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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, Dutt, who is presently Secretary Surface Transport is superannuating on July 31.
Will Gujral succeed Brahm Dutt ?
It is widely believed that R S Gujral will succeed Brahm Dutt on August 1 as Secretary Surface Transport. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
IAS officer Hooja seeks voluntary retirement
Dr. Rakesh Hooja, Chairman, Rajasthan Revenue Board, has sought Voluntary Retirement. He is 1974 batch IAS officer. Hooja who is left with four months of service may join an Institute of repute in Public Administration at Delhi. He has held several posts including Additional Secretary (Training), director of Harish Chandra Mathur Rajasthan Institute of Public Administration, additional chief secretary (Development) GoR, joint secretary to GoI (department of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs).
Dr. Thomas Mathew tipped to be Jt. Secr Capital Markets
As the grapevine has it, Dr. Thomas Mathew is tipped to be new Joint Secretary Capital Markets. Dr. Mathew is an IAS officer of 1983 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.
( We said this on July 5)
Arvind Kumar to be Jt. Secr I & B
Arvind Kumar, who is Director in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I & B) will soon be elevated as Joint Secretary in same Ministry.
( We said this on May 28)
Speculations for SEBI chief begins
Speculations about new SEBI chief have begun though term of C. B. Bhave
will end in January 2011.
Solitary case of 1977 batch empanelment
Manik B Sonawane is said to be the solitary case in the empanelment of 1977 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India.1977 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer Sonawane is the only officer who has been empanelled though he has never been on central deputation.
Ish Kumar to join BPR&D
Ish Kumar, Dy Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is all set to join BPR&D as IG .He is an IPS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Biswas to return parent Kerala cadre
Damodar Valley Corporation chairman Subrato Biswas is returning to the parent Kerala cadre.He is 1985 batch IAS officer.
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.
Will Lt Gen Bhargava move to High Court ?
Lt Gen Pradip Bhargava is reportedly moving to the High Court against the Judgement of the Army Tribunal. Lt Gen Naresh Kumar has been appointed new DG of the Armed Forces Medical Service neglecting the claim of Lt Gen Bhargava.
Rita Sinha to retire this month
Secretary Land Resources in the Government of India Ms Rita Sinha is retiring by this month end. She is 1974 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
CVC not in favour of retired IRS ?
As the grapevine has it, Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) Pratyush Sinha is not in favour of having a retired IRS officer as a vigilance commissioner.
Khobragade joins MEA as Dy Secretary
Ms. Devyani Khobragade (IFS 1999) has joined MEA as Deputy Secretary in Finance Division after her premature return from posting to Italy. She replaces Anurag Srivastava of the same batch who is leaving for posting to Colombo. 
Garg nominated member on board of LIC
Anup Garg, FCA, has been nominated member on the board of LIC w.e.f. July 19th by Finance Ministry Insurance Division.
Deputation term of Chairman, Rubber Board to end on Sept 30
The five-year deputation term of Chairman Rubber Board, Sajan Peter is ending on Sept 30, 2010. Peter is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to Kerala cadre.
Capt Thapar is number two in Panel of Shipping Corporation
Capt Samir Thapar is said to be number two in the panel of Director (Technical and Offshore) of the Shipping Corporation of India.
Meeting to fill up Director level vacancies
A meeting will be held on July 26th at Cabinet Secretariat for filling up the vacancies of the officers at the level of Deputy Secretary and Director in Government of India.
UP Government turns down proposal
The UP Government is reported to have turned down the proposal to send Deepam Seth on deputation to Uttarakhand. He is an IPS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Mishra is Director Defence
Richa Mishra has joined the Defence Ministry as Director. Mishra is 1996 batch IDAS officer.
Sujata Chaudhary is CVO PHIL
Sujata Chaudhary is new CVO of the Pharmaceuticals Hind Insecticides Ltd..She is 1986 batch Indian Postal Service officer.
Prasar Bharti to have four new DDGs
Prasar Bharti is going to have four new Deputy Directors General (DDG).DPC has cleared the names of Mssrs Satish Grover,Deepa Chandra,Nilima Harjal and Dhiranjay Malvey for the promotion to the rank of DDG.
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, Kanawaljit 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.
IPS changes in Gujarat
There is IPS reshuffle in Gujarat.New postings are :-Mssrs B D Vaghela Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic and Crime) Surat. Raju Bhargav on promotion as DIG Mehsana, On promotion SS Trivedi DIG CID (Crime0 gandhinagar,B S Jebalia DIG CID,D J Patel DIG Armed unit in Vadodara , R B Brahmbhatt DIG Intelligence, Nilesh Jajdia SP Porbandar, Sharad Singhal SP Dangs,Chirag Koradia SP Kutch west,D R Patel SP Sabarkantha,Amit Vishwakarma DCP Ahemdabad,B R Pandor SP Railways Vadodara,Ajay Kumar Chaudhary SP Navsari,Ashok Kumar Yadav DCP Crime Vadodara,H R Muliyana SP Amreli,Premvirsingh SP Surendranagar,Raghvendra Vatsa DCP Zone 2 Surat,Gautam Parmar SP Bharuch. D B Vaghela SP Valsad.N D Solanki SRP group at Bhuj, Dipankar Trivedi SP Junagarh,Manindarsingh Pawar DCP Crime Surat,RJ Sawani SP Mehsana and Gagandeep Gambhir SP Vadodara rural.
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
21 GMs/ GM (I) promoted as Executive Director in BHEL
As many as 21 General Managers/ General Manager (Incharge) have been promoted as Executive Directors in BHEL. They are A Chandrababu – ED (BAP) Ranipet, B Shankar – ED (HR & CC), D Ashok – ED (CBU), Dr. HS Jain – ED (Corporate R&D), GS Bindra – ED (PS-PEM), Jainender Kumar – ED (PS-PMG), Jitendra Kumar – ED (PS-NR), M Rajiv Kumar - ED (PS-ER), PK Agarwal – ED (PS-Marketing – Nuclear and Hydro), PK bajpai – ED (Financial Services) Corporate Office, PK Uppal – ED (IO), Prabhat Kumar – ED (Jhansi), R Krishnan – ED, HPEP, Hyderabad, RK Wanchoo ED (PE & SD), Hyderabad, Ranjan Sahi – ED (CMT & P Monitoring & MM), S Gopalkrishnan – ED (PS – Marketing – Thermal and Gas), SS Gupta (presently on deputation to BHPV as MD) – ED (will continue as MD – BHPV), Subodh Gupta – ED Defence, CPP and PMG), TN Veeraraghvan – ED (TBG), UK Das – ED (PS – SSBG) and WVK Krishna Shankar – ED (P&D).

Eleven GMs in BHEL redesignated as GM (I)
A total of 11 General Managers in BHEL have been redesignated as General Manager (Incharge). They are A Dasgupta – GM Incharge (IO – Projects), AK Dave - GM Incharge (TCB), Ashwani Kumar - GM Incharge (HSE & CSR), Corporate Office, KC Rammurthy - GM Incharge (CE), M Kannappan - GM Incharge Piping Centre and Thirumayam Project), M Karunakarareddy - GM Incharge (Engg and Boilers), RK Malhotra - GM Incharge (Projects and Purchase), RK Sharma - GM Incharge (CMG), Rajeev Hajela - GM Incharge (TL & JV), Dr. Sukul Lomash - GM Incharge (CEPD) and Umesh Mathur - GM Incharge Marketing and Commercial) .
CVC report on Prasar Bharti creates ripples
Much awaited report on the functioning of the Prasar Bharti has been submitted by the CVC. The report is said to have created ripples.
B. Praveen Kumar IFS shifted in Rajasthan
B.Praveen Kumar who so far was Director ICDS Project in Jaipur has been shifted by the Rajasthan government as Deputy Conservators of Forest Sariska (Alwar). He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1996 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
Air India to connect Seoul with Delhi

The National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) of which CMD is Arvind Jadhav (IAS, 1978 batch –Karnataka cadre) is going operate Four flights a week from Delhi to Seoul (South Korea) from August 1, 2010 with brand new Boeing B 777 with fully flat beds in executive and first class, generous legroom in Economy class, power inserts for
laptops on every seat and personal TVs.

Chaitanya Prasad is new JS IPP
Chaitanya Prasad has been appointed Joint Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion in the Government of India. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
    ( We said this on June 14 and on July 7 )

Major arrested in Andman
A Major has been arrested in Andman on Thursday on charges of sending secret information abroad.

CIT Salem gets voluntary retirement
Voluntary Retirment notice of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) Salem, Amitabh Kumar, has been accepted.

Railway transfers and postings

PK Agarwal of SAG/IRSME has been on being relieved from the post of DRM/PTA transferred from WCR and posted as CME, SK Agarwal of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from DMW to RCF/KXH and posted in the cadre, SC Jethi of SAG/IRTS has been transferred from RSC to CR and posted in the cadre, KS Sahoo of SAG/IRTS has been transferred from SER to ECOR and posted in the cadre, KV Murthy of SAG/IRTS has been transferred from ECOR to ER and posted in the cadre and SK Halder of JAG/IRAS has been transferred from CLW to be placed in selection grade.

IAS officers of 1977 batch given CS grade TN

As many as eight IAS officers of 1977 batch in Tamil Nadu have been promoted to Chief Secretary grade against post mentioned against each of them. They are Debendranath Sarangi ACS Environment and Forests Department, Ms. S. Malathi Vgilance Commissioner and Commissioner for Administrative Reforms, Rakesh Kacker (on deutation to Government of India) Additional Secretary Department of Consumer Affairs in Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Dr. Mrutyunjay Sarangi on deputation to Government of India as Additional Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat, Ajay Bhattacharya on deputation to Government of India as Additional Secretary AS Administrator (USO Fund) in Department of Telecommunications (Ministry of Communications & Information Technology) , Dr.(Ms) Qudsia Gandhi Additional Chief Secretary / Chairperson & Managing Director, Overseas Manpower Corporation Limited, Dr. R. Christodas Gandhi Additional Chief Secretary / Chairperson & Managing Director Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency & Ms. M. Sheela Priya Additional Chief Secretary / Director, Economics and Statistics.

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Anishya Obhrai Madan joins IIT Delhi
Anishya Obhrai Madan has joined as Industrial Liason Officer (Training and Placement) of the IIT Delhi. She is daughter of 1964 batch retired MP cadre IAS officer H Obhrai.
Sakthivel in NIFT Board
A Sakthivel, Chairman, Federation of Indian Export Organisations has been nominated on the Board of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).
Gupta appointed MD, PNB Housing Finance 
Sanjay Gupta has been appointed as Managing Director of PNB Housing Finance Ltd .
Howard Bryant quits Reliance Retail
Howard Bryant, Chief Merchandising Officer of Reliance Retail’s 'Value' has quit citing personal reasons
Ravindranathan retires as Director, Ponni Sugars (Erode) Ltd
N. Ravindranathan , Director, Ponni Sugars (Erode) Ltd  has retired at the 14th Annual General Meeting of the company held on July 21, .2010
Nair resigns as Director , Mastek Ltd 
Raj Nair, Non-Executive and Independent Director, Mastek Ltd  has resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company and his resignation was accepted by the Board with effect from July 20, 2010.
Mastek Ltd appoints Additional Director
Mastek Ltd has appointed Dr. Rajendra Sisodia as an Additional Director of the Company.
Ali elevated as Executive VP Lowe Lintas
Syed Amjad Ali, Senior Vice President, Lowe Lintas has been promoted to the position of Executive Vice President.
Madhur Bajaj reappointed as Director, Bajaj Finserve Ltd 
Bajaj Finserv Limited has reappointed Madhur Bajaj as a Director with effect from July 21, 2010 in the existing casual vacancy in the office of Director in the Board of Bajaj Finserv Limited.
Central Bank organizes training programme for CBI officials
Central 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 Hemant Priyadarshi

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Boneless government !
There is something called boneless mutton and boneless chicken. We are now treated to boneless government. In the face of immediate and compelling evidence that Pakistan Government agencies trained, facilitated, and financed the attackers who carried out the Mumbai attacks, our governments only response has been to send dossier after dossier. Not even a word of protest when the US recently authorized 7.5 Billion Dollars of aid to Pakistan, including advanced weaponry. Should we not have been yelling from the rooftops, "Pakistan has waged war against us, you can’t give them any weapons or funds so they’ll use them against us"!?
Aditya

We’re becoming laughing stock
Today I saw on TV pictures of leaking civic centre in Delhi. This is considered tallest building in Delhi, made at the cost of crores of Rupees. Just two days before, a stadium roof came down crushing. Yesterday light rains made cycling track drenched in water. This is the state of our preparedness. Why we are making laughing stock of ourselves in the eyes of world.... Who is responsible for this...? Why this negligence....? Why can't we be sincere in our approach...? Why we are afraid to take action against the guilty. Let one guilty go unpunished and see half of the population turn into guilties. Where was the need to conduct commonwealth games at the cost of colossal 90 thousand crores while every other day farmers are committing suicide in the country? Who is responsible for this huge waste?? Further, Just 73 days are left for Common Wealth Games to begin and most of the projects have not reached even the halfway mark. Are we not to be blamed for this? Why can't we finish things in time. Remember, everyday delay adds to the cost of the projects that has already been multiplied many times. Why should country suffer for our slackness, inefficiency. We are more interested in glorifying ourselves. We don't hesitate in blaming others for our faults. Is corruption, inefficiency not become our national character? Are we not all corrupt in one way or other. Be it civil services, police force, politics, trade or armed forces. Everybody seems to be fleecing the country. Everybody is interested in getting his pay & perks raised. Who cares for the country. Give two hoots to country. Where are we heading to? Nobody is sane here. Wake up! My Dear Countrymen! be you in politics, education, armed forces, trade or in industry. Be sincere and earnest in your approach. Have mercy on our country.
PKS

The only factor that united and still unites Pakistan is its hatred against 'Hindu' India. Madarsa classes and other school syllabi are all tailored for this purpose. Generations have been brought up on this hatred and Kashmir is only a symptom. With Afghan adventure, this hatred has been a bit diluted, but in their political struggle people like their FM, Quareshi is trying to whip it up again. We should not be placid and keep a blind eye to this. In a recent debate in an English Channel a totally ill informed Sri Tom Vadakkan (Sonia Gandhi's gift to congress) was seen telling with a chuckle what can we do other than going for war. He does not know that there are several ways, cut off bilateral relations, call diplomats back and give them back in their own coin. We have an underutilised RAW eating into our scant financial sources. Use them. We should change our policy. A united Pakistan will be a permanent threat to us. Vivisect them into Sindh, Baluchistan and Punjab.

Naveen K

Best planning & choice Of Rahul Gandhi

IIT And Management Guys which are being tipped for Congress campaign in Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere in the country by Young Leader Mr. Rahul Gandhi is identical thought as was in the mind of world famous the then Prime Minister of india (Mrs. Indira Gandhi). Similar thoughts made her real Administrator and strong leader of the world. I wish that Rahul Gandhi must implement his inner mind's visualisation and go ahead with success very soon for the Congress as a whole and for popularity of himself. Kindly convey my best wishes to Rahul Gandhi for fulfillment of his thoughts

H S Bhalla

Many crucial posts vacant in Urban Development

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