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POLITICS

Extension to Gen J J Singh denied ?
Arunachal Pradesh Governor Gen J J Singh has not been given extension. It was expected that like N N Vohra he would also get second term

Why Delhi CP is taking more interest in IPL ?
Why Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar is himself investigating the IPL players ?.

BUREAUCRACY

Jeeva Sagar is new HC to Ghana
K Jeeva Sagar has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Ghana. Sagar is a 1991 batch IFS officer.

Ms Chauhan appointed Ambassador to Serbia
Ms Narinder Chauhan has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Serbia. She is a 1985 batch IFS officer.

Justice Sengupta is new CJ of AP High Court
Senior most Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta has been appointed Chief Justice of the AP High court.

Gupta appointed Secretary, OIDB
Joint Secretary, Petroleum, L N Gupta has moved as Secretary, Oil Industries Development Board (OIDB). He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on April 26, 2013)

Deputation tenure of Aloke Prasad extended
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension of central deputation tenure of Aloke Prasad, IPS(UP-84) as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), New Delhi, for a period of two years beginning June 20.

Neerabh Kumar Prasad to visit USA, Canada on study tour
Neerabh Kumar Prasad is scheduled to visit USA and Canada to study and examine the present transportation scenario and investments made in transport sector. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

A K Khan to attend world congress at Geneva
A K Khan is scheduled to attend 60th World Congress and Mobility & City Transport Exhibition at Geneva and post conference study tour to nearby cities from May 26 to June 2, 2013. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Annual conference of CCsIT & DGsIT from May 28
A 29th annual conference of Chief Commissioners and Directors General of Income Tax is being held at Vigyan Bhavn, New Delhi on May 28 and 29, 2013.

1979 batch IPS officer pursuing LLB in AP
A 1979 batch officer of Indian Police Service (IPS), T P Das, presently Principal Secretary, Home, has been permitted to pursue an LLB degree, three years course as part-time, at Mahatma Gandhi Law College, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh.

Parekh is Director in Vedanta Resources
Deepak Parekh, Chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation has been appointed by the Vedanta Resources as an Independent non-executive Director on the company's board with effect from June 1.

An IAS officer pursuing LLB in AP
An IAS officer of 1997 allotment, B Venkateswara Rao has been permitted to pursue an LLB degree, three years as part-time, at Mahatma Gandhi Law College, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh.

Ms Agarwal posted as Director, Finance (CCA), Railway Board
Ms Shilpi Agarwal (SG/IRAS), Director Finance (Accounts), Railway Board, has been posted as Director, Finance (CCA), Railway Board.

Mathur deputed as Financial Adviser, NDMC
S N Mathur, (SG/IRAS), Director, Finance (CCA), Railway Board, has been deputed as Financial Adviser, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), New Delhi.

A K Sinha posted as Director, Finance (Accountants), Railway Board
Amitesh Kumar Sinha (SG/IRAS), Eastern Railway, has been transferred and posted as Director Finance (Accountants), Railway Board.

Selvraj moves to Dhaka
Second Secretary in Indian Embassy, Cairo, Bijay Selvraj has been moved to Indian High Commission in Dhaka.

Mrs Anuradha to attend UN Senior Mission Leader course at Copenhagen
Mrs A R Anuradha is scheduled to participate in UN Senior Mission Leader Course being held at Copenhagen, Denmark from May 17 to June 7, 2013. She is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Dhramadarshi is AG, E & RSA, Ahmedabad
Himanshu K Dhramadarshi, Principal Director of Audit, Central, Ahmedabad, has been transferred and posted as Accountant General (E&RSA), Gujarat, Ahmedabad.

Four IPS Probationers allocated Odisha cadre
As many as four Probationers of Indian Police Service (IPS) of 2011 batch have been allocated Odisha cadre. They are Sudhanshu Sekhar Mishra, Yogendra Singh, Madkar Sandeep Sampat and Pawan Bharti.

Satyanarayana C V empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Satyanarayana C V has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an Indian Telecommunication Service officer of 1982 batch.

DoPT invites applications for JS, WDRA
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Joint Secretary (Joint Secretary level) Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA). Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT within one month of advertisement.

Singh returns to MTNL
Aniruddha Pratap Singh who was on deputation to the Bihar Government is back to the parent MTNL. He is 1998 batch IP&TA&FS officer.

K R Srinivasa is new Secretary to Karnataka CM
K R Srinivasa has been appointed as new Secretary to Chief Minister of Karnataka. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Lakshiminarayana is PS, Housing in Karnataka
M Lakshiminarayana has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Housing Department in Karnataka. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer.

Khurshid inaugurates Passport office Building constructed by NBCC at Surat
Union Minister for External Affairs, Govt. of India, Salman Khurshid inaugurating the new Passport office Building constructed by NBCC at Surat, Gujarat.

Ravichandra gets full charge of MD, APEWIDC in AP
M Ravichandra has been given full charge of Managing Director of Andhra Pradesh Education and Welfare Infrastructure Development Corporation (APEWIDC). He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Mangi Lal Sonal shifted to Jaisalmer in Rajasthan
Mangi Lal Sonal (IFS) has been appointed as Deputy Conservator of Forest, Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.

Mrs Ravinder Kaur is Member on Chandigarh Local Board of SBI
Mrs Ravinder Kaur has been nominated as a Member on the Chandigarh Local Board of State of Bank of India for a period of three years.

Mrs Meenakshi Goswami posted as OSD, CCIT Delhi
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of Income Tax cadre, Mrs Meenakshi J Goswami, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as OSD in the office of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT, CCA), Delhi.

CORPORATE

Canth takes over as ED of IOC's Andhra Pradesh State office
B S Canth has taken over as the Executive Director of Indian Oil Corporation's (IOC) Andhra Pradesh State office. He succeeds P M Nazirudeen .

Jagannathan re-appointed Exce. Chairman TTK Prestige Ltd
T T Jagannathan has been re-appointed as Executive Chairman of TTK Prestige Ltd w.e.f. July 1, 2013

Adhia appointed Director, GACL
Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) has appointed Dr Hasmukh Adhia, IAS, as a Director of the company.

Nair appointed Addl. Director, Rolta India Ltd
Rolta India Limited has appointed M V Nair as Additional Director of the company with immediate effect.

Vaidya resigns as Whole-time Director, Castrol India Ltd
Sujit Vaidya has resigned as Whole-time Director of Castrol India Ltd.

Chaturvedi resigns as Director, Orient Abrasives Ltd
T N Chaturvedi has resigned as Director of Orient Abrasives Ltd.

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Relationship between these two countries will be cordial !
Hope now relationship between these two countries will be more cordial after the appointment of Niraj Srivastava as Ambassador to Denmark.!

Jayanta Ghosal

Yes, caste system must go
I fully agree that caste system must go. Let all of us i.e. the educated class must take a vow to work for it. My request to our SC/ST friends is that they should voluntarily forego the benefit of reservation if they have availed once in favour of their other friends who have not yet got it. This will help in distribution of privileges amongst all who actually need it.

P C Tripathi

Is there no other issue ?
The debate in your Forum on caste and reservations has been going on for such a long period that it has become a real boring site. Is there no other issue agitating the minds of civil servants?

Aarti Khosla

Close discussion on reservation
Some people have become abusive on this site. Otherwise, how could one of the participants say that SC/ST's are enjoying 'muft ki roti'. Weeping on one Sailaja does not make sense. Every SC has gone through the fate which one Sailaja has gone through. This is also a wrong perception that rich and elite SC/ST's are only cornering all the benefits. No survey has been undertaken so far to prove this. Rather, most of the civil servants among the SC/ST's have their roots in the villages and gone through poverty, insult and dejection in the name of caste. Nobody has a right to impose their views on others. As I said earlier, the discussion here on reservation should be closed. This should be done at earliest to avoid any ill feeling.

Partap Singh

Myths are being created regarding Brahmin's hold on education
Regarding the hold of Brahmins on education, myths are being created and history ignored. Brahmins had a hold only on traditional education. That is Sanskrit texts. Since the advent of Muslim rulers a thousand years ago, this hold took the Brahmins nowhere. Sanskrit knowledge and traditional knowledge was redundant in Mughal and British India. It was Persian education which mattered in Mughal times and there was no hold of Brahmins on that. The only reservations during those times were for Muslims and Mughals, Turks and Afghans etc. After the British came, English education mattered and there was no hold of Brahmins on that at all. In fact the orthodox Brahmins shunned such education as "malechcha". So, either on modern English education or in modern jobs (post Muslim and British India), the Brahmin "hold" was nil. It was open to all Indians if it was open to any Indian. It was only merit that counted and not caste. The only reservations were for the British. This is how Babasaheb Ambedkar's father was an officer in the Mahar regiment of the British Indian army. Babasaheb got an English education. The only thing militating against the Dalits was untouchability which was a social phenomenon. With the rise of modern education, transportation and modern medicine, the "choot" concept dwindled and with the advent of freedom, untouchability was abolished.

Vijay Kumar

Shrinavasa Ramanujam was not banned from going to school
Thanks to someone on this board for reminding caste of Shrinavasa Ramanujam, widely known as Mathematician and not as a Brahmin. On the question of reservations to him as a Brahmin, let me state that in those right to education was banned to SC/STs, it implies that being a Brahmin he was not banned to go to the school and enjoyed the ancestral reservation of right to education. His poverty was not a hurdle, education being his birth right- reservation by birth. The poor SC/STs of his time were not allowed and did not have ancestral reservation of education like him, so they could not excel in the field of Mathematics. Friends, in our great civilization particularly in old times, poverty was not a hurdle, neither it is today, but caste was the hurdle. Being a Brahmin you can give thousand examples of excelling even though being poor Brahmins in old times because they had protection under social laws. If there was no ban on SC/STs in those times in right to education, obviously they would have also excelled as they are now. I agree with that Ramanujam rose because of talent (one cannot and should not debate his greatness) but you cannot deny the benefit of ancestral reservations to him. The abhorrent was the ancestral reservation of Brahmins because it banned Dalits from going to schools, the present reservation policy for SC/STs is not abhorrent in nature because it does not bar Brahmins to go to schools. Hence your hatred towards new reservation policy for SC/ST is totally unjustifiable. A comparative study of both the ancestral reservation old policy and the new policy for SC/ST as above, leaves no room to term the latter a discriminatory in nature like the former.

R K Singh

Why Unfettered Reservation ?
The DNAs of Dalits and non-Dalits, are made of same nucleotides. What hurts me is the discriminatory privileges permanently reserved for one category in the name of "Affirmative Action". This creates heart burnings and helps Indian politicians to exploit caste-based vote banks. Let us make a beginning by abolishing the menace of casteism in a phased manner. For instance, instead of thinly spreading the benefits of reservation in SC/ST categories across the board, it would be meaningful to focus these to the really disadvantaged groups at the lower echelons by extending the principle of creamy layer to SC/ST categories too .

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

An eye opener
Reading about Kerala situation was very informative besides being eye opener. National media does not talk about this. But I just want to tell those who do not know and remind those who have forgotten the statement of former Prime Minister who said Muslim League is communal but in Kerala it is not so. No wonder the party still believes and follows this.

Bishan