission and Hardijs Baumanis the Ambassador of Latvia.

Coutinho to go ?
Home Ministry bosses are reported to have asked for the change of B A Coutinho Joint Secretary (UT).He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Wasan gets extension
Joint Director in the CBI Navneet Rajan Wasan has been granted one year extension in his tenure. He is 1980 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Prabhakar Aloka to be promoted
Prabhakar Aloka is being promoted in the IB as Joint Director in a week or two.He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Gupta joins as PS to Renuka Chaudhary
1986 batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Suresh Chandra Gupta has informally joined as PS to Child and Women Welfare Minister Renuka Chaudhary, the formal orders are yet to be issued.
( We said this on July 23 )

IPS officer in IIPA body
1986 batch IPS officer Rajiv Trivedi has been elected Member of the Executive Committee of the AP regional branch of the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA).

Kavita Pandey is Director I & B
Kavita Pandey has joined as Director in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Kavita is 1990 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Only Rahul Gandhi & J.Scindia to return to Lok Sabha
Political pundit have forecast repeat term for Rahul Gandhi & Jyotiraditya Scindia to Lok Sabha in next polls. While Gandhi is an MP from Amethi, Scindia represents Guna parliamentary seat. Wards of other political big wigs who are MP, may not make to the Lower House Indian Parliament i.e. Lok Sabha.

Bakshi to join as OSD to Prasar Bharti CEO ?
Grapevine has it that B M Bakshi is being appointed OSD to Prasar Bharti CEO B S Lalli. Bakshi is presently posted in Imphal.

Two new Judges of Gauhati High Court
Ashok Potsangbam and Pranoy Kumar Musahary have been sworn-in as additional judges of Gauhati High Court.

Sahara Samay to be Samay !
Sahara Samay News Channel is being re-launched from October 21 with a new name "Samay".

Pradyot goes on deputation to Uttarakhand
IDAS officer Dr Ajai Kumar Pradyot who is presently posted in Dehradun is joining the Uttarakhand Government of deputation.

IAS changes in TamilNadu
Chennai Corporation Joint Commissioner M. Chandrasekaran has been appointed new Tiruvarur Collector. Rajendra Kumar has been moved as Tiruvallur Collector.Ranvir Prasad will now be the CEO, CMDA. Ms R Vasuki will be a Deputy Commissioner in the Chennai Corporation. Shambhu Kallolikar has been made Director, Fisheries. S. Veerashanmughamony will now be Additional Secretary Protocol .

Super 6 Maharajahs to feted by Air India

Air India of which Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD) is V.Thulasidas will be organizing a function shortly to felicitate the super six maharajahs.The super-six members of the Indian Cricket team, who are employees of Air India, will be given out of turn promotion to the next grade as a reward for bringing laurels to the Country by winning the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup Championship. These players are : Captain M.S. Dhoni, Vice Captain Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, R.P. Singh and Robin Uthappa.Air India will also provide a travel package on its network for five years to the entire team, including Air India employees who formed part of the victorious team. Air India, which has been a pioneer patron of sports, has been inducting sportspersons during their formative years so as to enable them get international exposure. Cricket has been one of the prime sports in which Air India has been extending support and inducting players.

FORUM

iT's a relevant point of debate

Mrs. Neeta Singh & N Kumar have striked a very relevant point for
debate. Let them please also answer a question that where is the state government wrong if PCS officers with a seniority of more than 20-25 years are appointed to any important post. These PCS officers should have become Divisional Commissioners/Secretaries had they got IAS in time. In fact officers from PCS are still at injustice as they are getting only positions which are of rank DCs / Joint Secretary with a service of 25 years. There is no dispute that young IAS officers must get good postings in state but they must also think about their PCS Colleagues and take initiative in getting justice for them.

R Jain

Neeta Singh is right

Neeta singh has touched the right chord. In various states, State governments are harassing young IAS officers by appointing them at certain avoidable posts as they don't want to become slaves. Seniors these days are busy in their interests so let's forget IAS and give 100% reservation to PCS officers. They will also feel happy and young blood will get to IIM or IIT or will open a pan shop. In certain states they are not even given vehicles, houses and basic amenities. When wiill we wake up for the fraternity???

N Kumar

Sentiments of Neeta Singh must be appreciated

The sentiments of Mrs. Neeta singh must be appreciated. There is no doubt about the superiority & competence of AIS officers but it must also be noted that the gap between the seniority of AIS officers and PCS officers is increasing and this is the reason that in some states officers with 20-25 years of experience are being posted on important places. In fact in order to maintain the all India character of AIS officers who are promoted to AIS from PCS be sent to other states but the gap of seniority must be reduced. This will also solve the problem of patronage to State cadre officers by respective states.

RK

Pay parity comes with performance parity

If the cost of feeding 10-20 CS equivalent IAS & IPS officers in every state and 100s of them in GOI (plus 100 + re-employed ones)is factored in, unlike even the biggest private companies that have only one MD, then Secretaries should actually have a large pay cut!! Let us get rid of this barrel like structure first and then talk of pay parity with the private sector. In any case pay parity comes with performance parity, not to the exclusion of either!

Shantanu

"I am glad there is no proposal to raise retirement age"

I am glad there is no proposal to increase the retirement age in civil services. Under this garb the political leaders may exploit the services by offering them extensions, re-employment or jobs in committees and compromise the officers before retirement. In fact officers should retire at 60 and leave the field for younger officers to fill up. They will have ample opportunities outside for good work. Let them be honest in their advice to politicians at that stage instead of seeking favours. That should be hallmark of good governance

Senior Citizen

Retirement age should not be raised

The Age of the Central Govt. Employee should not be raised to 62 years as there is already huge number of eligible(age/qualification wise) unemployed youth waiting to get in Government Services. In order to avail the benefit of the experience and talent of the higher level officers, the Govt. should be free to avail the services of the experienced/brilliant policy makers/ Management level officers on contract or on other terms as being done presently.

P K Pal

Is Cricket only important in this country ?

Today the whole country is celebrating the country's win in the 20-20 world cup and people have made the cricketers a star. It is certainly a moment of pride for all of us and the young cricket team deserves praise for its achievement. There was also a news that the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and the civil aviation minister and a host of politicians have received them at airport. The question arises here is that are we intending to say that only cricket is the only game which is important to this country and rest have no meaning. The second question is have all these CMs & Ministers found time to even meet a lot of other unknown soldiers in the country who have earned international/ national recognition for their works in the field of water conservation, energy conservation, science & technology, Food security etc. These issues are far more important than Cricket or any other game as they are related to the survival of the countrys 100 crore population but the irony is that our leaders dont have time for such things. Let the readers of this site introspect and deliberate that what carries more importance for the people of this nation.
Arvind

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The prime Minister of China called President Bush to console him after the attack on the Pentagon:
"I'm sorry to hear about the attack. It is a very big tragedy. But in case you are missing any documents from the Pentagon, we have copies of everything."

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Interview of Director (Finance) ONGC to start today

Interview for the post of Director (Finance) ONGC will commence from today. Altogether 30 candidates will be interviewed by the PESB.

Mishra is General Secretary of SEFI
Deepak Mishra has been elected new General Secretary of the Steel Executive Federation of India (SEFI).
He is the President of the Rourkela Steel Plant Officers Association.

Goyal is Country Manager Bajaj Allianz

Kamesh Goyal has been appointed CEO and Country Manager of Allianz companies in India.

Shyam Lal is ED NACIL
Shyam Lal is new ED (Related Business) of the of the National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL), the new company into which Air India and Indian have been merged.

Orange County resorts open Orange County, Kabini

Orange County Resorts & Hotels Ltd., a brand symbolic of luxury resorts in India, has announced the opening of its new luxury resort, Orange County, Kabini.It is built on the banks of the Kabini River, in the land of the Kadu kuruba tribe of Nagarhole forest in Karnataka.The property is spread across 20-acres of land and has been built in 16 months, with an investment of Rs. 20 crores . Truly tribal in character, the cottages have been built using a high degree of local environment friendly material, to blend-in with the surroundings.

GroupSoft launches SAP enters England

GroupSoft of which founder and Principal Consultant is Amitabh Nema, has opened a new subsidiary office in London, United Kingdom, and with that launched their SAP Retail Services in the UK and European Markets.GroupSoft has its head office in India located at M8, Commercial Complex, Old DLF, Sector 14, Gurgaon(Haryana).

XL Dynamics India reaches US

XL Dynamics India Pvt. Ltd. (XLDI)of which Chief Operating Officer(COO) is Alok Bansal,is expanding its products and services portfolio with offerings in the areas of financial products design, risk management, and capital market solutions.

Naukri.com revamped

Naukri.com, India's no. 1 job site has brought about the next level of architectural and user interface changes in the jobseeker sections of the website, introducing user friendly features via new technologies.

Pradeep Guha is of IAA (India chapter)

Pradeep Guha CEO of the Zee group has been re-elected president of the International Advertising Association (IAA), India chapter, 2007-08.Other office bearers are:Raj Nayak vice-president,M.G.Parameswaran, secretary & Jaideep Gandhi treasurer.Other members are Gautam Rakshit,Tanya Goyal,Rohit Gupta,Sam Balsara (past president), Ramesh Narayan, Pheroza Bilimoria & Mukul Upadhyaya.

Sterling performers feted at Asia brand congress

At the recently held Asia brand congress 2007 in Mumbai awarded several eminent players from key players in media & corporate sector were felicitated.Arun Arora President BCCL, and CEO The Economic Times & K.P. Singh Chairman DLF group were given an award each for "lifetime achievement".Mainly those who were feted are:Prasun Joshi Executive Chairman McCann Erickson- "creative professional of the year", Dr Vijay Mallya Chairman, Kingfisher Airlines-"brand builder of the year,B Muthumaran MD Tata Steel-"CEO of the year",Rajdeep Sardesai -"media professional of the year",Sunil Lulla CEO Times Now-"marketing professional of the year".Grey Worldwide-"agency of the year"& while Bharti Enterprises-"campaign of the year".