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Process of 1978 batch IAS empanelment commences
Process of the empanelment of 1978 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India has commenced.

Fate of Chairman Railway Board be decided today

Who will be new Chairman Railway Board(CRB) is the million Dollar question doing rounds in the Rail Bhawan?The Gordian knot is expected to be cut by today evening.Laluji will see to it that K C Jena gets this job.

Jena or Sukhbir as CRB?

Either it will be K.C.Jena or Sukhbir Singh who will be next Chairman Railway Board(CRB),after retirement of J.P.Batra today.

Uncertainty hovers over Jena

Clouds of uncertainty hover on the anointment of K.C.Jena as Chairman Railway Board(CRB).Though,Jena has full backing of Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav,the Prime Minister's Office(PMO) has put spokes in Jena's train to CRB office.As the grapevine has it the PMO has said that such an incumbent should be bext CRB who has at least two years of service left.In that case Jena is automatically eliminated & Sukhbir Singh has fairer chances as he has at least two more years to serve.

Tie between R.Ashok & Sudha Chaube for FC Railway Board

Who will be Financial Commissioner Railway Board ? Tie is said to be between R.Ashok & Ms.Sudha Chaube.The former has backing of Indian Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.One can only wait and watch.

Will Lakra move to National Commission for ST ?

Wilfred Lakara is likely to move to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribe as Secretary.1973 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer Lakara is presently MD of the Trifed. He has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India.

K K Gupta resigns from service
Number two in the Indian Forest Service hierarchy K K Gupta has been relieved on Tuesday.1971 batch IFS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre Gupta who is presently Secretary of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribe had put in his papers.

CAG official to head UN Security Council Expert Panel
UN Seceretary General Ban Ki Moon has appointed Rajiv Bhushan Sinha as the Chairman of the UN Security Council Expert Panel on Liberia. Sinha is a senior member of Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS).

Sudhir Mankad to retire next month
Gujarat Chief Secretary Sudhir Mankad is superannuating by next month end. He is 1971 batch IAS officer. He has shifted to his house.

Padhi to retire today
Secretary Security in the Government of India N C Padhi is superannuating on Tuesday. He is 1968 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Mehra to hold double charge
Newly appointed Secretary Security Shyam Ratan Mehra will also hold the charge of the Bureau of Civil Aviation. He is 1970 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Rao is Director Northern Division of MEA

Gururaj Rao (IFS 89) has been appointed as Director in the Northern Division of MEA in place of Sudhakar Dalela (IFS 93) who is going on transfer to Dhaka. Rao was Consul General in Birgunj, Nepal.

Srivastava to return to Assam
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs Anoop Kumar Srivastava is returning to the parent Assam-Meghalaya cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. He is 1981 batch IAS officer.

Raghupathy proceeds on leave
MD of the Sethusamudram and Chairman of the Tuticorin Port Trust N K Raghupathy has proceeded on two months leave. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

11 post of member CAT to fall vacant
As many as eight vacancies of administrative members in the CAT & three vacancies of judicial members in the CAT are going to fall vacant in next five months.

Subir Datta is Chairman of UPSC
Publicity shy Subir Datta has succeeded Gurbachan Jagat as Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).He is retired 1967 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Is Vijay Jindal quitting ?
Rumour mill says that ED of the Times of India Group Vijay Jindal is quitting the company to join the UTI Mutual Fund.

Planning Commission officials suffer inferiority complex
Planning Commission officials, including its Vice Chairman, are suffering with inferiority complex. Reason: BK Chaturvedi, who happens to be former cabinet secretary reaches the office with Z'" category security.

Name of Justice Shah was considered
If top sources are to be believed, name of Justice A P Shah, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, figured in the meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium for elevation .There was, however, no consensus.

Bihar Chief Secretary to retire
Bihar Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Choudhary is superannuating on August 31. He is 1972 batch IAS officer.

IRPS changes

RK Parashar, Chairman, Railway Recruitment Board, Chandigarh, has been transferred to the Central Railways. BN Meena on promotionhas been posted in WC Railway. AK Sonik has been promoted in DMW Patiala itself.M. Brahmo has also been promoted in Metro,Kolkata itself.After promotion Alka Arora has been moved to Western Railway and Dr Sampathrajan on promotion has been posted in SR.

121 promoted as Asst CITs

As many as 121 incumbents have been promoted as Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax.They are:Shivendra Kumar Gupta AP to Gujarat,A.G.V.Prasad AP to Karnataka, P.Prabhakar Rao AP to Madurai, V.Amarendra Reddy AP to Mumbai,C.H.Krishna Reddy AP To Mumbai,B.Kurmi Naidu AP to Karnataka,Y Sesha Srinivas AP to Karnataka,D.Gopalakrishnamurthy AP to Nagpur,G.Suryaprasad AP to Tamil Nadu,T.V.P.Latha AP to Tamil Nadu,V.R.Rao AP to Nagpur, Chandra Prakash Bhatia Bihar to West Bengal,Ajay Kumar Bihar to West Bengal, S.K.Mitra Bihar to West Bengal,N.D.Gupta Delhi to UP(W), Surendra Bhardwaj Delhi to NWR, Virendra Kumar Delhi to UP(W),Shivraj Singh Delhi to Rajasthan,Rajeev Kumar Delhi to UP(W), F.R.Meena Delhi to Gujarat, Mrs.R.K.Topiwala Gujarat to MP,Kamal Mangal Gujarat to Mumbai, C.S.Sharma Gujarat to MP, A.R.Rewar Gujarat to Pune,V.J. Boricha Gujarat to Mumbai,Ms.M.Lakshmibai Kerala to Tamil Nadu,K.Gireesha Karnataka to Tamil Nadu,B.R.Ramesh Karnataka to AP, P Suresh Rao Karnataka to Tamil Nadu,A.Ramesh Kumar KTK to TN,A.K.Singh MP to UP(E),I.B.Khandel MP to Rajasthan,R.K.Baral MP to WB, A.K.Koli MP to Nagpur, P.S.Chauhan MP to Pune,G.I.Banwari MP to Rajasthan,Gitesh Kumar MP to Nagpur,Mohammed Jawed MP to Mumbai, Satya Prakash R. Singh Mumbai to Gujarat, Ms. Meena Dinesh Mumbai to Nagpur,Rajan M.Iyer Mumbai to Cuttack , V.Muralidharan Mumbai to Nagpur,Ms.Rajeshwari Motwani Mumbai to Gujarat, Ms.Sudha Ramchandran Mumbai to Pune,Ms.Agnes Thomas Mumbai to Pune,Rajeev Kesarwani Mumbai to Gujarat(RTI)Ahmedabad, Dharamveer Yadav Mumbai to Delhi,R.M.Mazumdar Nagpur to AP, G.P.Shrivastava Nagpur to MP, S.P.G.Mudliar Nagpur to AP, Diwakar Chakravarty NER to WB,Ajeet Kumar Lashkar NER to AP,Chanchal Nag NER to WB, Amrik Chand NWR to Delhi, Ashok Khanna NWR to UP(W),Ravinder Kumar Mittal NWR to Delhi, Shivnath Sharma NWR to Delhi, Nitin Garg NWR to Delhi, Ghanshyam Sharma NWR to Delhi, Randeep Singh NWR to Delhi, Anil Kumar Dhir NWR to Delhi, Mukesh Kumar Sharma NWR to Delhi,K.D.Gyamba NWR to UP (W),Alok Nath Orissa to Bihar, D.K.Pradhan Orisasa to Bihar, Usha Rama Rao Pune to Mumbai,S.S.Kulkarni(Suhas) Pune to Mumbai,J.V.Rao Pune to Mumbai, A.N. Sontakke Pune to Mumbai, R.R.Chandekar Pune to Mumbai,P.K.Sharma Rajasthan to Delhi,A.S.Nehra Rajastna to Delhi,K.C.Gupta Rajasthan to Delhi,K.N.Dandapani TN to AP,Howard Devissair TN to AP, Sa.Sankaralingam TN to Kerala,V.M.Thiagarajan TN to Kerala,M.Muralidharan TN to Kerala, R.Rajeshwari TN to Kerala,V.K.Gurunathan TN to KTK, S.Venkatesh TN to KTK,O.Md.Jalaluddin TN to KTK,R.Krishna Kumar TN to Kerala,Mohammed Mustafa TN to Kerala, R.Samath Kumar TN to Kerala, K.Ramamurthy TN to Kerala,S.Sheeni TN to Kerala,E.Sulochana TN to KTK, Yaduvir Singh UP(E) to Delhi,S.L.Anuragi UP(E) to Pune, Harish Gidwani UP(E) to Delhi,Harish Chandra UP(E) to Delhi,Hiraman Ram UP(E) to Delhi,A.K.Das UP(E) to Mumbai, Saras Kumar UP(W) to UP(E),Anil Kumar Sharma UP(W) to Delhi,Laji Singh Yadav UP(W) to UP(E),Arkendra Singh (UP(W) to MP,O.P.Pathak UP(W) to MP,Ajay Kumar Mishra UP(W) to MP,O.P.Verma UP(W) to Rajasthan,Ramesh Chandra UP(W) to Rajasthan, Sanjib kirpal WB to Orissa,Mrinal Kanti Chanda WB to Orissa,Dhrubajyoti Roy WB to Orissa,Sandip Sengupta WB to Orissa,Supriyo Pal WB to Orissa,Sreekrishna Ghosh WB to Orissa,Dulal Ch Mondal WB to Bihar, Sanjoy Mallick WB to NER,Sanjib Kr Roy WB NER,Chandan Das WB to Bihar,Sankar Kr Halder WB to NER,Bikas Ch Biswa WB to Bihar,Swapan Kr Bepari WB to NER, Debbrata Baidya WB to Mumbai,Sailen Samaddar WB to NER, Dr.Anup Biswas WB to Bihar,Jayanta Mridha WB to Orissa &Mrinal Chakraborty WB to Mumbai.

35 Asst CITs posted

As many 35 Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax have been posted. 35 Asst CITs posted
They are:Satyajit Mandal TN to Delhi, M.L.Sardar TN to Orissa,V.G.Irkal KTK to AP,Rajeev Kumar(91030) Kerala to Mumbai,A.Haldar WB to Mumbai,G.C.Daxini Gujarat to Mumbai, R,.R.Agrawal Gujarat to DGIT(Infra)Delhi, Abhishek Shukla (01554) MP to Pune,D.K.Mitra TN to Orissa,Naresh Saka(99029) Mumbai to KTK,J.C.Bindra NWR DGIT(Systems),Kamal Kapoor (98509) Mumbai to KTK,J.C.Bindra NWR to DGIT(Systems)Delhi,Kamal Kapoor (98509)Delhi to NWR,O.P.Meena Gujarat to Pune, K.G.Goyal (03020) Delhi to Rajasthan, Sanjeev Minocha Gujarat to NWR,Anand S.Marathe Gujarat to Pune,S.N.Dube Nagpur to MP,B.N.Das TN to Orissa,Anthony Pariath Gujarat to Mumbai, Aashna Paul (00014) NWR to Delhi, Rajesh Kumar (04077) WB to Mumbai,Md.Rizwan (04012) NWR to Delhi, Narendra Singh UP(E) to DGIT(Admn)Delhi, Vimal I.Mehta (011024) Gujarat to DGIT(Admn) Delhi, Dharma Veer Singh(01002) Gujarat to Mumbai, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav (02030)UP(W) to DGIT(Admn)Delhi, Bharat B.Garg (04020) Indore (MP) to Mumbai, Praveen Kishore compulsory wait to Delhi, Anees Ahmed(01685) NADT Nagpur to Nagpur, Narendra Kane(01878) NADT Nagpur to Nagpur, Deepshikha Sharma (000012) Gujarat to DGIT(Systems) Delhi,Nilesh Yadav(02038) Gujarat to DGIT(Vigilance) Delhi, Parhasarthy Naik (01653) Pune to Mumbai, Nidhi Singh compulsory wai to Delhi &V.B.Bansal Delhi to CIB Delhi.Transfers of P. Transfer orders of Rama Rao & R.Gurumurthy were cancelled while staying the transfer of G.N.Bhat till September 30,2007.

IAS changes in Uttarakhand
Ten IAS officers in Uttarakhand have been reshuffled.

Commodore Jha takes over

Commodore S.K. Jha has taken over as Commanding Officer of INS Venduruthy and as Naval officer-in-charge of Kerala . He has succeeded Commodore A.T. Lucose.

Maini takes over as Chairman of NHAI

Jivtesh Singh Maini has taken over as the chairman of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

FORUM

Is it not double standard ?

It is really strange that there is a lot of hue and cry when seniority etc. are ignored and junior promoted in the categories of IAS, IFS etc. etc. whereas a number of lower officers suffer the same way in subordinate services. Is it not a Double standarad of the Government Can any body take responsibility for doing away this anomaly and put the rules straight for all the civil services.

Pt Ram Kanwar

Credit for deal goes to M K Narayanan

I had the privelege of working under M K Narayanan in the IB when he was Director. I have yet to come across an officer with such clarity of vision, and foresight. It is no surprize that he has pulled off a very favorable deal for India, which, as you have rightly mentioned, the Chinese took 13 years to get. All credit to Narayanan.

A C Verma

Why K was ignored and D was selected ?

Discussion about denial of CP Delhi's post to Kiran Bedi has gone far too astray. PK Lahiri's views that 'people' shouldn't expect the 'Sarkar' to explain each and every appointment or selection to high posts is obviously out of synch with the modern day demands of transparency. Equally untenable is Raj's assertion that Kiran Bedi should have been selected because she too is a Punjabi like the PM. In such a highly opinionated scenario, rational discourse becomes impossible. Let's therefore reflect coolly over the whole thing.
It is a fact that Kiran Bedi had the right to expect the job as she is presently the senior most IPS from the UT cadre. It is also a fact that the gentleman given the assignment is two batches junior to Kiran.
One cannot dispute the basic issue that selection of one amongst the many in ZOC cannot be solely on grounds of seniority. Seniority shall be the clinching factor 'other things being equal'. Obviously other things weren't equal between K and D in the eyes of the Government. THEREFORE government has to explain to the people at least two things; first, what are those 'other things' and second, how are they not equal between the senior most aspirant and the chosen one.
Transparency to this extent will be in the interest of the government and Dadwal also as in the absence of authentic information rumours injurious to Dadwal's reputation are gaining ground and the names of PM and other dignitaries are also being dragged in. Shouldn't the government do itself and Dadwal a huge favour by coming out with the real reasons why K was ignored and D was selected? I think it should.

N N Ojha

Not good for healthy administration

I tend to agree with the views expressed in this column by B G Walia and P K Lahiri that the methods (going to media) adopted by Ms. Kiran Bedi to raise her grievance against the Prime Minister for selecting her as CP, Delhi, cannot be justified in any way and rather they question her maturity in service matters. I hope he herself would not tolerate such action by any of her own subordinates. Some of my friends are trying to give gender colour to this case comparing it with the election of a woman President. This is not good for healthy administration.

Sat B

There is a need to raise retirement age

I don't agree with the views of Rakesh & Meeran. How can one brand the whole lot of employees as inefficient. There is every need to raise the retirement age to 62 yrs as ultimately the experience counts.

M Raina

Vijay Singh is right person for right place

It is a rare case where square pegs have not been put in round holes! The Government deserves to be congratulated in adhering to seniority and yet getting the right person at proper place! Am sure Vijay will do full justice to job.

H G Obhrai

Rules should be same for everybody

Regarding Parmeshwar Singh's sharp reaction, I think he should enlighten us further on what happened to the proposal by the then non-IRS JS about assigning the post to IRS. I am sure and Parmeshwar Singh/Prashant would agree that if it was turned down, it would not be the wish of IRS cadre. IRS very much wants to manage their own affairs, as is the case with IAS, Railways, etc.
Parmeshwar Singh has chosen not to comment on my other important observations, i.e. Is IAS willing to assign their cadre related matters/service matters/ postings/promotions etc. to others? The rules should be same for everybody, Parmeshwar. Please enlighten us with your views on this.

Kumar

TAIL-PIECE

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1. A friend
2. A companion
3. A lover
4. A brother
5. A father
6. A master
7. A chef
8. An electrician
9. A carpenter
10. A plumber
11. A mechanic
12. A decorator
13. A stylist
16. A psychologist
17. A pest exterminator
18. A psychiatrist
19. A healer
20. A good listener
21. An organizer
22. A good father
23. Very clean
24. Sympathetic
25. Athletic
26. Warm
27. Attentive
28. Gallant
29. Intelligent
30. Funny
31. Creative
32. Tender
33. Strong
34. Understanding
35. Tolerant
36. Prudent
37. Ambitious
38. Capable
39. Courageous
40. Determined
41. True
42. Dependable
43. Passionate
WITHOUT FORGETTING TO:
44. Give her compliments regularly
45. Love shopping
46. be honest
47. be very rich
48. Not stress her out
49. Not look at other girls
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IT IS VERY IMPORTANT:
53. Never to forget:
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&
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New "Air India"to take off from tomorrow

All is set for merged Airline of Air India & Indian to take off from July 1, 2007.Indian Aviation Minister Praful Patel has announced name, and mascot & logo of merged Airline According to Praful Patel the new entity will be known as "Air India". While the new Company will have its registered office in New Delhi, its Corporate Office will be in Mumbai and its office for domestic operations as well as the strategic business units will be mostly based in Delhi. The mascot of the merged airline will be the Maharajah. The new livery and logo of the merged airline were also unveiled by the Minister .As "Air India" is a globally and nationally recognized brand name, as well as the designated airline in international bilaterals - the 'AI' code being available only to the existing name, it has been decided that the merged entity would continue with the same name. The design components of the new logo and livery have been drawn after merging some of the current features of both Air India and Indian. The logo of the new airline is a "Flying Swan" with the "Konark Charka" placed inside it.The "Flying Swan" has been morphed from Air India's characteristic logo, 'The Centaur' whereas the 'Konark Chakra' is reminiscent of Indian's logo. The new logo will feature prominently on the tail of the aircraft. Individually the Konark Chakra will also feature on all the engines of the aircraft. The choice of colours namely red for 'Flying Swan' and orange for 'Konark Chakra' are meant to signify vigour and advancement. Further the colours also have a strong association with two carriers thereby retaining the earlier imagery of traditional hospitality and service. While the aircraft will be ivory in colour, the base will retain the red streak of Air India. Running parallel to each other will be the orange and red speed lines from front door to the rear door, subtly signifying the individual identities merged into one. The brand name 'Air India' will run across the tail of the aircraft.

Bhattacharya is UCO Bank Director
Director in the Ministry of Finance A Bhattacharya has been appointed Director on the Board of the UCO Bank.

Sasan project goes to Reliance Power

The ultra mega power project coming up under "Sasan Power Limited" has been bagged by M/s. Reliance Power Limited (formerly known as M/s. Reliance Energy Generation Ltd.).This became evident when the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) met and advised that the procurer should consider taking immediate action to issue the Letter of Intent to the lowest bidder. For this purpose, the EGoM has advised that the matter should be placed before the Board of Sasan Power Limited expeditiously for taking appropriate action. The revised bid of M/s. Reliance Power Limited quoting levellised tariff of Rs. 1.19616 per kilo watt hour was the lowest in comparison to other two contenders.They were: M/s. Jaiprakash Associates, M/s. NTPC .

Harsha Chugh Business Head - UAE in Balaji Telefilms

Ms.Harsha Chugh will be Business Head of Balaji Telefilms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Hitherto she was Creative Consultant with Sony Entertainment.

GVK Biosciences & Genomics Group of USFDA, ink pact

GVK Biosciences (GVK BIO) of which CEO is G V Sanjay Reddy has announced that it has signed a material transfer agreement with the Genomics group of the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to share information from its Clinical Biomarker Database. The Genomics group at the FDA will use the database in its VGDS (Voluntary Genomics Data Submission program) as well as in its internal research. GVK BIO will use the feedback from the FDA to further optimize the content and capabilities of the database to meet Reviewers' needs. Currently, the GVK BIO database contains over 278 different fields for clinically reported biomarkers captured from the published literature. Data ranging from clinical to the preclinical stage has been captured. The database may be useful for design, validation and as a knowledgebase of studies where biomarkers were reported.

Nepa Ltd does it again

There have been all round improvements. The production and sales for past four years have been surpassed. The two year success story can also be attributed to Brigadier S.K .Mutreja, CMD who after joining on October 24,2005 galvanized the work force as a Unitmotivated to excel in each sphere of workmanship. In a cash starved unit, like Nepa, the Company, apart from traditional way of realizing dues from customers, found a novel way of fund raising.

Bubna to join new Finance Company

Ravi Bubna who has quit the Aditya Birla Group Financial Services is all set to join Edelweiss promoted finance company ECL Finance.

Kamath elected President of AAAI

Madhukar Kamath, Managing Director & CEO of the Mudra Group, has been elected new President of Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for the year 2007-2008.

Krishnan elected President of NBA

G. Krishnan CEO of TV Today Network Ltd., has been elected president of the newly formed News Broadcasters Association (NBA). Sameer Manchanda, JMD of Global Broadcast News Ltd., and K. V. L. Narayan Rao, Group CEO of NDTV Limited have been elected vice-president and treasurer respectively.s