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R N Mathur

When nothing else inspires, History does ! (174)
Too much courtesy too much craft

Who is number one enemy of Narendra Modi ?
In a cocktail party, some one asked "Who is number one enemy of PM Narendra Modi ? Reply of an old man was interesting " Neither Congress nor any other political party. The real enemy now is RSS with VHP - its Commando Force".

Is someone from DLF joining Reliance ADAG Group ?
Is some big shot from the DLF joining on an important position in the Reliance ADAG Group ?. Rumours are rife to this effect.

BUREAUCRACY

Dutta to be Special Director, CBI
R K Dutta is being promoted to the rank of Special Director next month. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Surender Singh and Rajiv Jain are now Special Directors, IB
Surender Singh has been promoted as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is 1980 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre. Similarly Rajiv Jain has also been promoted as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB).He is 1980 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

R K Srivastava to join as CMD, AAI on Jan 2 !
R K Srivastava will be joining as Chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI) on January 2, 2015. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

K K Sansi to be CMD of Vijya Bank ?
ED of the Punjab and Sindh Bank K K Sansi is likely to be appointed new CMD of the Vijya Bank . Formal orders are expected in a couple of weeks.

Justice Reddy is new CJ of Patna High Court
Senior most judge of Hyderabad High Court, Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been appointed Chief Justice of Patna High Court .
( We said this on December 15 )

Dhesi is new Chief Secretary of Haryana
D S Dhesi has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Haryana.1982 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre Dhesi is presently Additional Secretary Commerce in Government of India.

Bihar cadre IAS officer to be PS to Jharkhand CM
Bihar cadre 1990 batch IAS officer Sanjay Kumar is being appointed Principal Secretary to new Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghuvar Prasad.

Rajeev Sabharwal deputed as Joint Director, SVPNPA, Hyderabad
Rajeev Sabharwal has been appointed as Joint Director (at IG level) in Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA), Hyderabad. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

166 IAS and 119 IPS officers allocated to Andhra Pradesh
166 IAS officers and 119 IPS officers have been allocated to Andhra Pradesh.

128 IAS and 92 IPS officers allocated to Telengana
As many as 128 IAS officers and 92 IPS officers have been allocated to Telengana the newly carved state.

76 IFS officers allocated to AP and 51 to Telengana
As many as 76 IFS officers have been allocated to Andhra Pradesh and 51 have been allocated to Telengana .

Deepak Kumar to join GoI this week
Deepak Kumar, the Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Labour and Employment, is joining the GoI as Additional Secretary. He is 1984 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer.

Barun Mitra to join GoI on January 1
Barun Mitra is joining the Government of India as Joint Secretary Shipping on January 1. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

N K Sinha empanelled as Secretary
N K Sinha has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Ms Nandita Chatterjee empanelled as Secretary
Ms Nandita Chatterjee has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. She is 1980 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Ranglal Jamuda empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Ranglal Jamuda has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Amrendra Sinha empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Amrendra Sinha has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Aruna Sharma empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
ACS in Madhya Pradesh Ms Aruna Sharma has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. She is 1982 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

79 IRS (C&CE ) officers promoted
As a new year gift, the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is reported to have approved promotion of 79 officers of IRS (C&CE) belonging to 1991, 1992 and 1993 batches.

Anant Kumar appointed Additional Secretary, MHA
Anant Kumar Singh has been appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on October 17 )

Raghvendra Singh posted as Additional Secretary, Agriculture
Raghvendra Singh has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Vijayakumar appointed DG, CAPART
T Vijayakumar has been appointed as Director General, Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Joseph appointed DG, BIS
M J Joseph has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Department of Consumer Affairs in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1979 batch ICAS officer.

D V Prasad appointed Additional Secretary, Women & Child Dev
D V Prasad has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Women and Child Development. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Deepak Shetty appointed DG, Shipping
Deepak Shetty has been appointed Director General, Shipping in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1980 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Ms Vijaya Shrivastava appointed Additional Secretary and FA, Health
Ms Vijaya Shrivastava has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Health and Family Welfare. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Ajay Narayan Jha appointed Additional Secretary, Expenditure
Ajay Narayan Jha has been appointed Additional Secretary, Expenditure in the Ministry of Finance. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Alok Shrivastava posted as Additional Secretary, Shipping
Alok Shrivastava has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Shipping. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Anand Kumar appointed MD, National Highways Infra Dev Corp
Anand Kumar has been appointed as Managing Director, National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1984 batch IAs officer of Kerala cadre.

Ms Rashmi Shukla Sharma appointed Additional Secretary, Panchayati Raj
Ms Rashmi Shukla Sharma has been appointed Additional Secretary, Panchayati Raj. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

T Jacob appointed Additional Secretary, DoPT
T Jacob has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Alok Kumar appointed Secretary, CVC
Alok Kumar has been appointed as Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Dogra to join as Director (Fin), GRSE on Dec 31
S S Dogra, DGM, Nalco, will be joining as Director (Finance), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) on December 31, 2014.
(We said this on July 27, 2014)

Sanjay Chadha to continue as Secretary, HLC in RB
Sanjay Chadha will continue as a Secretary to High Level Committee (HLC) in Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.

Rahate is back to Jharkhand
S K G Rahate is back to the parent Jharkhand cadre from central deputation. On return 1990 batch IAS officer Rahate has been made PS Energy in the state.

HAL Chairman calls for stepping up indigenous Helicopter production
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) called for concerted efforts to intensify indigenous production of helicopters during the National Seminar on 'Make in India' - Civil and Military Helicopters: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges organized by Rotary Wing Society of India at Dr V M Ghatge Convention Centre here in Bengaluru. The Rotary Wing Society of India is a non-profit professional society established for the growth of Civil and Military helicopters in India. AVM K Sridharan VM (G), President RWSI welcomed the gathering. Delivering the keynote address, Dr Tyagi said, "In the wake of emerging civil and military requirement of helicopters in India especially in the areas of disaster management, air surveillance, offshore operations and law enforcement, there is a tremendous opportunity for indigenous development. Developing global partnerships and collaboration in rotary wing technologies will provide a solid foundation in the global aeronautics space." He added that development of risk sharing partners, vendor base of Tier-I & II and outsourcing of MRO activities offers huge business opportunities to Indian private industry. Wg Cdr Unnikrishna Pillai, Chief Test Pilot, HAL spoke about the various challenges faced in the design and development of medium and heavy lift helicopters in India. He said that with the expertise gained in earlier projects, Rotary Wing Research & Design Centre (RWR&DC) is now confident and well poised to develop medium lift helicopters. The seminar also addressed the impact of helicopters in India and brought clarity on investment in tech partnership, supply chain management and infrastructure requirements in manufacturing helicopters. Shri Amber Dubey, Partner & Head, Aerospace & Defence, KPMG India spoke on various policy initiatives while Former Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy PVSM AVSM VM & Bar offered perspectives and strategies for future growth. Dr. Tyagi further highlighted HAL's success in developing helicopters that has played a key role in search and rescue operations for the Indian defence forces and thus paved the way for achieving self-reliance. "With the Government's thrust on 'Make in India', we now look forward to a well-defined strategy on helicopters, modernization of production facilities, collaboration with Indian research labs and aggressively pursue technology to increase production." Col. K R Sasikumar SM(G), Secretary RWSI (SR) proposed vote of thanks.

Ms Bhatnagar to join as Director, BLC on Dec 30 (UPDATED)
Ms Manjusha Bhatnagar, GM, MRPL, will be joining as Director (HR & CA), Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLC) onDecember 30, 2014. Earlier, she was supposed to join on January 2, 2015.

Ved Prakash likely to get additional charge of CMD, MMTC Ltd (UPDATED)
Ved Prakash, Director (Marketing), is expected to get an additional charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director of MMTC Limited after Depinder Singh Dhesi was repatriated to his parent cadre.

Vrinda Swarup will succeed Bhattacharya in HRD on December 31(UPDATED)
Ms Vrinda Swarup will succeed R Bhattacharya as Secretary, School Education and Literacy Mission in the Government onDecember 31. She is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. Orders of her appointment have been issued.
(We said this on December 10 )

NLC gets PRSI National Awards (UPDATED)
B Surender Mohan, CMD/NLC, Functional Directors and Executives of PR Dept. with the Public Relations Society of India National Awards for the "Best PSU implementing CSR", "Best PSU implementing RTI" and "Best e-News Letter", awarded in the 36th All India Public Relations Conference 2014, at Jaipur.

R S Mahapatro selected as Director (Pers), CCL (UPDATED)
R S Mahapatro, GM, CCL/CIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Personnel), Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 29, 2014. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

DEBATE- RETIREMENT AGE
With the BJP government in Haryana already lowering the retirement age of state government employees from 60 to 58 years, it is being rumoured that the next in line will be Delhi government and then ?
Send your views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com…………

CORPORATE

Dasgupta appointed Addl. Director, Senbo Industries Ltd.
Senbo Industries Ltd has appointed Hirak Dasgupta as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. November 14, 2014

Jain resigns as Director, Mangal Credit and Fincorp Ltd
Atul Jain has resigned as Director of Mangal Credit and Fincorp Ltd

Kumar ceases to be Nominee Director, Moser Baer India Ltd.
Export Import Bank of India has withdrawn Ajit Kumar as its Nominee on the Board of Directors of Moser Baer India Ltd.

Ajwalia resigns as Director, Ferro Alloys Corporation Ltd
N L Ajwalia has resigned as Director of Ferro Alloys Corporation Ltd due to personal reasons

Fujita to be new Chairman of Yamaha Motor Group companies in India?
Hiroaki Fujita will be the new Chairman of Yamaha Motor Group companies based in India w.e.f. January 1, 2015.

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DEBATE (1) Retirement Age
It is not desirable to reduce the retirement age from 60 to 58 years. BJP govt should not alter BJP government's earlier decision.
Mohan Das M

DEBATE (2) Retirement Age
I agree with R R Brandon. A screening system at age 55-56 must be put in place to screen and retire IAS and other officers. Those who clear the bar can go on till 60 and after second screening continue till 65. Rest must Retire. Also Opportunities must be provided for growth of State Civil Service officers as a large pool of talent is hidden in States and they must be provided better exposure and faster promotions as is available to AIS officers
Singh

DEBATE (3) Retirement Age
Prima facie, I like the views expressed by Rohit. R. Brandon IAS (1981 Retd). Unfortunately, this cannot be implemented in reality as chums will get favour and the hard working officers will be shunted out from the service. Very rarely I have seen sincere officers get reward. Ashok Chadha

DEBATE (4) Retirement Age

It is a wrong conception that reducing retirement age will create more job opportunities for the youth. Employment opportunity increases with enhancement of employability skill, creating new areas of job. There is lot of scope in tourism, health, education, real estate, infrastructure and so on. Early retirement, will once again put stress on the job market as life expectancy has improved a lot and people will naturally try to carry on with their work. It will just be a shift in employment from one sector to another. Rather government will loose experienced people.
Gauranga Kar

What happened to Indian Diplomacy?
There was a time when Indian diplomats were considered the most competent by their peers. Unfortunately, these officers have retired. They were few in number but in international negotiations, what matters is not the size of the delegation but eloquence of its members. The younger generation cannot speak English. Under the new dispensation in India, not being able to speak good English is a badge of honour but an exception needs to be made in case of the Indian Diplomatic Service as English now dominates all other languages of the world (with Spanish coming a distant Second). It is unlikely that UPSC will revert to the old system where (1) only English medium was allowed; (2) General English and English Essay counted for a lot; (3) age limit was low (higher levels of idealism); and (4) there were 2 additional 'higher' papers for IFS (to assess depth of knowledge, rather than rote) . Under the circumstances, there seems to be a need for a separate examination for recruitment. Moreover, to compensate for absence of a feeding cadre, lateral recruitment at Director/Chancellor level could help.
Francis Xavier Bagnaud
Visiting Professor of Diplomacy

The farce continues !
oSystem of selection of EDs in PSBs is faulty. It is neither an internal promotion (there is no promotion policy) nor fresh appointment (posts are never advertised). It is also discriminatory against Officers of large PSBs (A group banks), as they don't get equal opportunity vis-a-vis their peers in small PSBs (B or C group banks) for promotion to the level of GM. PSBs do not follow a uniform promotion policy for Officers. Usually Officers in small PSBs become GM after 20-22 yrs as against 28-30 yrs in large PSBs.

oPSBs have been recruiting large no of CA/MBA/HR/Eco Officers, often in Middle/Sr Mgt who are elevated to the level of GM, without adequate field exp & serving the general public at large. Such Officers ultimately grab the positions of ED at the cost of more capable & experienced Officers with field experience thereby unduly benefiting them.

oMerger of small banks with large banks in the past was done without addressing HR issues. Such mergers restricted/delayed promotion of Officers of such large banks at higher levels rendering their executives junior in the industry due to which they were denied opportunity for promotion. On the contrary, Sr Officers of the merged banks were allowed to continue in the same grade and made eligible for promotion. Some such Officers ultimately became ED/CMD! Merger of HCB, NBI, Nedungudi Bank Ltd. with PNB restricted elevation of Officers of PNB to the level of GMs which was unfair.

oBSRBs used to recruit and allot Probationary Officers (PO) to PSBs. POs with higher merit got bigger banks & those lower in the list got smaller banks. There is no concept of batch parity for the purpose of selection of EDs in PSBs. As a result, POs who had joined small banks in 1982 are EDs in large banks now whereas POs who had joined large banks in 1980 are yet to get opportunity to become EDs in spite of some of them not missing even a single promotion! This has led to large scale frustration among GMs of large Banks.

oFor the purpose of selection of EDs minimum 02 years of service as GM and 03 years' residual service is required irrespective of the size or classification of the Bank( large or small / A group or B group) . Thus, Officers of smaller banks get undue advantage over their peers in larger PSBs as they get opportunity for promotion to GM much earlier.

oResidual service requirement of 03 years renders many bright & experienced Officers of larger PSBs ineligible for the position of EDs and other similar Board level appointments thereby putting them in a disadvantage when compared to their peers in smaller banks. In Govt. Of India, residual service requirement for elevation to Secretary & Additional Secretary level is 01 year only as on 1st January. Why the same yardstick cannot be followed for selection of EDs in PSBs?

oClerks dominate Banking industry as 80% Officers are promoted from clerks. Clerks in small banks, in due course, also get a chance to become ED after they get promoted as GM. In no other organisation this happens. In GOI/PSUs/State Govts., only the direct recruit generalist officers reach the top. The same principle must be adopted in banks. Higher positions must be managed by direct recruit generalist officers as is done in SBI. Incidentally, Officers from SBI are no longer being considered for Board level positions in PSBs. Coming from small banks, EDs/CMDs are often misfits in big banks. It is suggested that Officers from strong Banks like SBI, PNB or BOB should move to Board level positions in smaller banks which will improve the overall governance in the banking industry. This will also improve compliance culture & public confidence in banks.

oTime has come for putting in place an appropriate, fair and transparent selection policy by creating a database of GMs of PSBs & SBI together, declaring the no of posts and considering willing Officers with 2 years exp at GM level & 1yr residual service, maintaining batch parity. 3 yrs exp each as Branch Head & Head of Region/Zone/Circle must be made mandatory. Policy should be made public.
An affected banker

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