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R P Singh succeeds Ajay Shankar as Secretary IPP
Former CMD of the Punjab and Sindh Bank R P Singh has been appointed Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion in the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. He succeeds Ajay Shankar.
A E Ahmad is Secretary Border Management
A E Ahmad is new Secretary Border Management in the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Manipur- Tripura cadre.
R Gopalan is new Secretary Financial Services
R Gopalan has been appointed Secretary Financial Services .He is 1976 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre. He is moving from Commerce Ministry.
( We said this on December 22 )
Bhupinder Prasad is Secretary Justice
Ms Bhupinder Prasad has been appointed Secretary Justice in the Government of India. She is 1976 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this on December 22 )
A K Joti is new Chief Secretary of Gujarat
A K Joti has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Gujarat.He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
( We said this on February6,2009 )
S V Prasad is new Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh
S V Prasad has taken over as new Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. He is 1975 batch IAS officer.
( We said this on December 4 )
Sukhdeo Singh is PS to Jharkhand CM
Sukhdeo Singh has been appointed new Principal Secretary to Jharkhand Chief Secretary Shibu Soren. He is 1987 batch IAS officer.
Ms.Vijaylata Reddy is Secretary(Headquarter) in MEA
Ms.Vijaylata Reddy has been appointed as Secretary(Headquarter) in Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). She is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1975 batch.
Ayyappan is new DG and Secretary
S. Ayyappan is taking over today as Director-General of the top farm organisation and as Secretary in the Department of Agricultural Research and Education. He will succeed Mangala Rai, who retired on Thursday after two extensions.
Prakash Chandra is new Member CBDT
Prakash Chandra has taken over as new Member of the CBDT on Thursday.He is 1973 batch IRS officer.Prakash Chandra is also President of the Prestigious Gymkhana Club of Delhi.
Rajan is Joint Secretary Defence (HAL)
Satyajeet Rajan is new Joint Secretary Defence (HAL).He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
Brahma Datt to get additional charge ?
Secretary Surface Transport Brahma Datt will be given additional charge of Chairman, NHAI. A search committee has been constituted to select an officer for this post. The eligibility conditions prescribe that the officer should have the experience of NHAI's affairs and should be of Secretary's rank. Guess who fits in this criteria?.
Uncertainty over extension to Sarthak Behuria as IOC chief
Uncertainty prevails over extension in tenure to Sarthak Behuria Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), which is coming to an end in February 2010. Behuria will superannuate in the year 2012.
Dhakad joins UNIDO
M S Dhakad has joined UNIDO as Programme Director (India) at Bengaluru. He is 1989 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on May 29 ,2009 )
Deepa Kotnis to join PFRDA
Ms. Deepa Kotnis, JAG/IRAS, is going on deputation to Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority (PFRDA) as General Manager for an initial period of one year from the date of joining PFRDA.
Thangal is back from Hague
Sailas Thangal (IFS 1996) has been deployed as Director in the XP Division of MEA after his return from The Hague.
Himachal Pradesh DPR gets re-employment
Himachal Pradesh Director Public Relations B D Sharma has been granted one year re-employment
Ms. Mohsina Kidwai’s term coming to an end in April next
The Rajya Sabha tenure of Mohsina Kidwai AICC general secretary is coming to an end in July 2010.
R P Agrawal is new JD CBI
R P Agrawal is joining the CBI as Joint Director. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
( We said this on October 12 )
Bureaucrats getting trained at top management schools
Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service officers and diplomats are these days being trained at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Management Development Institute (Gurgaon) and other top management schools that have tie-ups with Wharton, Duke, MIT, Harvard and Kellogg for about a year.
Ved Prakash to be Director Marketing, MMTC
Ved Prakash is going to be new Director Marketing, MMTC.
Sanjay Kumar’s plea for up gradation of post
Sanjay Kumar, Director (Vigilance) Police in Ministry of Railways, has requested for up gradation of his rank in the Ministry or post him to some other place. He is an IPS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.
BS Siddhu likely to return
As the grapevine has it, BS Siddhu, IG, RPF, Central Railway is likely to return to his parent cadre of Uttar Pradesh. He is an IPS officer of the1979 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Resentment brewing among UT cadre IPS officers
As the grapevine has it there is a strong resentment among IPS officers belonging to batches of 1976 & 1977 in the UT cadre, over delay in their promotions. While, their batch mates in other cadres have been promoted, those belonging to the UT cadre are still waiting to be promoted. Who is behind the delay? This question is being hotly discussed in corridors of power.
Promotions in Air India
As the grapevine has it Air India is going to see promotions in early 2010.
Six IPS officers transferred in MP
As many as six IPS officers have been transferred in Madhya Prad4esh. They are:P.L.Pandey ADG Telecom & Firefighting Service to DG Jails, V.K.Panwar AG AJK to ADG Telecome & Firefighting Services, K.C.Verma IG SAF Gwalior to IG Firefighting Services Indore, K.L Meena IG Firefighting Services Bhopal to IG PTRI Bhopal, D.Srinivas DIG Indore to SSP Indore and Pawan Shrivastava DIG Anti Terrorists Cell (ATC) Bhopal to DIG Indore.
IAS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh.Ajay Jain, has been promoted as Chairman and MD of the AP Transco. He will replace Sutirtha Bhattacharya, who has been made Principal Secretary, Energy.Sameer Sarma, has been made Commissioner, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, replacing S.P. Singh who has been transferred.B Sreedhar has been posted as Vice-Chairman of Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (VUDA) .V N Vishnu will be Commissioner of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation. Ravi Babu has been posted as Commissioner, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation vice P. S. Pradyumna who has been transferred as Joint Collector, Nizamabad in place M. Jagannadham.ACS A.K. Goel has been moved as Agriculture Production Commissioner and special chief secretary, Agriculture Technology Mission, Horticulture and Sericulture. Pankaj Dwidevi will now be special commissioner, Land Administration.L.V. Subrahmanyam has been appointed as principal secretary, Finance. S.S. Rawat will be new commissioner, Rural Development in place of Shanti Kumari. Ms. Kumari, has been posted as commissioner, Tribal Welfare..P.V. Ramesh will be secretary, Health and Medical & Family Welfare. T. Radha, has been made Commissioner, Disaster Management.Praveen Prakash has been appointed as Manageing Director, Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation. P. Venkatami Reddy will be Joint Collector of West Godavari .T.K. Sridevi will go as deputy commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Charminar division, Hyderabad.
Rajiv Sharma promoted as ACS in Rajasthan
Rajiv Sharma Principal Secretary (PS) to Rajasthan Government & Director Harish Chandra Mathur Rajasthan State Public Administration has been elevated as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) in Rajasthan. He is an IAS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
Four IPS officers promoted as ADGP in MP
As many as four 1982 batch IPS officers in Madhya Pradesh have been promoted as ADGP and given new postings. They are Vijay Kumar Singh who has been made ADGP ( SC) with additional charge of ADGP (Complaints) and Human Rights, Mathilisharan Gupta who has been made ADGP (Administration), PHq (Bhopal), Sanjay Choudhury – ADGP(Sports and Youth Welfare) and Sukhraj Singh who has been made ADGP (Railways) with additional charge of ADGP (Narcotics).
10 IPS officers of 1990 batch in Madhya Pradesh promoted as IG
As many as 10 IPS officers of 1990 batch have been promoted as IG in Madhya Pradesh and given new postings. They are Dr. SW Naqvi who has been made IG (EOW), VK Maheshwari – IG (STS), Ashok Awasthi – IG (SC, Community Policing and Police Reforms), Vijay Kataria – IG/Secretary (Home), Mrs. Anuradha Shankar – IG (Special Operations), BB Sharma - IG (Complaints), SM Afzal – IG (Special Protection Force), Gwalior, KT Vaike – IG (Special Protection Force), Bhopal and SK Naik has been made IG and posted as Director of Police Radio Training School, Indore.
4 IAS officers promoted as Commissioners in Rajasthan
As many as four IAS officers belonging to 1994 batch of the Rajasthan cadre have been promoted as Commissioners. After promotion they will continue at their present places of posting. They are: Kuldeep Raka Collector Jaipur, Ms. Shreya Guha Collector Bikaner, Anand Kumar Collector Udaipur & Naresh Pal Gangwar Secretary & CMD Rajasthan Akshaya Urja Nigam Jaipur.
2 IPS officers promoted as DIGs in Rajasthan
As many as two IPS officers belonging to the Rajasthan cadre have been promoted as DIGs. They are: Biju George Joseph SP Jaipur (East) & Nathu Lal Maurya SP Banswara. After promotion they will continue at their present places of posting.
4 IFS officers promoted as CCFs in Rajasthan
As many as four IFS officers belonging to the Rajasthan cadre have been promoted as CCFs. After promotion they will continue at their present places of posting. They are: Ms.Shruti Sharma in charge of Concurrent Evaluation Jaipur, Bharat Tamini in charge of Research Jaipur, Mohan Lal Meena FDA Kota & Shafayat Hussain Field Director Kota.
IPS changes in UP
A K Jain will now be ADG Railways.R S Dhillon has been posted as Director Vigilance.Atul will be ADG Anti-Corruption Bureau.
Air Marshal takes over
Air Marshal Kishan Kumar Nohwar has taken over over as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Air Command from from Air Marshal S.K. Bhan.
Three IT officers promoted
Three officers in the grade of Commissioner/ Director of Income Tax have been promoted as CCIT. They are Naresh Kumar, Jamil Ahmad and Akramul Jabbar Khan.
CCIT Delhi gets addl charge
CCIT Delhi, Meenakshi Singh, has been given additional charge of CCIT-XI, Delhi.
DGIT (Inv) Delhi gets addl charge
DGIT (Inv) Delhi, Milap Jain, has been given additional charge of DGIT (Intelligence), Delhi besides holding additional charges of DGIT (Inv) Chandigarh and DGIT (Inv) Lucknow.
CCIT Mumbai gets addl charge
CCIT Mumbai RK Singh has been given additional charge of CCIT-X, Mumbai.

CORPORATE
Addl CIT, Delhi Ajay Goel appointed Director in NCMEI
Upon his selection as Director in NCMEI, under the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource, New Delhi, on deputation basis, the services of Ajay Goel, Additional CIT, Delhi, are placed at the disposal of NCMEI, New Delhi, for a period of five years.
Umesh nominated as Director in Karnataka
V. Umesh, Principal Secretary, Cooperation Department has been nominated as director on the Board of Directors, Karnataka State Warehousing Cooperation, Bangalore.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Happy New Year,
May there be in your lives cheer,
May your fortunes go in top gear,
May you not know the meaning of fear,
And may you always feel HIM near.

Confucius joins me in wishing you the very best,
And to all in 'your nest',
May you come out with fling colors in life's every test,
May your life be full of zest,
For 2010 all the best

Bharat Kumar

Forum
(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion)
Why IPS promotions are delayed ?
One more thing about IPS promotions is why can't it be in-situ at par with other services like IAS, IA&AS, IPoS etc so that IPS officers do not lose on pay and grade pay which is significant after 6th CPC. In any case, in many states, range IG/DIG is interchangeable and DIGs are being appointed as district police chief. Further to have more senior IPS officers in the field and better governance of metro towns, more commissionerates are the need of the hour.
Ramesh

Indian Police Service’s ‘hall of shame’
Horrific details of torment and highhandedness which was let loose on Ruchika Girhotra and her parents throw an opportunity on the face of the IPS to sit and reflect as why the institution of policing in India is still dreaded and hated? Why there are Rathores among them?
The list is in-fact long. An IGP in Jharkhand was shown on tapes in compromising position with a tribal woman, a DIG of Rajasthan had to take to his heels when his victim of rape came open and matter was made to see the light of day, though justice still remains a distant dream. Another DIG was arrested in the wake of infamous Jammu sex scandal. A DIG of Gujrat Police and two SPs; one each from Rajasthan and Gujrat Police were put behind bars for alleged killing of Shorabuddin; Commissioner of Kolkata Police along with some junior IPS officers were eased out for harassing Rizwanur-Rehman who had befriended daughter of a rich Businessman. Rizwanur had to commit suicide. KPS Gill was dragged to courts for obscenity to peer IAS officer. Another DIG level officer with Railways was accused of molesting a Lady IAS officer of Bihar Cadre and her Sister while travelling in a night train to Patna. SPS Rathore has done his bit to bring the prestige and reputation of IPS to the nadir.
In year 2005 when there were floods in parts of Gujrat, a photo of a senior IPS officer sitting on shoulders of his junior constable was published on the front pages of the ‘Indian Express’. There were editorials and other articles decrying the incident. In Rajasthan an SP was transferred this year when it was reported by media that Police constables were being made to work on under construction house of the SP.

On other hand, it takes them three days and thousands of force to fight a single outlaw in Chitrakoot District in UP. It took almost three days to clear the buildings from terrorists in last years in infamous Pak sponsored attacks in Mumbai. Mystery shrouding death of Arushi Talwar still remains. Anti nationals come, recee and leave India as per their choice.
These all incidents point at larger malaise. The IPS has become a feudal and unjust force. Majority of the officers are corrupt and inefficient. They are ready to carry out any sort of the orders of their political masters in lieu of the plum postings to make maximum money. They have no agency or authority to fear from. CBI raids are unheard of on IPS officers. Crime and sense of insecurity remains as it was but almost each of them thinks of itself as rightfully entitled to receive Bravery Award. What a sham!
Last year there was strong lobbying by the IPS fraternity to get parity with the IPS, Members of Parliament raised their issue in Parliament too. Why today IPS fraternity is silent? Why don’t you introspect? Don’t you treat majority of constables as orderlies and servants in your home? Have you ever cared to think that majority of your peers are in making money only? If this is the kind of leadership you have provided than Like home minister of India, we all to must thank Pakistan for not causing any blast on every single day we are spared because your being around or not does not make any difference.
Last, One thing is clear that the quotient of libido is very high in the IPS officers!
Kushal Singh

Making travel for Indians even more difficult
The Nigerian terrorist has now made travel for Indians even more difficult. The US is tightening its security and body frisking procedures by its staff. Since the young jehadi was carrying explosives in his underwear we can expect US security men to put their hands into the under-wears of emplaning passengers. What if the security men are gay ? Under their new recruitment policy of ‘Don’t ask and Don’t tell’ for gays this will happen. It is inevitable.

In talk show, Anchor shows only what he wants
In talk show, the host especially (Arunab Goswamy of Timesnow) will show only what he wants the guests to say. He will interrupt and abruptly change over the moment a guest starts saying anything other than the views of channel. Why does media wake up only after hell has broken? What was media doing all these 19 years?
I am very sure there are hundreds of other Ruchika's whose fate is not highlighted. There are numerous cases where IPS officers act high headed and manipulate facts and get away. These officers who take the pledge of safeguarding people get carried away with the powers bestowed in them by virtue of their appointments. But when the victim or grieved makes complaint or appeal to higher authorities or politicians, it merely get marked, "seek status report from concerned department". The best part is the status report is also prepared by the same very officer who is guilty of wrong. The report gets colored with bureaucratic language which does more than convincing act and complaints get filed and remain dormant till some Ruchika commits suicide or media raises  issue for its own TRP(Not for the victim in any case). Let there be a forum to evaluate the issue before Rucikas give up or Jessicas loose their lives.
Wg Cdr NK Mehta   

I would trust judiciary only if …
I would trust the judiciary, down the line from SC to the lower courts, if women were given mandatory 50% representation. Even if the women are not best to fill 50% slots, I would trust them more. Ruchika, SPS Rathore and Madhukar Tandon would have been dealt with fairly by them. Unless the judiciary has at least 50% representation, being father two girls, I would have no confidence in the entire judiciary. So be it. God help me for contempt of God and Judiciary.
Vijay Kumar

Will any political party listen?
Apropos Aditya's comments, I am against posting of retired bureaucrats, policemen and judges to gubernatorial posts. This also goes for giving them extension or commissions after retirement .These can be used as a carrot by the ruling coterie for getting service from them while they are still in service. When a meritorious JS could not get promotion for 20 years for lack of vacancy why give extension to senior bureaucrats? Only citizens who were once legal luminaries, captains of industry or social activists, who have not sold their soul to any political ideology should be posted as governors. But will any political party listen?
N Krishnan

Shameful for govt
This is very shameful for the government. They are just making fool of people. Thanks to your website for giving place to this news.
Pankaj