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1974 batch unlikely to get in-situ promotion
1974 batch IAS officers empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India are unlikely to get in-situ promotions.

60 IPS officers of 1986 batch empanelled
Altogether 60 IPS officers of 1986 batch are reported to have been empanelled to the rank of IG in the Government of India.

Why Jena failed to make it as Chairman of the Railway Board ?
Despite Railway Minister Laluji's backing K C Jena could not be appointed Chairman of the Railway Board on Tuesday ?.It was stated that the PMO returned the file of Jena on the ground that he did not have two years of service left .Insiders have another version. They say that Jena's file was returned both by the CVC and Department of Personnel on the grounds that there is a CBI case pending against him. Sources close to Jena however said that Jena had been exonerated. One can only watch the developments.

Ramesh Chandra is Acting Chairman of Railway Board
Ramesh Chandra has assumed the charge of the post of Chairman, Railway Board . He will also continue to look after the duties of Member Electrical, Railway Board. This follows the superannuation of outgoing Chairman, Railway Board JP Batra on 31st July .

When UPSC became a conglomeration of defence secretaries !
Three defence secretaries, the former Subir Datta the outgoing Shekhar Dutt and the present Vijay Singh were seen together at a UPSC meeting recently.

Lalli to go to Veitnam to cover events!
Grapevine has it that Prasar Bharati CEO, BS Balli, is going to Vietnam to cover an sports event there or else he would have never preferred to leave India just for the sake of a foreign trip. The event in question is slated to start on August 26.

Three new Judges of Kerala HC

The new judges of the Kerala High Court V. Giri, Harun-ul-Rashid and V.K. Mohanan have been sworn in on Wednesday.

IAS Changes in TamilNadu

There is IAS reshuffle in TamilNadu.New postings are :-Mssrs K.S. Sripathy Vigilance Commissioner and Commissioner for Administrative Reforms, K. Rajaraman Commissioner, Town and Country Planning,A.S. Jeevarathinam Additional Registrar, Cooperative Societies and M.F. Farooqui additional charge of Development Commissioner.

Prabhat Shukla is new Ambassador to Russia
Prabhat Shukla has been appointed next Ambassador to Russia. 1974 batch IFS officer Shukla, presently High Commissioner to Australia, will succeed Kanwal Sibal.
( We said this on June 29 )

Chakravarti is new Ambassador to Romania
D. Chakravarti, India's High Commissioner to Tanzania, has been appointed Ambassador to Romania. He is1977 batch IFS officer.

Manimekalai appointed Ambassador to Libya
M. Manimekalai has been appointed Ambassador to Libya. She is 1981 batch IFS officer

IPS changes in TamilNadu
G. Nanchil Kumaran ADG will be new Commissioner of Chennai Police. He is 1976 batch IPS officer.Present Commissioner Letika Saran has been posted as ADGP, Administration, Chennai. K. Ramanujam would continue to be the full-time Member Secretary of the Commission.

Dash is CVO of Hind Insecticides
R N Dash has been appointed CVO of the Hind Insecticides under the Ministry of Fertilisers. He is 1986 batch IDAS officer.

Name of Justice Meena Kumari was discussed
If top sources are to be believed, name of Justice Justice T. Meena Kumari Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, figured in the meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium for elevation .There was, however, no consensus.

Will Ashok Choudhary be CVC in Bihar ?
Grapevine has it that Bihar Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Choudhary is being appointed state's Chief Vigilance Commissioner after his superannuation on August 31. He is 1972 batch IAS officer.

Chugh to be Regular Jharkhand Chief Secretary
Acting Chief Secretary of Jharkhand for the last five months A K Chugh is being appointed regular Chief Secretary in a week or two. He is 1974 batch IAS officer.

HT & Hindustan to be bifurcated

Leading English daily "The Hindustan Times"is going be separated from its Hindi newspaper titled "Hindustan."As the grapevine has it a new company for the latter is on the anvil.

Ajay Shankar is new Secretary IPP
Ajay Shankar (IAS: UP:1973) has taken over as the new Secretary for the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Prior to his joining here Shankar has served in the Planning Commission and Ministry of Power, Government of India.

Brahm Dutt is Secretary Surface Transport
Brahm Dutt, a 1973-batch IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre, has taken over as new Secretary, Road Transport and Highways in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways here today. Brahm Dutt who till recently held the charge of the Chairman, National Authority, Chemicals Weapons Convention in the Cabinet Secretariat, took over from Vijay Singh who has joined as Defence Secretary.

1991 batch IPS promoted in UP

1991 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of DIG in Uttar Pradesh in a week or two.DPC has cleared the names of nine officers.

Ms.Jayshree Arde is CF in Arunachal

Ms.Jayshree has been posted as Conservator of Forests (CF) in Arunachal Pradesh.She is an Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer of AGMUT cadre & belongs to the 1986 batch.

IAS changes in Maharashtra

R Y Gaikwad will be Chief of MMRD.Chandra Shekhar has been appointed Secretary Excise and Transport.Sarvari Gokhle has been made Principal Secretary Education.G S Gill will be new Chief of CIDCO.

FORUM

Unauthorised occupation of Government Bungalows

Sir, as per news item titled" S C asks government why not arrest squatting babus" in Times of India dated 31st July Delhi edition, while hearing a matter pertaining to unauthorised occupation of government accommodation, Hon'ble Supreme Court judges observed that "it is detrimental to the interests of large number of government servants who have been waiting for years together for allotment of government accommodation " and suggested that center as well as states should consider the desirability of amending section 441 of IPC to make the offence of squatting by bureaucrats and officials a non bailable offence. In spite of Supreme Court taking such serious view of the matter there seems to be no effect on some senior officials of Directorate General of Defence Estates. For example Director General Defence Estates himslf continues to occupy a general pool accommodation at Humayun Road and another Additional DGDE at Netaji Nagar, New Delhi, in spite of the fact that departmental accommodation has already been constructed at Raksha Sampda Bhawan near Delhi airport and lying vacant since October 2005.All other officials vacated the general pool accommodation and shifted to departmental accommodation in Oct.2005 itself. Why Directorate of Estates is not taking any action in the matter is not known. If it cannot evict the senior officials from general pool accommodation in spite of Supreme Courts tough stand least it can do is to include these two bungalows/flats of type 6 category in general pool and allot to other eligible officers in the queue. Wastage in a situation of scarcity should not be permitted and responsibility should be fixed.
Sudhir Chopra

Sudhir Chopra

Retirement age should not be raised

I fully appreciate the views of Ravi that there are many experienced persons in Govt. who are exceptionally talented and knowledgeable. But, raising the retirement age across the board will mean that majority who are not at all talented and are manipulative will also get the extension automatically. This has to be checked. Anyways, those who are talented do not depend on the government service for recognition. They are always recognized by their good and noble deeds. So, the current retirement age should not be raised to 62.

R Singh

IRS should stop criticizing their boards

It is high time that the officers in IRS stop criticizing their boards. From the feedback one gets an impression that only in the IRS officers are being ill-treated or are being denied their legitimate rights. We have had enough on transfer policy. It is true that there are people who have been favoured and there are some who are denied these benefits. But overall IRS is the best of services. We may instead flag issues regarding providing the facilities/ perks as are being provided in other services instead of just criticizing the boards or transfer policy.

Raghu

Congratulations to Ramesh Chandra

Congratulations to Rameshchandra for becoming first ever IRSEE cadre man to own the coveted post of CRB. Congratulations to RM also for respecting a Senior member may be from any cadre.

K K Verma

Other services should also be promoted

One could not expect any justice in the earlier regime if one did not belong to the I A S. Officers of 1974 batch of Allied services are still waiting for empanelment to Additional Secretary panel. It is hoped that the present Cabinet Secretary will do some justice to these officers. What is surprising is that our Prime Minister who was a respected specialist is not taking any action .Is it because the P M O is also ruled by I A S ?Forget about 2 year mandatory gap, it is now 4 years and 1974 I A S has been empanelled as secretaries. It is high time the other services of 1974 are empanelled at least as Additional Secretaries.

S Verma

Are we not Indians

I am a bit disgusted by the remarks of some in the Delhi CP affair. Why drag in the names of mallus and punjabis. Are we not Indians.

N K Naresh

IRS should thank their stars

When one compares IAS and IRS then it becomes apparent that the IAS suffer the Politicians throughout their life ... a very undesirable option. The IRS should thank their stars as they are above all such pigmy politicians whom IAS salute from day one. some IAS look pathetic when they boast about their power only till they meet a netaji.

A K Kumar

TAIL-PIECE

Chinese Proverbs

Virginity like bubble,
> one prick, all gone.
> Man who run in front of car
> get tired.
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> Man who run behind car
> get exhausted.
> Man with hand in pocket
> feel cocky all day.
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> Man who walk through airport turnstile sideways
> going to Bangkok .
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> Man with one chopstick
> go hungry.
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> Man who scratch ass
> should not bite fingernails.
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> Man who eat many prunes
> get good run for money.
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> Panties not best thing on earth!
> But next to
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> best thing on earth.
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> War does not determine who is right,
> war determines who is left.
>Wife who put husband in doghouse
> soon find him in cat house.
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> Man who fight with wife all day
> get no piece at night.
>

> It take many nails to
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> build crib,
> but one screw to fill it.
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> Man who drive like hell,
> bound to get there.
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> Man who stand on toilet
> is high on pot.
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> Man who live in glass house
> should change clothes in basement.
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> Man who fish in other man's well
> often catch crabs.
>
Col. Satish Dewan

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CORPORATE

CONCOR on the forefront of Excellence

Container Corporation Of India ( CONCOR ) of which Managing Director(MD) is Rakesh Mehrotra,is the biggest Multi- Modal Logistics Company in India.It is a Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry Of Railways. Presently a Mini-Ratna PSE, its case for grant of well deserved Nav- Ratna status is currently under consideration of the Government.In terms of its track record of excellence , it is the envy of its competitors including MNCs.
CONCOR has a record of getting a consistent excellent rating on its MOU performance since 1992-93. It had the singular honour of receiving the MOU Excellence Award for two consecutive years , i.e 2004-05 and 2005-06 for finding a place among the top ten PSEs. In the year 2006-07, the Company crossed a milestone by handling more than two million TEUs ( Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit ) of containerised cargo and its turnover crossed Rs. 3,000 crore.In terms of its market capitalisation, which is in excess of Rs. 14,500 crore, it is a company of more than three billion US Dollars.In a recent survey carried out by the Business & Economy Magazine ( Issue dated 28th June,2007 ) for India's 100 most profitable Companies, CONCOR finds a place in B & E Power 100 List.
According to its MD,Rakesh Mehrotra CONCOR has maintained the growth even in the first quarter of current year ,its throughput going up by almost 11.4% . The company is now confident of crossing a level of handling 2.5 million TEUs during the current year as against over 2.1 million TEUs handling during last fiscal. This growth is despite the fact that the company now has 14 competitors in the field of rail transportation of containers ,whereas, earlier its competition was mainly restricted with the road operators. The way CONCOR has been able to meet the market situations created by the opening of this sector to private participation has generated lot of confidence among trade , on the efficacy of working of public sector units. It also reflects the initiatives taken by CONCOR to successfully negotiate the new course of competition and use it for its advantage,contended Rakesh Mehrotra.It is also reflective of the effective foresight that the company had, resulting in its entering into joint ventures and strategic partnerships with private players prior to the entry of new players. The joint ventures created competitive environment for the company and prepared it for taking up the new challenges. The company is now very confident of facing the challenges and utilize the new competitive environment as an opportunity for achieving excellence in quality of services.

Pradip Baijal appointed Director of Nestlé India
Former Chairman of the TRAI Pradip Baijal has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Nestle India Limited. He is a retired IAS Officer of 1966 Batch with a distinguished career spanning four decades.

Vikash Sharan promoted in POSCO Steel
Vikash Sharan has been promoted to Senior General Manager and Head of New Delhi office of POSCO Steel.

Goel is Director of PFC
M K Goel has been appointed Director of the Power Finance Corporation (PFC).

NTPC-SCCL Global ventures Pvt Ltd formed

NTPC Limited of which Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD) is T.Sankaralingam,has formed a 50:50 joint venture Company under the name and style of NTPC-SCCL Global Ventures Private Limited with The Singareni Collieries Company Limited to undertake various activities in coal and power sectors including acquisition of coal / lignite mine blocks, development and operation of integrated coal based power plants and providing consultancy services.

Light houses modernised

The Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships has converted a large number of lights from petroleum vapour/dissolved acetylene gas/kerosene to the electric operation, thereby conserving the conventional fossil fuel.In the past incandescent electric lamps of 3000W and above were used for light source but now these lamps have been replaced with 150W to 400W metal halide lamps and 100 W halogen lamps as per the requirement of a specific light. These lamps provide higher lumen than the earlier type of incandescent lamps and has helped to save on electric energy.

Gaurish Pathare joins Mid-Day

Management of Mid Day has roped in Gaurish Pathare, who was so far with Reliance "Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group"(ADAG).He will look after national sales as its Head.

Picasa users can now print photos/gifts through Picsquare!

PC Web World Awardee and India's leading online photo print and personalized photo gift printing website Picsquare.com has launched a new service which allows users to integrate their photo sharing account on Picsquare.comPicasaweb.com with Picsquare. This integration would help all Picasa users to order photo prints and a range of personalized photo products and get them shipped anywhere in India, without having to upload their pictures again with Picsquare. A similar service launched for Flickr.com users earlier last month hints at Picsquare's attempt to integrate the major photo sharing platforms."Picasa is a great and popular photo sharing service. With this integration we are enabling users to make the most of their photos - be it photo printing or making creative gifts like mugs, t-shirts, collages, cards calendars etc. Our main objective is to make the user-experience seamless and hassle-free." explains Manish Agarwal, IIT-Bombay alumnus and co-founder of Picsquare.

Cincom Systems India's new programme

Cincom Systems India, a subsidiary of software giant Cincom Systems Inc, USA, has announced its corporate social responsibility programme - iMAD. The programme will focus on encouraging and empowering each and every staff member to work towards the betterment of the society. Cincom believes that this programme will hearten each member of Cincom family to provide his/her support and eventually lead to think that "I Made a Difference".(iMAD).Under this program all the staff members of Cincom Systems India will be encouraged to contribute in their own ways (time, knowledge, etc.) towards enriching lives of the lesser fortunate members of our society. Taking due care of the environment and strong ethical practices will form the bases of the program. The entire program will be supported by the company and will initiate with a first step towards working for the betterment of the less and under privileged children of the society. The first project under this initiative, Cincom Systems India will be giving away a limited number of 25 computers for the children of its contract and support staff at just Rs. 100.Says Pantulu Avasarala, Director, Cincom India Development Centre, "the company hopes this initiative will help the children of our employees to gain access to a better education and a more lucrative job market in the future."

CTE's 44 per cent growth PBT

Total revenue on consolidated basis for Cambridge Technology Enterprises Ltd (CTE)was Rs.1031.06 lakh compared to Rs.577.94 lakh of revenue for the quarter ended June 30,2006 which translates to over 78% growth over previous year Q1. With respect to the revenue of Rs 595.84 Lakh for Q4-2007 (Jan-Mar 2007 quarter) the sequential growth in revenue on QoQ was 73%.Profit Before Tax was Rs.201 lakh, compared to Rs. 139 lakh of PBT for the quarter ended June 30,2006 which translates to over 44% growth in profit. With respect to the PBT of Rs 79 Lakh for Q4-2007 (Jan-Mar 2007 quarter) the sequential growth in Profit QoQ was over 154%.Bhaskar Panigrahi CEO,CTE said, "the robust numbers reaffirm increasing acceptance of our SOA solutions and services in midsize market segment."

Swaroop is head Corporate governance in CTE

D R R Swaroop, whole time Director of Cambridge Technology Enterprises Ltd (CTE) has assumed the position of Head- Corporate Governance.

e-PhotoBook launched by FoBaz in India

FoBaz Foto Bazaar (India) Pvt. Ltd., of which CEO is Virender Ahluwalia, offers online image solutions like photo sharing, photo gifts and photo cards creation. FoBaz has launched the electronic format of the FoBaz PhotoBook. Now the online users can create, view and even share the e-PhotoBook on e-mail.

NDTV enters Sri Lanka

NDTV has entered into a distribution partnership with "Dialogue TV"- Sri Lanka's leading DTH service provider, for its English news channel NDTV 24x7, making it the only news channel from the region to be present on the DTH platform in the island nation. This was disclosed by NDTV's Vice President - Distribution & Affiliate, Sales Rahul Sood.He also said with this tie-up, NDTV's global presence now extends to all key regions across the world - the UK, US, Canada, across the Middle East, South Africa, Australia-New Zealand and neighboring South Asian countries." This agreement with NDTV underscores our continued commitment to add the very best to Dialog TV's growing portfolio of channels," said Mr. Nushad Perera, General Manager Sales and Marketing, Dialog Telekom.

Mike Bryan is CEO & President,Penguin India

Penguin has elevated Mike Bryan to CEO and president of Penguin India, from next month. Bryan has been with Penguin for 27 years, most recently as International sales and marketing director for Penguin in the UK and US.

Thomas Abraham to Hachette Group

Thomas Abraham is poised to join the Hachette Group. So far he was heading Penguin India.

Rajat Jain is CEO & MD,Mobile2Win

Rajat Jain has joined Mobile2Win India as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD). Hitherto he was MD of the Walt Disney Company, India.

Optimystix appoints Louie Fernandes as COO

Production house Optimystixof which CEO is Sanjiv Sharma has appointed Louie Fernandes as COO.Earlier Fernandes was CEO of TV18, New York

Joy Chakrabarty is Zeel's President

Joy Chakrabarty has been promoted as President & Revenue Head by the Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel).Hitherto he was Executive Vice President(EVP) in the same company.

Impressive performance by Triton Corp,

Triton Corp Limited, a leading company, engaged in the business of IT and IT enabled services of which MD & CEO is K.C.Gupta,has posted a strong performance for the first Quarter in FY 2007 - 08.Its income has gone up by 159% while its net profit went up at Rs.40 million.Gupta said that improved performance has been the result of increased number of processes / clients from countries like UK, USA and Australia which have resulted in higher utilization of existing resources besides catering to higher value added services and also achieving better operational productivity and efficiency.

Raghu Iyer is CMO of Emerging Media

Raghu Iyer has joined Emerging Media as its Chief Marketing Officer(CMO) and will focus on building the Emerging Media brand as a leading content provider focused on catering to the fast growing Indian TV market. His last assignment was Director Advertising Sales for Discovery Channel.

Ramaswamy appointed MD

Ashok Ramaswamy has been appointed as Managing Director of Delphi India.