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SP to put up 90 candidates in Madhya Pradesh
Samajwadi Party is going to contest from 90 Vidhan Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh.

BUREAUCRACY

K Damayanthi to be JS, DoNER
K Damayanthi is being tipped to be Joint Secretary DoNER in the Government of India. Damayanthi is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Ms Divya Prasad posted as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ms Divya Prasad has been appointed as Joint Secretary (in Situ) to the Ministry of Shipping. She is an officer of Central Secretariat Service (CSS).

Manisha Verma is JS, NAC
Manisha Verma has been appointed Joint Secretary in National Advisory Council (NAC). She is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Samantary promoted as ACS in Madhya Pradesh
D K Samantary has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Madhya Pradesh. A 1982 batch IAS officer Samantary will head the PMT-PET Board.

Swadeep Singh to head Board of Secondary Education in MP
Swadeep Singh will now head the Board of Secondary Education in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer.

Kulbir Krishan is new DGP of Meghalaya
Kulbir Krishan will take over as new DGP of Meghalaya on December 1. He is a 1976 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Ram Niwas is new DGP of Chhattisgarh
Ram Niwas has taken over new DGP of Chhattisgarh on Friday. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer.
(We said this on November 19, 2012)

V G Joshi selected as Director (Tech), MRPL
V G Joshi, CGM, MRPL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on November 30. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Arvind Ranjan is Acting DG of BSF
Latest information says that a 1977 batch Kerala cadre IPS officer Arvind Ranjan has been asked to head paramilitary BSF till a regular incumbent is appointed to the post. He is presently, Special DG, BSF.

1980 batch IPS officers get DG rank in Tamil Nadu
Three 1980 batch IPS officers including Ms. Archana Ramasundaram, Anoop Jaiswal and Narendra Pal Singh have been promoted to the rank of DG in Tamil Nadu.

Is Chitra Narayanan's extension really over?
The extension given to Indian Ambassador to Switzerland Chitra Narayanan on September 1 was scheduled to end on November 30. She is a 1978 batch IFS officer.

Sanyal gets pro-forma promotion
Nilanjan Sanyal has been given pro-forma promotion by the Orissa Government to the rank of Chief Secretary. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer.

Ms Mamta Kochar posted as Director, Tourism in GoI
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Ms Mamta Kochar has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Tourism, New Delhi on deputation basis for a period of five years.

IPS changes in West Bengal
Sivaji Ghosh will be new ADG CID.C V Murlidhar has been moved as ADG, Housing. A K Maliwal will now be ADG Training and Nazrul Islam ADG Provision.

SPS officers to get IPS in UP
As the grapevine has it, after 111 PCS officers got IAS, now it is the turn of State Police Service officers to get IPS in UP

Thakur to return Orissa
Sudarshan Pal Thakur is returning to the parent Orissa cadre next week. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer.

Services of four 2008 batch IPS officers confirmed in AP
Services of four 2008 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officers viz. Gajarao Bhupal, Gopinath Jatti , S Senthil Kumar and Grewal Naudeep Singh have been confirmed by the President.

1988 batch IAS to be PS in Orissa
1988 batch IAS officers are being promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Orissa.

1997 batch IAS to get super-time scale in Orissa
1997 batch IAS officers are being given super-time scale in Orissa early next month.

Maj Gen Gurdeep Singh promoted
Major General Gurdeep Singh has been promoted to the rank of Lt General in the Indian Army.

Praveer Kumar is also Director, Audit, Navy Mumbai
Praveer Kumar, Director in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Air Force, New Delhi, has been assigned an additional charge of Director in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Navy Mumbai branch.

A T Parnaik is DG, Border Roads
Lieutenant General A T Parnaik has taken over as Director General, Border Roads (DGBR), in New Delhi on November 30, 2012.

Transfers and postings in Railways
As many as nine senior officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Railways. Accordingly, TV Subba Rao, SAG/IRSME, ECR, has been shifted to SWR while Sumit Narula SG/IRSME, DLW, is being transferred to SER and posted in the same capacity and M R Chaudhary SAG/IRSE, NFR, was posted to NR in the cadre. Similarly, RG Singh SAG/IRSE, NR, has been transferred to ECR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre; Dr. Titus P Koshy HAG/IRTS Adv.(PG) to Ex. MSR(B) to Railway Board as Adv. Revenue Generation; Satya Prakash AM(T&C) is assigned additional charge of as AM(C&IS) in Railway Board; A K Suryawansi JAG/IRSE, SER to SECR; Ramesh Chandra SAG/IRSE, on return from deputation, to NCR in the cadre and D Saibaba SG/IRSME, NEFR, has been shifted to ICF in the same capacity.

Dr Sitharam Gurumurthi appointed Member
Dr Sitharam Gurumurthi has been appointed, for a three year term, Member, Planning Board of Thiuvalluvar University that has been formed by bifurcating the University of Madras. The eight member board consists of largely senior and former Vice Chancellors of Universities. Earlier Dr Gurumurthi had served as Member, State Planning Commission after his superannuation in June 2008. He is a retired 1972 IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

New post created in West Bengal
A new post of OSD Home has been created in West Bengal.

R S Negi posted as PCCF in MP
R S Negi has been appointed as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1976 batch IFoS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

R S Negi is no more
R S Negi has passed away in Delhi on Saturday. He was a 1966 batch retired IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Haran is new Ambassador to Bhutan
V.P. Haran, presently Ambassador to Syria, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Royal Government of Bhutan.

Sanjay Verma appointed Ambassador to Sudan
Sanjay K. Verma, presently Consul General of India in Milan (Italy), has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Sudan.

CORPORATE

Joji George appointed UBM India's MD
UBM Asia has appointed Joji George as Managing Director of its subsidiary, UBM India. Prior to this, he was with Percept Sports and Entertainment as CEO.

Sovereign Media appoints Shankar Subramaniam
Sovereign Media Marketing, a division of Malar Publications, has appointed Shankar V Subramaniam as Vice-President & National Head, Marketing for Thanthi TV. Having over two decades of experience in the print and television industry, Subramaniam who started his career with Dinamalar, has remained with the Times Group, India Today, Disney, Sahara, Hallmark, Fashion TV, and Zee Television.

Dhanani appointed Addl. Director, Sayaji Hotels Ltd
Sayaji Hotels Ltd has appointed Kayum R Dhanani as an Additional Director.

Misra appointed Govt. Nominee Director, NBCC
Union Ministry of Urban Development has appointed Rakesh Misra, Director General, CPWD as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCC).

Soni appointed Senior VP (HR & CSR), Banswara Syntex Ltd
Banswara Syntex Ltd has appointed Ms Kavita Soni as Senior Vice President (Human Resource Department and Corporate Social Responsibility)

Valia to be Chairman, Vas Infrastructure Ltd
Vas Infrastructure Ltd has decided to appoint Dr Jayesh Vinodrai Valia as Chairman of the company.

Two Directors appointed on Board of Pacheli Enterprises Ltd
Pacheli Enterprises Ltd has appointed Amrit Gandhi and Kalu S Kamble as directors of the company.

Kidwai quits Warren Tea Ltd
Ravi Kidwai has resigned as Joint Managing Director of Warren Tea Ltd with immediate effect.

Sodhi appointed Joint MD, Warren Tea Ltd
Gurinder Singh Sodhi has been appointed as Joint Managing Director of Warren Tea Ltd with immediate effect

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Review all laws

The recent hue and cry raised in the country over the IT laws indicate that either there are no qualified person(s) to draft proper laws or it is deliberately done so that it can be misused by the officials. The article in Times of India on Nov 29. highlighting the danger of outdated laws still in the statute books confirms the latter view. It's time that the senior officers in various Ministries/dept./organization initiate action to review all the laws/rules under their jurisdiction and take appropriate action either to amend or repeal the law. In case such an exercise is not done urgently many more innocent people will suffer.

S Gopal

Mandarins of Medical and Health department do not suffer
This is so very true. It is amazing that such obvious things are also not done. The reason probably is that the mandarins of Medical and Health department do not suffer, as they get all the medical facilities and medicines at just a call. They would realize it , but only after they retire. But by then, it would be too late. May God give them some wisdom.

Himanshu