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One of the best sites I have seen for Central Government officers.
It would be better if you could add a forum for other Government employees
also. Dr. Suresh Mehrotra bereaved Sameer Mehrotra, son of Dr. Suresh Mehrotra, Chief Editor, whispersinthecorridors.com, passed away early morning on August 15,2008 at the Bombay Hospital, Bombay, after a brief illness. He was 35. He is survived by his father Dr. Mehrotra, mother Mrs Asha Mehrotra, wife Sapna Mehrotra and daughters Arushi and Khushi. Rahul Khullar to be Secretary Commerce ? In case Ms Sheela Bhide is not appointed to the newly created post of Secretary in the Department of Commerce , Rahul Khullar will be promoted in the same Ministry. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. Vishwanath to be JS Agriculture C Vishwanath is being tipped to be Joint Secretary Agriculture in the Government of India. He is an IAS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre. R S Pandey is a non-controversial bureaucrat Newly appointed Secretary Petroleum in Government of India (GOI) RS Pandey is a non-controversial & non-aligned officer .He is 1972 batch Nagaland cadre IAS officer. Earlier, Pandey was Secretary Steel in GoI. Ashwani Rai joins MP cadre Ashwani Rai has joined the Madhya Pradesh cadre. Rai who was earlier allocated Kerala cadre has now joined in MP. Rai is an IAS officer of the 1990 batch. In kerala he was Secretary Finance. TK Manoj Kumar is Secretary Finance in Kerala TK Manoj Kumar is Secretary Finance to the Kerala Government. He is a Kerala cadre IAS officer who belongs to the 1987 batch. National police university in the offing National Police University is being set up in the country soon. A proposal to this effect has reportedly been mooted. Disinvestment of Air India on the anvil Grapevine has it that disinvestment of Air India being headed by Raghu Menon is on the anvil. Prof. D P Agrawal is UPSC Chairman Prof. DP Agrawal took the oath of office and secrecy as Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), in Delhi on August 16, 2008. The oath was administered by Subir Dutta, outgoing Chairman of the Commission. Prof. Agrawal joined the Commission as Member in October, 2003. Prior to joining UPSC, Prof. Agrawal has served in the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in various capacities from October, 1975 to July, 1994. Thereafter, from July, 1994 to October, 1998 he was Joint Educational Adviser in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Later on, from October, 1998 to October, 2003, Prof. Agrawal was the Founder Director of the ABV - Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, a first initiative of Government of India. Prof. Agrawal has to his credit almost 30 years experience in the area of Teaching & Research (Engineering, Management and Information Technology), educational administration, and institutional planning and management. B.K.S. Ray's book released "The Stranger", a collection of short stories in English by B.K.S. Ray, Director General ,Accademy of Administration and Chairman ,Board of Seccondary Education, Chhattisgarah, was released by eminent Oriya poet Dr.Saubhagya Kumar Mishra in Bhubaneswar on August,17,2008 in presence of former Ambassador to USA, Dr Lalit Mansingh.Ray is 1972 batch IAS who belongs to Chhatisgarah cadre. Ruchi Ghanshyam new Indian Ambassador to Togo The present High Commissioner of India to Ghana, Mrs. Ruchi Ghanshyam has been given the additional charge of Ambassador of India to Togo. She will carry out her new assignment while residing in Accra (Ghana) CORPORATE Manu Kapoor is Director Corporate Affairs & CSR, Cairn India Cairn India of which Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer is Rahul Dhir has roped in Manu Kapoor as Director Corporate Affairs and CSR. Manu, who is 44, brings extensive global experience in the areas of Corporate Communication, Corporate Affairs and Corporate Responsibility with more than 24 years experience in corporate leadership, corporate sustainability & brand management across the globe. Throughout his career he has worked in India, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Russia, CIS, Central & East Europe. Earlier Manu was with Reliance Retail Ltd as Head - Corporate Communications & Affairs responsible for communications, stakeholder management and setting up a Pan India communications network for the organisation. Chiefs of PSUs under scanner The Government of India (GOI) has sought a report about austerity measures adopted by different public sector undertakings (PSUs) specially about their Chairmen & Managing Directors (MDs).There are certain CMDs & MDs who shun using their company guest houses & instead stay in five star hotels. NBCC scales new heights The 48th Annual General Meeting of NBCC Ltd., a CPSU under the Ministry of Urban Development, chaired by Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) declared the results for the financial year 2007-08. The Company has declared a whopping gross profit of Rs.418 Crore with a Total Income of Rs.2025 Crore. The company has been consistently maintaining the status of the largest Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) in the Construction & Infrastructure Sector. The Board of NBCC also declared a dividend of Rs.55.97 crore to be paid to the Government of India which is 62% of its paid-up Capital of Rs.90.00 crore. Further, NBCC also announced its results of the year against key financial parameters. Arup Roy Choudhury CMD, gave whole credit of the tremendous turnaround of the Company to its employees who have worked relentlessly towards this achievement. T Gangadhar is MD, MEC India Mediaedge (MEC) has roped in T Gangadhar as Managing Director. Earlier he was Senior Vice President - Marketing (MAX)-of the Sony Entertainment Television (SET)India. Ranganayakulu takes charge as ED (Law), SEBI Mr. Jagarlamudi Ranganayakulu has taken charge as the new Executive Director in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He will look after the Board's Legal department. A postgraduate in Constitutional Law, Mr. Ranganayakulu also has a Master's Degree in International Law and Economics from the World Trade Institute, Berne, Switzerland. He has worked in different capacities in SEBI and HUDCO during his two decade-long career. FORUM What about retirement age? Cheers for Dr Manmohan Singh and Sonia-ji. As said in the forum the other day, PM has given a great deal by way of pay to civil servants. This is one great news after the 5 day week and the office car given by Rajiv Gandhi. The civil service [except for a restless impatient few] are now waiting to hear about the age extension to 65. A poor civil servant [no more poor] 2/CGHS hospitals 3/ Dear Shikha May I know your credentials for speaking on behalf of
a particular service. Half of elite service members get selected on
the basis of reservation and not on merit. 4/Thanks for updates |
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