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BUREAUCRACY

'Kaun banega CBI Director'? (6)
Some of the spectators and insiders of Indian bureaucracy observe that once the selection process for new CBI Director takes-off, another 1977 batch IPS officer Abhayanand would also join the race. The 1977 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre and former DGP is scheduled for superannuation on January 31 next year.

Interim orders of new CBEC Chairman issued
Interim orders have been issued for Kaushal Srivastawa to take over as Chairman CBEC.He will take charge on Monday.

Interim orders of new CBDT Chairperson issued
Interim orders of new CBDT Chairperson Ms Anita Kapur have been issued . She is expected to take over charge on Saturday.

Chowdary appointed Advisor to SIT
Outgoing CBDT Chairman K V Chowdary has been appointed as an Adviser to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing black money cases. He is retired 1978 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Darade is Secretary to Maharashtra CM
Pravin Chindu Darade has been appointed Secretary to the new Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Phadnavis. He is 1998 batch IAS officer.

Prof Chandra appointed President of Indian Council for Cultural Relations
Prof. Lokesh Chandra has been appointed as 17th President of Indian Council for Cultural Relations for a period of three years. Prof. Chandra succeeds Dr Karan Singh who demitted office on August 18, 2014.

IRS-IT officer Mitra deputed to UP Govt
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Alok Mitra has been deputed to the Government of Uttar Pradesh as OSD in the Department of Trade Tax for a period of three years.

Tenure of Saksena as CMD, MRVC ending in Nov
The tenure of Rakesh Saksena as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC) is coming to an end on November 30, 2014. Prabhat Sahai is expected to succeed him in December.

14 officers in Assam awarded IAS cadre
As many as 14 officers of Assam State Civil Services have been awarded Indian Administrative Services (IAS) cadre. The officers are: Thaneswar Malakar, Sadhana Hojai,Debeswar Malakar, Anjan Chakravarty, Sanjeeb Gogoi, Kumud Chandra Kalita, Krishna Gohain, Gaurav Botlua, Tapan Ch. Sarma, Roshan Ma Begum, Monimala Phukan Barthakur, Shamsher Singh, Gokul Mohan Hazarika and Monalisa Goswami.

Dr Bahuguna invited in International Conference
Dr VK Bahuguna Principal Secretary Forest, Agriculture and Animal Resources Departments Government of Tripura has been invited by the : International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu, Nepal. to Chair one session on an international conference on " Mountain People Adapting to Change: Solutions beyond boundaries Bridging the gap in Science and Policy" on November 10, 2014 on the topic: A Fine Balance: Connecting Communities and Ecosystem based adaptations. This conference will be attended by more than 100 participants from various countries and international donor agencies with more than 40 international experts coming together.

Ravi Shankar appointed Joint Secretary, UPSC
Ravi Shankar has been appointed as Joint Secretary in Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) at Director level. He is a 1998 batch IDES officer.

Mrs Tochhong appointed State Election Commissioner in Mizoram
The outgoing Chief Secretary of Mizoram Mrs L Tochhong has been appointed as the State Election Commissioner, Mizoram State Election Commission with effect from Nov 1, 2014.She is a retired 1979 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Tripathi joins as Member (Tech), DVC
R P Tripathi, AGM, NTPC, has taken over the charge as Member (Technical) in the Board of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC).
(We said this on Sept 25, 2012)

16 IRAS officers get SAG
As many as 16 officers belonging to Indian Railways Account Service (IRAS) have been granted Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). The officers are: Richa Khare, Narendra, Amit Prasad Sarbhai, Namita Tripathi, Cherukuri Srinivasa Rao, Sanjeev Jain, Manvendra Kumar, Kanwarjit singh Asla, Hira Ballabh, navraj Singh Pangtey, Neraj Verma, V Muralimohan, B Satish Babu, L S Meena, N V Shetty and O P Yadav.

DoPT invites applications for Administrative Officer, GKK
The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Administrative Officer, Grih Kalyan Kendra (GKK) on deputation/ contract basis. Those willing presently working or retired can apply for this post. Their applications should reach DoPT before November 24, 2014.

Puri gets additional charge of MD, NBCFDC
Ms Kiran Puri has been assigned additional charge of Managing Director (MD), National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC) for three months. Presently, she is serving as Joint Secretary in the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment .She is a 1998 batch CSS officer.

Captain Soman in race for CMD, Air India
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Captain A S Soman (ED, Flight Training) is also in the race of CMD, Air India. Reportedly, he has charted on the list of candidates to be interviewed for the post in the month of November as internal candidate. The incumbent CMD, Rohit Nandan has recently been given extension till August 2014 or till the new appointment takes place.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Rajasthan
A number of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given fresh assignments in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Manish Chauhan has been posted as MD, Rajasthan Finance Corporation while Vinod Ajmera will be Commissioner, Rajasthan Foundation and Additional Chief Protocal Officer, GAD and Madhusudan Sharma is Collector, Badmer. Besides, Ashok Jain has been given an additional charge of Chairman, Ajmer Development Authority, Ajmer; Pawan Kumar Goyal gets charge of Commissioner, Rajasthan Primary Education Council, Rajasthan, Jaipurl; Abhay Kumar is also Chairman, Jaipur Metals and Electricals Limited, Jaipu and Dinesh Kumar was assigned the charge of Project Director, Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project.

10 IFS officers in Rajasthan shifted
As many as 10 Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Rahul Kumar Bhatnagar has been posted as Conservator of Forests, Wildlife, Udaypur while Indrapal Singh will now be Conservator of Forests, Exhortation and Valuation, Udayapur and mrs Khyati Mathur is Deputy Conservator of Forests, Jaisalmer; Similarly, Dr Chanda Ram Meena has been posted as Deputy Conservator of Forests, Wildlife Jaisalmer; Lalit Singh Ranawat as Deputy Conservator of Forests, Kota; Sunil as Deputy Conservator of Forests, Baran; Bijo Joy as Deputy Conservator of Forests, Wildlife, Bharatpur; Vikram Keshari Pradhan as Deputy Conservator of Forests, Tonk and Mrs Sudip Kaur was posted as Deputy Project Director, Forestry, Rajasthan Forestry and Biodiversity Project-II, Jaipur.

MD NBCFDC Naqvi, superannuates on October 31
A.A. Naqvi, Managing Director, National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC), has retired on October 31 attaining the age of superannuation and after putting more than 17 years service in NBCFDC as Managing Director and more than 30 years of service in the CPSEs. During his tenure as MD, NBCFDC forging ahead while fulfilling its commitment towards uplifting the eligible members of the Backward Classes benefiting more than 18.34 lakh beneficiaries with the disbursement of the loan amount of over 2690 crores by the end of October 2014. In recognition of NBCFDC's outstanding services to the poor section of the Society, Naqvi received SCOPE "Gold Trophy" from President of India. During his tenure as MD, NBCFDC is achieving excellent performance and NBCFDC has received MOU Excellent results/rating consecutively for 14 years among MOU signing PSEs with Govt. of India. NBCFDC has also been rated one of the Top 10 PSEs five times and the award was presented by then President, Vice-President and then Prime Minister of India earlier. Naqvi has been the member on the SCOPE Executive Board, an apex body of Public Sector Undertakings since 1999. Naqvi has won SCOPE award for Excellence & Outstanding contribution to the Public Sector Management individual leadership Category.

Ranjit Sinha to attend Interpol conference
CBI Chief Ranjit Sinha will attend Interpol conference at Monaco in france. The conference will take place from November 3 to 7.

Vigilance awareness week observed in CPWD
Vigilance Awareness Week has been observed in a very big way in CPWD , Nirman Bhawan this year. Special efforts have been made by the CVO ,CPWD to make this public outreach measure a big success by organising a number of awareness programs in the CPWD Directorate as well as in all the field offices up-to circle level all over India. The pledge to eradicate corruption to all employees of CPWD was administered by the Secretary , Ministry of Urban Development Shankar Aggarwal and Secretary Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation , Ms Anita Agnihotri . A seminar and interactive session on the main theme " Combating Corruption - Technology as an Enabler " was organised on October 31, 14 and was attended by all senior officers of CPWD. Sudhir Kumar , IPS former Vigilance Commissioner , Central Vigilance Commission graced the occasion as Chief Guest. The chief guest inaugurated the newly created Vigilance Corner in the CPWD web site which has provided a facility for on-line registration of Vigilance Complaints. This also provides a facility for monitoring the status and action taken on the vigilance complaints. U K Lal , IPS ,CVO of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation , Yogesh Deshmukh,IPS , Director Vigilance , Railway Board and Ramesh Chandra , CTE, Central Vigilance Commission attended as special guests. Divakar Garg- DG ,CPWD , B B Bhatia - Spl DG , Dinesh Kumar , E-in -C , Delhi, M R Krishna , IPS , JS & CVO CPWD and all ADG's and Chief Engineers of CPWD attended the seminar.

Subhash Chandra Garg relieved to join as ED, World Bank
Subhash Chandra Garg has been relieved to join as Executive Director, World Bank, Washington DC, USA. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

B Suresh takes over as Sr Air Staff Officer Western Air Command
Air Marshal, B Suresh, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Vayusena Medal, has taken over the charge as Senior Air Staff Officer of the prestigious Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force.

CORPORATE

Misra ceases to be MD, Ansal Properties & Infrastructure Ltd
Prabhu Nath Misra has resigned as Managing Director of Ansal Properties & Infrastructure Ltd while also ceasing to be on the Board of Directors of the company.

Desai re-appointed MD & CEO, Apar Industries Ltd
The Board of Apar Industries Ltd has re-appointed Kushal N Desai as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company w.e.f. January 1, 2015

Desai re-appointed Joint MD, Apar Industries Ltd
Chaitanya N Desai has been re-appointed as Joint Managing Director of Apar Industries Ltd w.e.f. January 1, 2015

Dalal appointed Addl. Director, Savita Oil Technologies Ltd
Savita Oil Technologies Ltd has appointed Ms Meghana Dalal as an Additional Director of the company.

Ms Trivedi resigns as CS, Pooja Entertainment and Films Ltd
Ms Deepika Trivedi has resigned as Company Secretary of Pooja Entertainment and Films Ltd.

Ms Poojari appointed CS, Pooja Entertainment and Films Ltd
Ms Sneha Poojari has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Pooja Entertainment and Films Ltd.

Shah resigns as Director, Century Enka Ltd
Rajendra Ambalal Shah has resigned as Director of Century Enka Ltd

Hinduja ceases to be Director, Indusind Bank Ltd
Ajay Hinduja has ceased to be Director of Indusind Bank Ltd.

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Role of all freedom fighters and makers of modern India will now be remembered !
The momentous role of the Iron man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the freedom movement and thereafter had earlier been all but forgotten by the Government. The Sardar was not only the foremost freedom fighter, he made modern India by integrating the hundreds of princely states into one India. He also repeatedly warned against the designs of Pakistan and China. It is a welcome step that the memory of the great patriot is being revived now by the Government. Vallabhbhai Patel, Subhash Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Ashfaqullah, Rajendra Prasad, B C Roy, Madan Mohan Malviya, Lokmanya Tilak, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, M G Ranade, Jai Prakash, Kripalani, Sarojini Naidu etc. all had been forgotten. It is clear that the role of all the freedom fighters and martyrs and makers of modern India will now be remembered. The Government is to be congratulated for it.

Vijay Kumar

Geriatric club
The interview of the Chairman of the SIT on black money in some channels does not instill confidence. The team, consisting of retired Judges looks more like a geriatric club. One can expect requests for extensions and the SIT going on with the probe for the next one decade and ending up in a wild goose chase. No wonder Congress is having the last laugh.

N Krishnan

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