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INDIA’S BUSINESS HOUSE (9)
A Corporate House has standard instruction for its regional heads across the country that favours be provided only to top bureaucrats and not ministers to get the work done.  Guess the name.
CIC Wajahat Habibullah to join World Bank !
Grapevine has it that Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah is joining the World Bank as Chairman of the Appellate Authority of RTI related work. Tenure of 1968 batch retired IAS officer of J & K cadre Habibullah is coming to an end in September.
Dr Panda to be JS Health ?
Dr Arun Kumar Panda is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary Health in the Government of India. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Krishnamurthy is ED NHAI Central zone
G Krishnamurthy will be ED of the Central Zone of the NHAI with headquarters in Bhopal. 1984 batch IFS officer Krishnamurthy is presently posted in Chhindwara.
D R S Chaudhary is Spokesman of the MHA
Dileep Raj Singh Chaudhary has been appointed Spokesman of the Union Home Ministry.1977 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Chaudhary is presently Additional Secretary (Naxal management) in the MHA.
Justice Prasad to be CJ of Jharkhand High Court
Justice Bhagwati Prasad, the senior- most judge of Gujarat High Court is being tipped to be new chief justice of Jharkhand High Court.
Mukherjee to retire this month
Secretary Tribal Affairs G B Mukherjee is superannuating by this month end. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Kapoor is new JS SAARC Division in MEA
Pavan Kapoor (IFS 1990) has been posted in MEA as Joint Secretary in charge of SAARC Division after his return from deputation with Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
Orissa cadre 1985 batch IAS to promoted as PS
Orissa cadre 1985 batch IAS officials are being promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary.
Will Channy be CMD of Punjab and Sindh Bank ?
Name of Dr S S Channy is currently doing the round for the post of Chairman of the Punjab and Sindh Bank. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
Gupta to be Director Shipping Corporation !
A K Gupta is being tipped to be Director (Technical and Offshore) in the Shipping Corporation of India. He is said to be number one in the panel.
Dr Ayyangay is JS (Operation) NetGrid
Dr. Ayyangay has been appointed as Joint Secretary (Operation) in NetGrid, Government of India.Dr. Ayyangay is a technocrat.
Meeting for new transfer policy deferred
Meeting for the approval of New Transfer Policy of IAS and IPS officers of AGMU cadre which was scheduled to be held on 16th July, 2010 has been deferred.
Four DANIAS officers to get IAS
Four DANIAS officers K.V.R. Burman, K.K. Jindal, Rajiv Kale and Achala Sinha are being awarded IAS.After clearance from the UPSC the file has been sent to the MHA.
Three DANIPS officers to get IPS
Three DANIPS officers Mssrs Ajay Kumar,Arun Kampani and Ram Kumar are being awarded IPS. The file is lying in the MHA for formal orders.
Gupta is High Commissioner to Kingdom of Lesotho
Virendra Gupta presently High Commissioner of India to South Africa, has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Lesotho with residence in Pretoria.
Ausuf Sayeed is new Ambassador to Yemen
Ausuf Sayeed, presently Joint Secretary at Headquarters, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Yemen.
Deputation tenure of IPS officer extended
Inter-Cadre deputation tenure of Ms Shobha Ohatkar from Bihar cadre to Maharashtra cadre has been extended by two years beyond 30th June, 2010, as a special case. She is 1990 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
IPS officer Alok Kumar to go on inter-cadre deputation
Alok Kumar is going on Inter-Cadre deputation from Jammu & Kashmir cadre to Bihar cadre for a period of five years .He is 1997 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre.
IFS officer to go on inter-cadre deputation
Deepa D. Nair is going on inter-cadre deputation for five years from Manipur-Tripura to Kerala. She is 2001 batch IFS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
IA &AS officer is new JS Personnel and Training
MS. Mamta Jundra has been appointed as Joint Secretary, in the Department of Personnel and Training. She is 1985 batch IA&AS officer.
Ex CBDT Member S. S.Khan’s name in the run
As the grapevine has it, the name of S.S. Khan retired Member (IT) of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is in the run for the slot of vigilance commissioner.
Home Minister to select OSD
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is going to select his new OSD by interviewing IPS officers from 1993 to 1996 batch. The post has already been advertised.
Vivek Wadekar tipped to be a Director in MoEF
Vivek Wadekar is poised to be a Director in the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF). Wadekar is presently posted in the vigilance wing of Income Tax (IT) department. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS-IT) officer of the 1991 batch.
S. V. Ingale promoted to HAG
S. V. Ingale (IRTS 1978) has been promoted to HAG (Addl.Secy Grade) as Chief Commercial Manager in the West Central Railway.
Goa Chief Minister is growth oriented
Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat is quite growth-oriented person who pays a lot of attention to matters pertaining to officers.
Bhanu Pratap Sharma to be relieved soon
Bhanu Pratap Sharma Principal Secretary (PS) Finance with the Bihar Government, is going to be relieved soon for joining the Government of India (GOI) on central deputation as Joint Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat. He is an IAS officer of the 1981 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
Gupta posted in Railway Board
Ravinder Gupta, SAG/IRSME, on return from deputation to CRIS has been posted as Executive Director, Mechanical Engineering (Freight), Railway Board.
Hussain is DRM of Hyderabad Division
Margoob Hussain has taken over as the Divisional Railway Manager(DRM), Hyderabad Division of Sourth Central Railway (SCR).

Manickam is next Ambassador to Finland
Aladiyan Manickam, presently Joint Secretary at Headquarters, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Finland.
Oberoi gets extension in CBI
DIG in CBI M M Oberoi has been granted extension in his deputation tenure till July,2011.He is 1992 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Central Bank organizes training programme for CBI officials

Reserve Bank of India’s General Manager JL Negi wants better coordination between the bank officials and the investigation officials to check the forgeries in the banks. He was addressing the inaugural function of five days Special Training Programme for CBI officials at Bank Officers Training College, Bhopal, when he further said that catching the ‘bigger culprits’ would help achieve the real purpose of investigations. Prominent among others present on the occasion were Central Bank of India’s Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) Bharat Dave, its General Manager (Zone) B Mandal, Training College Principal AK Shrivastava and CBI DIG, Bhopal Hemant Priyadarshi.

Five Addl/ Jt Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise transferred
As many as five Additional/ Joint Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred. They are N.V. Kulkarni who has been on return from study leave transferred to Kolkata CX, Debashish Sahu from Chennai CX to CEI Kolkata (Jamshedpur), R.K. Raman from Kolkata CX to DRI Kolkata, T. Tiju from CESTAT Mumbai to DRI, Cochin and Samanjasa Das from Bhubaneshwar CX to DGICCE, Delhi (to work as OSD in CX Wing, CBEC).

11 Dy/Asst Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise transferred
As many as 11 Deputy/ Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred. They are Piyush Bali from Delhi Customs to DGCEI - Delhi, Ram Meena from Jaipur CX-I to CEI - Jaipur, M.L. Mandar from Ahmedabad CX to CEI Indore, Sanket Kale from Ahmedabad CX to CEI - Ahmedabad, U.B. Rakhe from CEI, Nashik to Nagpur CX, Ashwini Kumar from Nagpur CX to CEI – Nashik, Ms P. Vinitha Sekhar from Mumbai Customs-I to DRI – Mumbai, Gautam Wahi from Mumbai Customs-I to DRI – Goa, Surendra Paul Singh from Kolkata Customs to DRI – Siliguri, Narendra Singh from Jammu CX to DRI - Jammu and Bhushanlal Garg from Delhi CX to Vigilance Delhi.
Dr. Harmeet Singh, DIT (CIB), Chennai, transferred to NIPER

The services of Dr. Harmeet Singh, DIT (CIB), Chennai, have been pl;aced at the disposal of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) upon his selection as financial Advisor in the NIPER.

Brahm Dutt to be Chairman of NHAI ?
Grapevine has it that Brahm Dutt is going to be new Chairman of the NHAI.1973 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer Brahm Dutt who is presently Secretary Surface Transport is superannuating on July 31.
1991 batch IPS is IG in Punjab
Six IPS officers of 1991 batch have been promoted to the rank of IG in Punjab. They are Mssrs Parampal Singh, R.P.Mittal, Nirmal Singh Dhilon, Kanawal jit Singh pannu ,R.L.Bhagat and Sham Lal.
IAS changes in Punjab
Mandeep Singh Sandhu will now be Principal Secretary Higher Education.C Roul has been posted as Principal Secretary School Education.Surjit Singh Rajput has been made Secretary Local Government.Alaknanda Dayal will be Special Secretary Planning and Manjeet Singh Brar A.C.A PUDA.

CORPORATE

Chaturvedi is part-time Member, Allahabad Bank
Rajesh M Chaturvedi has been appointed as part-time non-official director of the Allahabad Bank.
Ramaswamy in NIFT Board
M. Ramaswamy of Warsaw International, Tirupur, has been nominated on the Board of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).
New MD for Levi Strauss India 
Levi Strauss has appointed Sanjay Purohit as the new Managing Director of its India operations.
Narayanamoorthy resigns as Director, The South Indian Bank Ltd
A S Narayanamoorthy has resigned as Director of The South Indian Bank Ltd .
The Future Group launches Future Innoversity
The Future Group has launched 'Future Innoversity'-- one of the cheapest two-year Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs in ‘retail management and entrepreneurship’ at Rs 2 lac. Besides, a three-year Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program would cost the students only Rs 1.2 lac.
Balaji Telefilms appoints Independent Director
Balaji Telefilms Limited has appointed D. G. Rajan as Additional Non-Executive (Independent) Director to hold office upto the next Annual General Meeting of the Company. 
Edelweiss Capital acquires Anagram Capital
Edelweiss Capital Limited has completed the acquisition of 100% of the paid-up share Capital of Anagram Capital Limited. Consequently, Anagram Capital Limited has become a subsidiary of the Company.
SAIL Chairman commissions upgraded Blast Furnace at Bokaro Steel Plant
Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Chairman C.S. Verma on Tuesday inaugurated the Bokaro Steel Plant’s (BSL’s) Blast Furnace-2 upgraded at a cost of Rs. 805 crore. It is the first unit to be commissioned under BSL’s current phase of expansion & modernisation and is part of SAIL’s growth plan to take hot metal production capacity to the level of 23.5 million tonnes by 2012-13. Upgradation of Blast Furnace-2 has increased its working volume from 1758 m3 to 2250 m3 for higher productivity level of 2 tonnes/m3/day by incorporating state-of-art technology. Other major features of the upgraded unit include a higher blast temperature of 12000C obtained from 28 tuyeres, new skip system and modern technologies for cast house & cast house fume extraction, stock house & stockhouse dust suppression, hot blast system & stoves, back draughting system, Gas Cleaning Plant, oxygen enrichment system, new electrical and automation system for all existing as well as new facilities. BSL Managing Director V.K. Srivastava and SAIL Director (Technical) V.K. Gulhati were also present on the occasion.

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Dr. Ami Bera top-tier candidate for Democrats

According to a report published in the Sacramento Bee, Indian American physician Dr. Ami Bera of Elk Grove, who is contesting from California’s 3rd Congressional District, is officially a top-tier candidate for Democrats. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has announced that Bera, who’s trying to unseat Republican Rep. Dan Lungren of Gold River, is one of 13 candidates who have earned a spot in the committee’s competitive Red to Blue program. It’s recognition of a candidate’s ability to raise money.

"These candidates have come out of the gate strong and the Red to Blue Program will give them the financial and structural edge to be even more competitive in November," said Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the DCCC’s chairman. The Red to Blue program offers candidates financial, communications, grassroots, and strategic support.

Democrats have been targeting Lungren since he won his last race with less than 50 percent of the vote. (http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/03/dccc-puts-bera.html#ixzz0u8QhdDLE)

Ami Bera has outpaced his opponent in fundraising for the past 5 quarters ensuring that he will have enough resources to make it a close race though his Republican opponent is not giving up (http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=ratings-house).

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen will be joining a fund raiser being organized for Dr Ami Bera on July 22nd at the home of Dr Suresh Gupta at the Potomac, MD co-hosted by Sanjay Puri, Varun Nikore, Sid Banerjee and Toby Chaudhuri. RSVP to Erin Mincberg at erin@beraforcongress.com or 916-686-5244

Two other Indian American candidates for Congress who have passed the primary stage are:

1) Dr. Manan Trivedi, a physician and an Iraq war veteran who is contesting from Pennsylvania 6th District as a Democrat. He is facing a tough challenge from his Republican opponent (http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=ratings-house).

2) Surya Yalamanchili, 28 year old Democrat who was one of the youngest brand managers in Proctor & Gamble’s history, is also facing a tough Republican opponent in Ohio’s 2nd District (http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=ratings-house).

Cheers,

Ram Narayanan
US-India Friendship
http://www.usindiafriendship.net/ 
Many crucial posts in Urban Development vacant
Not only is post of Director(Estates) vacant but post of L&DO which is very crucial post is also vacant for almost last 7-8 months. R.K Sinha the last IAS officer to hold post of L&DO (14.7.08 to 3.11.09) had sought to leave on his own accord or else they would have created conditions for making him leave because the joint secretary & above officers in the ministry of urban development make the heads of these departments do all kinds of things & give no support or protection & never take direct responsibility & do not give any order in writing-only verbal order. therefore no honest officer worth his salt wants to join the UD Ministry.
Dimpy Chopra

Congratulations to him
May he live for many more years in good health. Would love to read his book on the last days of the British Raj. Would be thankful for the names of the book and the publisher.
B B Lal
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Civilians vs. Armed forces personnel
The debate is going on and on. This shows that the civilians have also started caring for their self-respect. However, I feel the debate should end now. The armed forces personnel have been taught to hold their fort and it is but natural for them to remain adamant or stick to their guns. After all they are protector of our borders where the mode of communication is bullet and not tongue. The Forum has given us an opportunity to know their views and we should be pleased to know that they have not lost their originality – adamant or not to withdraw – and our borders are in safe hands. So, as a civilian I think there is no use go on trying to force them to accept our views.
C Singh
It’s of no use
The Department will not increase the Inspectors, ITOs, Asst CITs etc but will increase the posts of CCITs. What benefit it will bring to the taxpayers and the tax administration?
Rajamanickkam FCA
Clarify please
Can a government agency be forced to collect data and provide after compilation of the same?
Smita Rastogi
Use Army skills in nation building activities
Before partition of India, the Indian Army was considered the finest in the world and for good reason too. Our soldiers could fight at half the cost of white troops. Our troops were used as cannon fodder in both the world wars. The British used Indian troops where the fighting was the toughest and the chances of survival almost zero, eg, Somme and Mesopotamia in WW1 and Tobruk and Monte Cassino and Burma in WW11.The loss of life of Indian troops and Indian officers was in their millions compared to a few thousands of white troops. After 1947 we lost some of our finest regiments to Pakistan. As such, wars with Pakistan are more like civil wars than wars with foreign countries. In the last 60 years India has fought 4 wars of which one was a victory, one a total defeat and three were stale mates. No war lasted more than a fortnight at most. With nuclear weapons all around us, the likelihood of another conventional war is remote. The new kind of war is guerilla war for which no one seems to be prepared would be there. So what do the armed forces do in peace time? In many developing countries the armed forces take part in nation building activities and render yeoman service. In India the Border Roads have done exemplary work for the nation. Does it make sense to confine an expensive , disciplined and motivated force to the barracks for all times to come? Surely their talents can be better utilised? Consider this. Netaji Subhash Bose wanted a National Army committed to the cause of India as distinct from the mercenary colonial army committed to the preservation of the British Empire. In free India one does get the feeling that our corrupt politicians want to keep the army at arms length as they are afraid of the popularity of our armed forces with the public at large.This is the reason for the abolition of the post of Commander-in -Chief of the armed forces after the retirement of Field Marshal Cariappa. The creation of rival centres of power like the BSF and ITBP and CRPF all helped the politicians to weaken the army further and prevented a military coup as has happened a number of times in all our neighbouring countries. The debate should be about better utilisation of our armed forces in peace time than over pay and perks and false pride and status. Respect is earned and not demanded. Since our armed forces are made to sit idle in peace time they do not earn respect in the eyes of society.This is the real reason why there is such a shortfall in recruitment of officers to the army.
D Chaudhury