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Bharat Kumar
Cabinet reshuffle at Centre in the offing
As the grapevine has it, a reshuffle of cabinet being headed by Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh is on the anvil.
Mayawati to field Advani in Bihar
Mayavati is fielding someone called Lal Krishna Advani from Supaul in the forthcoming Bihar assembly elections. What an idea ?.

Kaun Banega Foreign Secretary ? (3) Nalin Surie
If the Government goes by seniority Indian High Commissioner in UK Nalin Surie should be next Foreign Secretary.1973 batch IFS officer Surie is considered to be a competent and visionary officer. His only minus point will however be that he will only have seven months of service.
Who will be Secretary Personnel ?
Who will be new Secretary Personnel ?.Names of three 1974 batch IAS officers Mssrs Ajit Seth (UP), K M Acharya (MP), Alka Sirohi (MP), one 1975 batch IAS officer Ms Sindhushree Khullar (UT) and one 1976 batch IAS officer R C Mishra (Orissa) are currently doing the round.
Kulbhushan posted as GM ,Central Railway
Kulbhushan, Advisor to the Railway Board, on elevation has been posted as General Manager (GM) Central Railway (CR).
Shrivastava posted as GM, East Central Railway
K.K. Shrivastava, Additional General Manager (Addl GM), Southern Railway,
on elevation has been posted as General Manager (GM) East Central Railway (ECR).
Rajiv Takru takes over as Additional Secretary, MIB
Rajiv Takru has taken over as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on October 13, 2010. So far he was Director General (DG)of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) under the Ministry of Textiles. Takru will replace Uday Kumar Verma (IAS officer of 1976 batch).Takru had joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1979. He has served in various ministries in State and Central Government, including Defense, Textiles, Revenue, Warehousing Corporation, and so on. To his credit Rajiv Takru has a number of awards and distinctions, including Sanskar Puraskar in 1993 for Public Service. The citation and award was given by the then Governor of Gujarat, Dr Swarup Singh. He was conferred with the Udyog Ratan Award by the Institute of Economic Growth in 2005 for turning around the Gujarat State Warehousing Corporation.
( We said this on October 6)
Azad gets new assignment in IB
Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau Yashovardhan Azad will now look after VIP Security .He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Rana to be Joint Secretary Animal Husbandry
Rajbir Singh Rana will replace Arvind Kaushal as Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries. He is 1983 batch IDAS officer.
Venkateswarlu is new JS Food Processing
Usurupati Venkateswarlu has been appointed new Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
( We said this on July 31 and again on September 14 )
Siddharth is Joint Secretary Commerce
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal to appoint Siddharth has been appointed new Joint Secretary in the Department of Commerce. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
( We said this on September 6 )
Ranjan is new JS Animal Husbandry
Sanjiv Ranjan has been appointed new Joint Secretary Animal Husbandry and Dairying in the Government of India. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Yadav is new Director Health
Sajjan Singh Yadav is now Director Health in the Government of India. He is 1995 batch UT cadre IAS officer.
( We said this on September 7 )
Pranay Sahay takes over as Spl DG BSF
Pranay Sahay has taken over as Special DG BSF in Kolkata onTuesday.He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
( We said this on September 13 and again on October 8)
K. Saleem Ali is new DGP of Tripura
K. Saleem Ali has taken over as new as new DGP of Tripura .He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
( We said this on June 1 and again on October 8)
Ravindran is longest serving DGP in Sikkim
C.M. Ravindran, IPS who joined as DGP, Sikkim Police in the year 2005 is among the longest serving DGP in the state. An IPS officer of the 1977 batch of the Sikkim cadre he has been instrumental is streamlining the chaotic traffic system in the north-eastern state. An experienced police officer, Ravindran has been instrumental in maintaining law and order in the state in the sensitive north-eastern state that shares a common border with China, Nepal and Bhutan.
Usha Titus to join GoI
Usha Titus is joining the Government of India as Director Department of Economic Affairs. She is 1993 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
Cadre review of IES soon
As the grapevine has it, cadre review of Indian Economic Service (IES) is going to take place soon.
Who will be next Rajya Sabha gen secr ?
It is not yet clear that who will be the next Rajya Sabha General Secretary. The tenure of the present incumbent Dr V K Agnihotri is coming to an end this month.
ICS officer dies at the age of 104
The doyen of Indian administrators worldwide, Professor Samuel Martin Burke (1906-2010), died on 9th October 2010 at the age of 104 of old age. He was the oldest living Indian ICS officer. He was perhaps the only Indian ICS officer to have 4 careers - as an administrator, judge, diplomat and academic.
He belonged to the 1930 batch of the ICS and was allotted to the Punjab cadre. After service as a Deputy Commissioner he was a District and Sessions judge for many years. Because of his impartiality as a Christian, he was selected as the Chairman of the First Election Tribunal of the Punjab in 1946, to adjudicate between rival claims to seats following the elections of 1946, that returned the Muslim League to power in the Punjab.

At independence, he quit the ICS but was immediately recalled by Jinnah to join Pakistan's foreign service where he initially headed the India desk in Karachi. After that he served in the UK and US as Counsellor, as Minister-Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, as Pakistan's Ambassador to Thailand and finally as the High Commissioner of Pakistan in Canada.

He quit diplomacy in 1961, at the age of 55, to become an academic and was Professor of South Asian Studies at the University of Minnesota. He retired in 1976, at 70, and settled in UK where he lived for the next 34 years. In retirement he wrote seminal books on Pakistan's foreign policy, the history of India's independence, a biography of Akbar and the definitive biography of Jinnah. He published his last book at the age of 97!

His passing reduces the number of Indian ICS officer still alive to less than five. There are also less than 5 British ICS officers still alive.
How Many vacancies of CCIT ?
The CBDT has made it known that there are going to be 39 vacancies of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax. Insiders however feel that by March there should be 44 vacancies and not 39.
D.K. Tiwari is PS to Jharkhand Chief Minister: Munda
D.K. Tiwari has been appointed as Secretary to Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda who began his second innings as Chief Minister after a gap of four years. Tiwari so far was Secretary Health. He is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch and belongs to the Jharkhand cadre. So, he is the only officer to have got a new posting in Arjun Munda's second innings.
Chairman of Cochin Port Trust gets extension
Chairman of the Cochin Port Trust N Ramachandran has been given three months extension in his deputation tenure beginning October 18.He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Jawed Usmani to return
Advisor in the World Bank Jawed Usmani is returning this month end after completion of deputation tenure. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Names of 2 Railway officers proposed as GMs
Names of two senior railway officers have been recommended for posting as General Managers (GMs). They are: Kali Shankar and Ramchandran.
IA&AS officer Patwardhan transferred
VA Patwardhan, Director, in the branch office Pune of the office of the Director General of Audit, Defence Services, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (Works), in the office of the Accountant General (W&RA), Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal.
Ms Krishna to attend two weeks course at Harvard
Ms Vandana Krishna is going to attend two weeks course at Harvard University, USA. She is 1985 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre. The course is on Mastering Negotiation, Building Agreement across Boundaries & Leadership for the 21st century-Chaos, conflict and courage.
Dutta is Director Women and Child Welfare
Rupa Dutta, an officer of the Indian Economic Services, is joining as Director in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Bothiyal promoted in HRD Ministry
CSS officer Bothiyal has been promoted to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of HRD.
Ramkrishna transferred as Sr Faculty, State Bank Staff College - Hyderabad
Gandhi Sree Ramkrishna, Deputy General Manager, in SBI Industrial Finance Branch, Mid Corporate Group, Chennai, has been transferred as Senior Faculty, State Bank Staff College, Hyderabad.
Posts of CGMs on the anvil in FCI
As the grapevine has it posts of General Managers (GMs) of Food Corporation of India (FCI) are going to be elevated to Chief GM's (CGM's) rank in major procurement states. These states are: Punjab, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Chandrashekharan appointed Member CESTAT
B. J. R. Chandrashekharan is one of the five officers of the CBEC who have been appointed as a Member of the Customs Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal
(CESTAT).
Sandhu to be PS Revenue in Maharashtra ?
S.S. Sandhu is being tipped to be new Principal Secretary Revenue in Maharashtra. Presently 1984 batch IAS officer Sandhu is Divisional Commissioner Konkan.
A K Bit to return to UP
A K Bit, Chief of Falta Export Processing Zone Kolkata, is returning to the parent Uttar Pradesh cadre. He is 1976 batch IAS officer.
Sandhu empanelled as Jt. Secretary in GOI
B.S. Sandhu has been empanelled in Government of India (GOI) for posting as Joint Secretary. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer who belongs to the 1981 batch.
Sports bodies starved of government aid
Thanks to a decision by Indian Minister for Sports M.S. Gill, government's grants to all sports associations has been stopped.
Interviews for SAT today
Interviews for the nine vacancies are going to take place on Wednesday.
IAS changes in Orissa
Ashok Kumar Tripathy has been appointed Secretary Tourism and Culture.Gagan Dhal will now be Principal Secretary Commerce and Industries and Santosh Sarangi Commissioner SC and ST Development.
MPEDB to organize conference on PPP in Ecotourism
MP Ecotourism Development Board (MPEDB) is organizing a conference on Public-Private- Partnership and its objectives in ecotourism in association with MP Tourism Development Corporation Ltd.(MPTDC) on October 20 at Bhopal as the present situation demands PPP in ecotourism so as to set an example for other emerging concepts including how it goes hand in hand and complement each other in achieving common goal of sustainable development.
Bureaucratic changes in Maharashtra
In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle Praveen Sinh Pardesi on his return from long study leave has been posted as Commissioner Amarawati by the Maharashtra government. Others who were shifted are: Dinesh Waghmare Commissioner Amarawati to Managing Director (MD) Minising Corporation -Nagpur, Vijay Nahata Commissioner civic body Navi Mumbai to Director General (DG) Information & Public Relations (IPR), Ms. Prajakta Lavangre DG-IPR to Director Drinking water under World Bank aided project & Nipun Vinayak has posted as Commissioner of Nanded Municipal Corporation Nanded.
Jyoti Kalash joins Ministry of Home Affairs
Jyoti Kalash, an IAS officer of 1990 batch of Nagaland cadre is joining the
Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India soon after his return from Goa where he
is on duty as election observer for an assembly bye-election.
Dwivedi is PS to MoS HRD
Gopal Krishna Dwivedi has taken over as new PS to D Purandeswari Minister of State HRD.He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
IAS officer gets MP cadre
Cadre of 2008 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre Nand Kumaram has been changed to Madhya Pradesh.The MP Government has posted him as Assistant Collector Jabalpur.
IAS changes in West Bengal
Sanjay Bansal will be new DM of Nadia.M K Gandhi has been moved as DM Darjeeling.N S Nigam will be DM of South 24 Paragnas.Surendra Gupta has been made DM Midnapur.KhalIL Ahmad has been posted as Director ESI and Somesh Bhattacharya Joint Secretary Commerce and Industries.
DIG CRPF suspended
DIG CRPF posted in Manipur A K Raghubir has reportedly been suspended.

CORPORATE
MDs of SAIL plants will not be Members of the Board
The Managing Directors of five SAIL plants located at Durgapur, Burnpur, Rourkela, Bhilai and Bokaro will now lose the right to sit on the board. They will be invited to the board meeting only when there will be issues relevant to their respective plants to discuss.
Goenka designated Chairman
B. K. Goenka Chairman and Managing Director of Welspun Corp Ltd has been designated as the "Chairman" with immediate effect, and R. R. Mandawewala has been appointed as the Managing Director of the Company with immediate effect.
ATCO Corporation appoints Additional Director
ATCO Corporation has appointed Bhagirat Merchant as Additional Director on the board of the company.
Vaiya to quit Zee Entertainment
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd Chief Operating Officer and Business Head of Zee-TV Nitin Vaidya has decided to quit the company to explore new vistas.
Paode is CEO Shriram Equipment
Shriram Equipment Finance Company has appointed Pratap Paode as the Chief Executive Officer.
Sahjwani is National Programming Director
Big FM, has appointed Sunil Sahjwani as National Programming Director.
Peter elected Chairman ANRPC
The Chairman of Rubber Board, Sajen Peter, has been elected the Chairman of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC).
Gupte retires from Twilight Litaka
Twilight Litaka Pharma Limited Director Prof. P.D. Gupte, has decided not to be re-appointed due to his old age. Accordingly his directorship ceased on September 25, 2010.
Kandalgaonkar appointed Compliance Officer
Praj Industries Limited has appointed Yogesh Kandalgaonkar as Assistant Company Secretary and Compliance Officer.
Shopper's Stop opens new store
Shoppers Stop Limited has opened its "Shoppers Stop" store at Aurangabad. With the opening of this store, the Company has now has 34 "Shoppers Stop" stores under its operation.
Cerner Corp appoints MD
Greg White has been appointed to the role of Vice President and Managing Director for Cerner Corporation in the Middle East, Africa and India.
Mehta resigns as Dir (Finance) Castrol India
Amish Mehta, Director (Finance) Castrol India Ltd has, with effect from November 15, 2010 resigned from the services of the Company.
Vaidya designated as Dir (Finance), Castrol India
Sujit Vaidya has been appointed as a Whole-time Director of Castrol India Ltd designated as Director (Finance).
Sett is Part-Time Director UBI
Srenik Sett has been appointed part-time non-official director of United Bank of India for three years.
Sivakumar re-elected Director
P. Sivakumar has been re-elected as Director of Inter Connected Stock Exchanges of India Ltd, Mumbai.
Paode is CEO of SEFC
Pratap Paode has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Shriram Equipment Finance Company.
CVC indicts three CBEC officials
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has in July 2010 advised imposition of major penalty against three officers of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC).

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Gill should himself follow first
The Sports Minister Gill wants Generation Next to occupy positions in sports associations but should it not apply to himself. He is a old worn out hat, most despicable behaviour in front of the media and who does anyone forget his words he used during the preparation of the commonwealth games vis a vis marriage preparation. He himself is a dead wood, his log should be cleared first.

Narasimha Sastry

Pak held hostage

Pakistan is suffering and will continue to suffer. Its people are left to fend for themselves, a country where only their foreign service and ISI do a good job- of propaganda against India and getting aid (to be used against India), and of fomenting trouble/ engaging in cross border terrorism in India respectively. Amazing how the whole country is held hostage to the army and the ISI. Verily, hate destroys those who hate more than those whom they hate.

Arjun Mallik

IB follows diktats

Yes IB should not and had not kept watch on individuals except in cases when directed by the Government. Yes ruling party is the Government everywhere and whether it depends on IB or not is its privilege. The IB operatives do what they are ordered to and that they have done that sincerely. Well for giving incorrect information, IB operatives were not dismissed but were punished by being posted out to remote areas, sometimes in the fag end of their career. If M.K.N had given open information on Bofors scandal, then there was nothing wrong. Chinese Intelligence depends 97% on open intelligence. While other services can claim credit openly, IB ops. could not do so because of security restrictions. That is why it is said "They die unwept, unsung and sometimes uncared."

Madan

Congratulations !

Congratulations and Best wishes-Shri Pranay Sahay to join as Spl. DG,BSF (East), Kolkata.

Dr Neelam Goyal


Ram should get land in Ayodhaya.....


"And Shatrughana has joined BJP, Lovekush are busy with TV and Hanuman and Ghattochkach are entertaining NRI children all over the world.

Suresh Mandan