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Quiet birthday of Sonia Gandhi
Congress president Sonia Gandhi spent a quiet 66th birthday on Sunday. She did not meet any leader. Any significance? Praise of Gujarat by Aishvarya Rai Bacchan.

BUREAUCRACY

D K Mittal to get three months extension ?
Secretary Financial Services D K Mittal is expected to get three months extension in service beginning February1. 1977 batch UP cadre IAS officer Mittal is scheduled to retire on January 31.

Farooqui to be Secretary Disinvestment or Heavy Industries ?
After the appointment of V Rajgopalan as Secretary Forests and Environment he is sure to move either Secretary Disinvestment or Heavy Industries. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Stalemate for Secretary, Heavy Industries continues
Secretary Public Enterprises O P Rawat continues to hold additional charge of the Department of Heavy Industries. While Minister Praful Patel has made it clear that he would not accept anyone else except Dr Sunatu Behuria, the top bosses are not willing to accept the recommendation of the Minister. One can now only wait and watch.

Orders of Pande this week
Orders of Hem Kumar Pande as Additional Secretary Forests and Environment are expected to be issued this week. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Prabodh Saxena to move to Manila
Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs Prabodh Saxena is all set to go Manila as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director Asian Development Bank (ADB). He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.Formal orders are expected to be issued in a week or two.

Interviews of EDs to CMDs likely on Dec 27
Interviews of Executive Directors of various Banks for the promotion of Chairman-cum-Managing Directors are likely to be held on December 27.

Murugan gets extension in CBI
The central deputation tenure of S Murugan, DIG - CBI, has been extended from March 09, 2012 to March 09, 2015. He is an IPS officer of 1997 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

Cabinet Secretary to decide control of BCAS
Cabinet Secretary will hold meeting with the officials of Home Ministry and Aviation Ministry to decide as to which Ministry should hold control of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). Presently, BCAS is under the control of Civil Aviation Ministry under the Aircraft Act.

Raghu Menon is now Member of Censor Board
Former Secretary Information and Broadcasting Raghu Menon has been appointed Member of the Film Censors Board. He is retired 1974 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

8 IPS officers of MP cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as eight Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of Madhya Pradesh cadre belonging to 1989 batch have been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India. They are Ajay Kumar Sharma, S K Jha, Govind Pratap Singh, Milind Kanaskar, Sanjay V Mane, Pramod Shripad Phalnikar, G R Meena and M K Jain.

Jai Prakash Agrawal posted as Joint Secretary in GoI
Jai Prakash Agrawal has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. He is an officer of Central Secretariat Service (CSS).

Ms Sudarshana Talapatra posted as PAG, Jaipur
Ms Sudarshana Talapatra, Principal Accountant General (G&SSA), West Bengal, Kolkata, has been transferred and posted as Principal Accountant General (A&E), Rajasthan, Jaipur under Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

Mrs Deepa Bajwa empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Mrs Deepa Bajwa has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. She is a 1983 batch officer of Indian Defence Estate Service (IDES).

Arun Kumar Jha empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary, GoI
Arun Kr. Jha gets empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary, Government of India. He is 1985 batch officer of Indian Economic Service.

18 UP State officer awarded IAS cadre against 2006 vacancies
As many as 18 officers of Uttar Pradesh State Civil Service have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the vacancies of 2006. The officers include: Shiv Shankar Singh, Ravindra Nath Upadhyay, Rakesh Kumar Ojha, Sarvesh Chandra Mishra, Virendra Pratap Singh-I, Bijendra Bahadur Singh, Ramesh Chandra Mishra-I, Ganesh Shankar Tripathi, Shambhu Singh Yadav, Vinay Priya Dubey, Ram Bahadur, Shiv Nandan Prasad, Shyam Krishna, Devi Shankar Sharma, Chandra Prakash-II, Ashok Kumar Singh-II, Brij Kishor Singh, Ashok Dixit and Mukesh Mittal.

A K Satapathy empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
A K Satapathy has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an Indian Revenue Service officer of 1985 batch.

Negi to look after additional charge in ITBP
I.S Negi, IG, Northern Frontir, ITBP, Dehradun will look after the additional charge of IG Central Frontier. He is an ITBP cadre officer.

Individual cadre presentation of MT
Competent Authority has granted an individual cadre presentation of Manipur and Tripura cadre.

Cadre clearance of IPS officer sought
MHA has asked for the cadre clearance of Brijesh Bahadur Singh for central deputation as DIG. He is an IPS officer of 1996 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

PESB invites applications for post of Director (Finance), OIL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Director (Finance), Oil India Limited (OIL) falling vacant next year on October 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before January 25, 2013.

Two IFS officers in Rajasthan shifted
Avinash Chandra Choubey has been appointed as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Work Plan and Forest Management), Jaipur while Arvinder Singh Barar will now be Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wild-life), Jaipur. Choubey is a 1979 batch IFS officer while Barar is of 1984 batch.

Arun Chaudhary appointed DG, SSB
Arun Chaudhary has been appointed new DG of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre. Chaudhary is presently Special DG, CISF.
( We said this on October 29 and again on November 15 )

Lt Gen Parnaik is now DG Border Roads
Lt Gen A T Parnaik has taken over charge as the 22nd Director General of Border Roads.

Indraneel Dani bereaved
Father of 1980 batch IAS officer ACS (Home) in Madhya Pradesh Indraneel Dani has passed away in Bhopal on Monday.

Om Prakash Meena is also ACS, Environment & Forests in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Om Prakash Meena has been assigned an additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Environment and Forests, Jaipur in Rajasthan. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

CORPORATE
V K Rattan selected as Director (Engg), NPCC
V K Rattan, GM, NHPC, has been selected for the post of Director (Engineering), National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 7, 2012. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Gaurav Seth to head marketing at Sony TV
Gaurav Seth has been appointed as new marketing head for Sony Entertainment TV. The vacancy had arisen following Danish Khan quitting the company to join Channel V. Seth at present is the Senior Vice President - Marketing for Hindi movie channel Max.

Khan quits Sony Entertainment to join Channel V
Danish Khan - Vice President and Head of Marketing of Sony Entertainment Television, has put in his papers. He is expected to join Channel V.

Publicitas appoints Rupert Harrow
Publicitas has appointed Rupert Harrow as Executive Director in charge of sales and business development for its operations in Asia Pacific. He will be based in Hong Kong and report to Marzban Patel, CEO, Publicitas India and Asia.

Niloufer Dundh quits Hungama Digital
Niloufer Dundh, Head - Integrated Media, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment has resigned from the company after a stint of three years.

Percept/H appoints new SVP & Mumbai Branch Head
Anjana Devraj has joined Percept/H as Senior Vice President and Branch Head for Mumbai. Prior to this, she was working with Turner (India) as Director Development Original Series at Pogo for seven years.

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Cheil Worldwide appoints Hari Krishnan as COO
Cheil Worldwide SW Asia has appointed Hari Krishnan as Chief Operating Officer (COO). He will take charge from January 2013 and lead Cheil Worldwide SW Asia's growth agenda.

What's-On-India ropes in Sugato Banerji as COO
What's-on-India has appointed Sugato Banerji as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead the company's growth strategy in the TV search, EPG and recommendations space and consolidate key partner and client relationships.

Goyal resigns as director of Westlife Developer
Govind Goyal has resigned as director of Westlife Developer.

Dhaal resigns as director of Mahaan Foods
RK Dhaal resigns as director of Mahaan Foods.

Vishwanath appointed as MD of Bosch
VK Vishwanath has been appointed as MD of Bosch.

Dutt appointed as director of Caprihans India
Krishnav Dutt has been appointed as director of Caprihans India.

Desai appointed as director of Adani Enterprise
Berjis Desai has been appointed as director of Adani Enterprise.

Egan ceases to be director of Esab India
David Egan has ceased to be director of Esab India.

Shah appointed as director of Arnav Corporation
Jayesh Shah has been appointed as director of Arnav Corporation.

Berns appointed President , Bosch Group for India
Steffen Berns has been appointed as President, Bosch Group in India.

Sanjiv Goenka is Chairman, Firstsource Solutions
Sanjiv Goenka has been appointed as Chairman, Firstsource Solutions.

Sashwat Goenka appointed Director, Firstsource Solutions
Sashwat Goenka has been appointed as Director on the Board of Directors of Firstsource Solutions

Mehta to continue as Independent Director, Firstsource Solutions
Former Chairman of Firstsource Solutions Dr Sailesh Mehta will continue on the Board of Directors of Firstsource Solutions as Independent Director.

Devraj appointed Senior VP & Branch Head (Mumbai), Percept/H
Percept/H has appointed Anjana Devraj as Senior Vice President and Branch Head for Mumbai office.

Deo appointed Exec. Housekeeper, Hilton Mumbai International Airport
Kasturi Deo has been appointed as Executive Housekeeper, Hilton Mumbai International Airport.

Banerji appointed COO, What's-on-India
Sugato Banerji has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO), What's-on-India.

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Every appointment at highest level marred with controversy !

It is really funny to see that every appointment at the highest level in every government hierarchy is marred with controversy. The simple reason is people have lost faith in the present system. There is a huge trust deficit and the integrity of such appointees who hobnobbed with one party or other during their service career has to come under scanner. Why we hear such rude yet true connotation that when the chapter of honesty was taught, both politicians and bureaucrats were either sleeping or bunked the class. Everything is with a reason and a democratic society must be satisfied with the actions of CBI Director. The one who is with the government, of the government and for the government cannot do justice with this coveted appointment. There is no harm to shortlist deserving and eligible candidates and select the best one. Unfortunately in our country merit is the last choice. We get stuck up in cast, religion, region and last but not the least recognition. We all are in this grid. So it makes no difference even if there is square peg in the round hole or vice versa.....unless CBI is out of the clutches of government, its Director has to be of the choice of the government. We must accept this.

Manmohan Guleria

Administration in Tripura completely ruined

As submitted by an esteemed reader, it is a fact that administration in Tripura has been completely ruined in the last three years.

RKS

Both are competent officers

Both R K Takkar and Kishore Sansi, General Managers, are highly competent officers of OBC and both them should become EDs.

S C Das