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B C Gupta to be Secretary Road Transport ?

Grapevine has it that B C Gupta is going to succeed Brahm Dutt as Secretary Road Transport and Highways next month.He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre. Name of R S Gujral is also in circulation.
Appointment of Rly GMs this week
Appointment of Neeraj Kumar as head of Staff College Baroda and Keshav Chandra as General Manager of North-Frontier Rly is expected to be made this week.
Large scale changes of IAS on the anvil in Uttarakhand
As the grapevine has it a large scale bureaucratic reshuffle is on the anvil. This will cover certain Secretaries as well Collectors in many
districts.Sweeping changes, at the most happen either on June 17, 2010 or in next four days.
Pandey gets additional charge of PS, Information & PR in UP
Vijay Shankar Pandey has also been given charge of Principal Secretary (PS) Information and Public Relations (IPR). He is already PS attached to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati's residential office. Besides, Pandey is PS Food and Drug Authority (FDA) and Secretariat Administration. He is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. It may be recalled that Vijay Shanker Pandey
had earned the distinction of being a trail blazer bureaucrat in Uttar Pradesh who had carved out a rare place in Governance of Indian history by declaring his assets in early November of 2009.
Ms. Lakshmi Venkatachalam is VP, ADB
Ms. Lakshmi Venkatachalam has assumed charge as Vice President Asian Development Bank (ADB). She is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.
(We said this on April 24)
Ashwani Kumar tipped to be ED United Bank
As the grapevine has it Ashwani Kumar General Manager of Allahabad Bank is tipped to be Executive Director (ED) of the United Bank.
Mrs. V. R. Iyer tipped to be ED Central Bank of India
As the grapevine has it Mrs. V. R. Iyer General Manager of Union Bank
of India is tipped to be Executive Director (ED) of the Central Bank
of India (CBI).
Rajeev Dubey to be ED Central Bank of India
As the grapevine has it Rajeev Dubey General Manager of Punjab National Bank (PNB) is tipped to be Executive Director (ED) of the
Central Bank of India (CBI).
S. S. Mundra to be ED Union Bank of India
As the grapevine has it S. S. Mundra General Manager of Bank of Baroda is tipped to be Executive Director (ED) of the Union Bank of India
(UBI).
N. Seshadri to be ED Bank of India
As the grapevine has it N. Seshadri General Manager of Canara Bank is tipped to be Executive Director (ED) of the Bank of India
N Badrinarayan to be ED UCO Bank (UPDATED)

As the grapevine has it N Badrinarayan General Manager of Bank of Baroda is tipped to be Executive Director (ED) of the UCO Bank.
Rakesh Sethi to be ED Oriental Bank of Commerce.
As the grapevine has it Rakesh Sethi General Manager of Andhra Bank is tipped to be Executive Director (ED) of the Punjab National Bank.
V. Kannan to be ED Oriental Bank of Commerce.
As the grapevine has it V. Kannan General Manager Bank of Maharashtra is tipped to be Executive Director (ED) of the Oriental Bank of
Commerce.
Rajiv Rishi to be ED Indian Bank
As the grapevine has it V. Kannan General Manager Oriental Bank of Commerce is tipped to be Executive Director (ED) of the Indian Bank
Anil Kumar Bansal to be ED Indian Overseas Bank
As the grapevine has it Anil Kumar Bansal General Manager Union Bank of India is tipped to be Executive Director (ED) of the Indian
Overseas Bank.
Ms. Archana Bhargav to be ED Canara Bank
As the grapevine has it Ms. Archana Bhargav General Manager Punjab National Bank is tipped to be Executive Director (ED) of the Canara
Bank.
Basant Gupta posted as Additional Secretary in MEA
Basant Gupta has been posted in MEA as Additional Secretary for CPV Division. He is IFS officer of 1979 batch. He was earlier Ambassador to Tunisia.
Pande returns to MEA
Second Secretary in Paris Kartik Pande has been moved to the MEA Headquarters.
M.M. Mittal poised to go to Centre
As the grapevine has it M.M. Mittal is poised to go to Government of India on central deputation. He is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch
who belongs to the Assam- Meghalaya (A-M) cadre.
Sharad Chowdhury to return
Grapevine has it that Assistant Director of Enforcement Directorate in Delhi Sharad Chowdhury is being repatriated to his parent cadre.Guess the reason ?.
Intelligence agencies looking for power brokers
Intelligence agencies are these days busy identifying power brokers as t who they are and how many in number.
Uday Kumar to be Director NSIC
P Uday Kumar is being tipped to be Director (Marketing and Planning) of the National Small Industries Corporation.He is presently in the CPCL.
Five new Judges of Calcutta HC appointed
Mssrs Tarun Kumar Gupta, Ragunath Bhattacharya, Asim Kumar Ray, Mrinal Kanti Chaudhuri and Kanchan Chakraborty have been appointed judges of the Calcutta High Court.
Justice Rekha Doshit is new CJ of Patna High Court
Justice Rekha Manharlal Doshit, Judge of the Gujarat High Court has been appointed Chief Justice of the Patna High Court.
( We said this on April 24 and May 4 )
Justice Eqbal is new CJ of Madras High Court
Justice M. Yusuf Eqbal, Judge of the Jharkhand High Court has been appointed Chief Justice of the Madras High Court .
( We said this on April 3 and again on May 4 )
Arora moves to Delhi
R K Arora 1990 batch IDAS officer has been moved to IFA (Coast Guard) New Delhi from Lucknow.
Alstom CEO meets Vilasrao Deshmukh in Paris
Aimed at strengthening the long-standing relationship between the two engineering majors, Alstom and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(BHEL), Patrick Kron, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alstom SA met Indian Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Vilasrao Deshmukh in Paris. B.S. Meena Secretary (HI), Rajan Mathiah Indian Ambassador to France and B.P. Rao Chairman cum Managing (CMD)
BHEL, were also present on the occasion.
NSIC signs an MOU with Botswana
During the visit of Lieutenant General Mompati Sebogodi Merafhe, Vice President of Botswana to India an Agreement for mutual cooperation
was signed between National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), and Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) of Botswana for the development of
micro, small & medium enterprises in both the countries. The MOU was signed by Dr H.P Kumar, Chairman-cum-Managing Director NSIC and Dr.
T.T.K Matome Chief Executive Officer (CEO) LEA, Botswana in the presence of S. K.Sinha Director(P&M)NSIC and RavindraNath
Director(Fin)NSIC .Also present during the MoU signing ceremony were Oreeditse Molebatsi Assistant Minister of Agriculture of Botswana, Ms.
D.A. Kgosietsile High Commissioner of Botswana in New Delhi . The MOU envisages setting up of technology cum business incubator centres,
developing policies and institutional framework for SME development in Botswana
Raghvendra Singh is PS Tourism in West Bengal

Raghvendra Singh is Principal Secretary (PS) Tourism in West Bengal vice Arun Bal. He is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Rajpal Singh Kahlon gets addl charge in West Bengal

Rajpal Singh Kahlon has been given additional charge of Principal Secretary (PS) Disaster Management and Fire Services in West Bengal. He is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

A.M Chakrabarty tipped to be Chairman PSC in WB

As the grapevine has it A.M Chakrabarty ex Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal is tipped to be Chairman of the state PSC. He is an IAS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

P. C. Dalei appointed Election Commissioner in Chhattisgarh

P. C. Dalei has been appointed Election Commissioner to the
Chhattisgarh Government. At present he is Principal Secretary (PS) to
Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt. Dalei is an IAS officer of the
1984 batch who belongs to the Chhattisgarh cadre.

CORPORATE
Manpreet Kaur resigns from Nahar Capital

Ms.Manpreet Kaur, Company Secretary of Nahar Capital And Financial Services Limited, has resigned from the Company w.e.f. June 9, 2010.

Rajeev Kalra appointed Addl Director, Spentex Industries

The Board of Directors of Spentex Industries Limited has approved the appointment of Rajeev Kalra as an Additional Director on the Board of the Company.

B.K. Goswami is Additional Director, Simbhaoli Sugars

Simbhaoli Sugars Limited has appointed B.K. Goswami as Additional Director on the Board of the Company by way of resolution passed through circulation on June 11, 2010 by the Board of directors of the Company.

Rahul Shukla is Citi's Head Corporate Banking

Citi has appointed Rahul Shukla as Head (Corporate Banking) in India.

Harit Nagpal to join Tata Sky

Harit Nagpal currently with Vodafone Group UK will take over as Managing Director of Tata Sky, replacing Vikram Kaushik, MD and CEO, who will retire in December 2010.

Amul Board keeps option open on choosing outsider as MD

Grapevine has it that the Amul Board has not given up the option of having an outsider as MD if a suitable candidate is found.

Sandeep Bhargawa CEO, TIFC quits

The Indian Film Company's (TIFC's) CEO, Sandeep Bhargawa is learnt to have quit the company. TIFC is a Network18 company.

Bala quits Zoom

Suresh Bala, the CEO of Zoom, lifestyle channel of Bennet Coleman Company Limited, has reportedly resigned.

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A close look at new daft policy of AGMU cadre brings out many inconsistencies which need rectifiation:
1.Equating any central deputatation as delhi posting is ridiculous.If one joins any CPO and sent to north east/J&k or any other difficult areas,why should it be counted as delhi.As it is, AGMU cadre officers are accused of not getting out of delhi during central deputation,this policy will put them to further disadvantage.We are discouraging central deputations in IPS if suitable modifications are not made..
2.When for all central services,tenure is two years in hard areas and even cooling off for north east AIS officer s is two years,what is the rationale in making it three years upto IG level/super time scale in AGMU cadre.
3. In IPS, the supertime scale of IAS should be equated with DIG for tenure calculation as right now, it is taking 22 years to become IG in AGMU cadre.Further it is SP level, which is crucial in these states.
4.The soft postings other than delhi can have tenure of three years to deincentivise postings there and two years tenure in hard areas may make officers rush to hard areas upto DIG/super time scale.
5.There are officers in AGMU cadre who want to do outside delhi posting,so it will be desirable to ask for three preferences in order in the begining of the year and transfers should be effected only once in year in APRIL-MAY in a transparent manner.
I sincerly wish Hon'ble UHM will consider this before approving the draft..
Arun

Deputation Policy for CSS Officers
DoPT shall not allow subsequent deputations to such CSS Officers who are already on deputation as there is acute shortage in the parent Ministry. The principle of Cooling shall be observed strictly and fairly being RTI age.
M. ROY
I am working in the Govt at Director rank.My nephew who is very good in his studies asked for my advice on whether he should appear for civil services.My advise was
1.If you can make it to IAS you can make it to IIMs as well and salary in pvt sector are five times that in Govt.
2.working in other services is useless as IAS has monopolised all the good posts in Govt.

My nephew heeded my advise and did his MBA from the IIMs. He has joined a private company in India at a starting salary of 18 lakhs per annum.
I am happy I guided him in the right direction.Govt needs to
1.Scale up salary at higher levels
2.Allow merit based promotion and lateral entry and deputation from and to Private sector.
3.Allow talented officers from other services to occupy top post.
Ramesh
The discussion on Children of Civil Servants not opting for civil services is itself based on a false presumption that if these children desire, they can go for Civil services. The fact of teh matter is that these silver spooned boys and girls can not compete in this toughest Exam and that is why excuse of curruption, political interference etc. etc. These so called honest kids have no problem licking the boots of Multinational bosses. Is there no malpractice in corporate sector. What about the Satyam fiasco? Please do not try to fool us. If have guts then clear the Civil Srvices Exam and then leave it saying that I do not want to join it. When Papa can arrange for a seat in Medical/Enginnering/MBA on the basis of Money power and connections, he can also arrange for a white collar job with handsome salary so why to burn midnight lamp for Civil Srvices. For every body's kind information, Civil Srvices are still the most opted job options of brilliant students. I do notconsider those IITians brilliant who migrate to USA for fat salaries and whenever gets discriminated there then make hue and cry and seek our support in teh name of Nationlism. If you have so much love for country Join teh Civil Srvices and improve the system and do not criticise it. Still may of the succesfful candidates belong to teh family of Civil Servants (May be they are not from IAS but still they belong to other Government Services) This year's topper's father was in Police (still a Government Service). I would like to know the actual picture about the qualified candidates this year, before starting such whimsical debate by a few disgruntled retired Civil Servants, who have grudge against the system for notrewarding them as per their desires.
S K Tripathi
What you say in your article is correct to a large extent, but is it not only fair that those wrong doers be brought to justice so that in future such inappropriate and anti people acts are not repeated and pliant bureaucrats and politicians do not repeat such misdeeds. In National interest it is essential that all misdemeanors are acted against, howsoever late, to create a sense of accountability in our irresponsible, self serving and corrupt bureaucrats and politicians.
M P S Ahluwalia
It is shocking to know RBI exercised its power in removing the DY MD OF BANK OF RAJASTHAN MANY MORE TO FOLLOW OR WHAT?
T A Vaidyanathan
One should not be shocked over the conduct of Moti Singh and Swaraj Puri in arranging safe exit of Warren Anderson from Bhopal on 9th Dec 1984 and blame them unnecessarily . Majority of even the present lot occupying stil higher positions will be of do as directed type only who consider carrying out such instructions not as some kind of dirty work and to be resisted but a great honour and also an opportunity for career enhancement and post retirement employment. Not surprisingly their tribe has increased over the years courtesy our recruitment and training system which can make a mouse out of lion in a short time. Arbitrary powers of transfer /posting /ACR system now called Performance Appraisal, CCS(CCA) Rules are all intended to secure compliant behaviour. To prevent similar bureaucratic response in future ,far reaching administrative reforms will be required of which there appears to be little likelihood in near future.Sudhir Chopra
Sudhir Chopra

Who knows whether money has changed hands in the state sponsored 'great escape' of Mr.Andewrson from Bhopal and India.Knowing the then ruling party and the then CM of MP,probabilty can not be ruled out,espicially when news are coming out in Karnataka that tsunami funds for the victims have been alleged to have been swindled out by party functionaries..
N Krishna