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In J & K there will be coalition Government ?
It is believed that in Jharkhand there will be certainly BJP Government while in J & K there is going to be a coalition government of BJP and National Conference. Political romance between Narendra Modi and Omar Abdullah these days is an indication.

BUREAUCRACY

'Kaun banega CBI Director'? (2)
The NDA Government is yet to start process for selection of the new CBI Chief. According to the Supreme Court Guideline a panel from four batches of the IPS is to be prepared. It means batches from 1976 to 1979 IPS will be considered for the post.

Retirement age of scientists to be 62 !
The Government of India is mulling over extending retirement age of scientists from 60 to 62 years.

R P Singh tipped to be elevated as ADG?
Amid ADG empanelment of 1984 batch IPS officers credible whispers say that Ramesh P Singh, presently serving as OG, CISF in Kolkata, may soon be posted as ADG with CISF vice O P Singh who is shouldering the additional charge of DG, NDRF. O P Singh is expected to vacate the position in CISF as he is tipped to continue with NDRF as full fledged charge.

Who will be next Secretary General of Rajya Sabha?
With the nearing completion of tenure of Shumsher K Sheriff as Secretary General, Rajya Sabha whispers have started doing rounds as who would make it as the successor of Sheriff in Rajya Sabha. Sheriff is former AGMUT cadre IAS officer of 1978 batch.

Appointment of Member, RB, not before December
If some well-placed sources are to be believed ACC has returned all the proposals of appointment to Railway Board. RB has reportedly been suggested to formulate uniform and transparent policy for top posts with RB. The post of Member, Electrical has been lying vacant for months after Kul Bhushan superannuated. A K Mital, Member- Staff has been looking after the post as additional charge. Same is the case with approximately 07 posts of GM running vacant.

S Ramaswamy empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
S Ramaswamy has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

James Verghese empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
James Verghese has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Dr Saxena appointed Chief Electoral Officer in TN
Dr Sandeep Saxena has been appointed as Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Tamil Nadu after the consultation with Election Commission of India. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on October 22, 2014)

Hectic lobbying for Haryana CS starts ?
Even though Shakuntala Jakhu, the incumbent Chief Secretary to the Government of Haryana, has 35 days in hand to conclude her extended tenure as CS hectic lobbying has been going on for the top job in Haryana. Prominent names in the whispering are; Sanjay Kothari, Anand M Sharan, Ashok Lavasa, Dalip Singh, all serving at the centre.

1984 batch IAS is now ACS in HP
Three 1984 batch IAS officers namely Tarun Sridhar, Principal Secretary (Revenue and Forest), Narinder Chauhan, Principal Secretary (Public Works Department) and PC Dhiman, Principal Secretary (Education) are set to become ACS in Himachal Pradesh.

DoPT seeks applications for Chief Information Commissioner
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT before November 24, 2014.

Mukhopadhyay joins as Member (Secy), DVC
P K Mukhopadhyay, Director (Production), Braithwaite, has taken over the charge as Member (Secretary) in the Board of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC).
(We said this on May 15, 2014)

Munnikrishnan to take charge on Nov 15
As the grapevine has it, T Munnikrishnan, appointed as Member (Technical), Power Tribunal, will take charge of his new position on November 15. Presently Munnikrishnan is serving as Member, Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Selection interview for CMD, EIL on Oct 29
PESB is all set to conduct the selection interview for the coveted position of CMD, Engineers India Limited (EIL) on October 29. A K Purwaha, the incumbent CMD, is scheduled to retire on May 31 next year.

Selection process for CMD, Air India goes on
Amid the extension in deputation tenure Rohit Nandan as CMD, Air India, till August 2015 the selection process for new CMD would go on. Reportedly, the interview for the post has been scheduled for the month of November. Applications are supposed to be entertained till October 31.

Malik to join as Director (Tech), RITES Ltd on Nov 1
S B Malik, ED, RITES, will be joining as Director (Technical), RITES Limited on November 1, 2014. He will succeed Sumit Sinha retiring on October 31.
(We said this on May 27, 2014)

Kathuria likely to join as MD, NBCFDC on Nov 1
Arvind Kathuria, GM, NBCFDC, will be joining as Managing Director, National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC) on November 1, 2014. He will succeed A A Naqvi retiring on October 31, 2014.
(We said this on May 22, 2014)

Orders of Tripathi as Member (Tech), DVC issued
The orders of R P Tripathi, AGM, NTPC, for the appointment as Member (Technical) in the Board of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on February 12, 2014)

Selection interview for CMD, ECL on Oct 28
PESB is all set to conduct the selection interview for the coveted position of CMD, Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) on October 28. Rakesh Sinha, the incumbent CMD, is scheduled to retire on May 31 next year.

Post of Dir (Mkt), HMT International Ltd may be kept in abeyance ?
As the grapevine has it the advertised vacancy for the post of Director (Marketing), International Ltd may be kept in abeyance. S U Sankar, the incumbent Director (Marketing), is set to retire on November 30 this year. Vacancy for the post was duly advertised by PESB.

Two IAS officers to join Haryana Government ?
Two IAS officers of Gujarat cadre are likely to come to Haryana on inter-state deputation.

Candidates' vigilance profiles must reach CVC within ten days
The Government of India has asked all the Ministries to forward the PESB selected candidates' vigilance profiles to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) within ten days of recommendations for the appointments on board level in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).

D S Rana takes charge as Director (Infra), DFCCIL
D S Rana, CPM, DFCCIL, has assumed the charge as Director (Infrastructure), Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL).
(We said this on May 1, 2014)

Justice Ms Ranjana Desai retiring on Oct 29
Supreme Court Justice Ms Ranjana Desai is retiring on October 29.

Singh moves from CISF on six months leave
Having completed his tenure under central deputation with CISF as IG, Swaraj Bir Singh has proceeded on a six month leave. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Completing his leave he would repatriate to cadre state.

Will Srivastawa move from Delhi Police?
Whispers has been doing round the corners that Satya Narayan Srivastava is expected to be move from Delhi Police. The 1986 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre has been serving with Delhi Police as Special CP (Special Cell) and has also been carrying out the additional charge of Spl CP (Intelligence).

Dr Parmar appointed as Economic Adviser, Civil Aviation
Dr Renu Singh Parmar has been appointed as Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Dr Parmar is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer.

Appointment of Bank CMDs and EDs cancelled
Appointment of Bank CMDs and EDs made during the UPA Government have been cancelled. Now there will be fresh selection process for the appointment of 8 CMDs and 14 EDs.

Srivastava to be Judge of MPHC ?
Anurag Srivastava is likely to be appointed Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. He is presently District Judge Balaghat.

Singh to succeed Torka as Director, MECON Ltd on Nov 1
A P Singh, GM, MECON, will be joining as Director (Engineering), MECON Limited on November 1, 2014. He will succeed S S Torka retiring on October 31, 2014.
(We said this on April 2, 2014)

Post of JS in Higher Education falling vacant in Oct
The post of Joint Secretary is falling vacant in the Department of Higher Education in October, 2014.

Four IRAS officers get JAG
Four officers of Indian Railways Account Services (IRAS) have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). The officers are: Nishtha Puri, NWR; Dr Bikram Singh Gill, DMW; Y Anand, CLW and Vishnu Bajaj, NWR.

Two 1988 batch IPS officers get pro-forma promotion
Two 1988 batch UP cadre IPS officers Sanjiv Kumar Singhal and Man Mohan Singh have been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of ADG.

Four IPS officers shifted in Haryana
Four officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Y Puran Kumar has been appointed as Commandant 1st Battalion while Satayendra Gupta will be new SP Hissar and Ashwini was made SP, Bhiwani. Besides, Simardeep has been appointed as S P Kurukshetra.

Ms Singh appointed as Director (Fin), Railway Board
Ms Niva Singh, Northern Railway, has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Executive Director, Finance (Expenditure), Railway Board. She is an IRAS officer.

CBI Director inaugurates Vigilance Awareness week at NBCC (UPDATED)
Ranjit Sinha, Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI);Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD , NBCC ; Mrs Dimple Verma, IAS , CVO, NBCC; S. K. Chaudhary, Director (Projects); S.K. Pal, Director (Finance), NBCC and Bhanu Bhaskar, DIG CBI, Special unit, New Delhi, jointly released NBCC vigilance posters on October 27, 2014 after formally inaugurating the vigilance awareness week in the corporate office. Earlier, Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD and S.K. Chaudhary, Director (Projects), NBCC administered the vigilance pledge to all the employees of the corporate office. It also needs to be mentioned here that the weeklong programme at nbcc would witness various talks by experts on issues pertaining to vigilance and a poster making competition in two schools of the capital.

Dr Sanjay Kumar Pandey appointed as OSD to Arun Jaitley (UPDATED)
Dr Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Joint Director (Law), Competition Commission of India, has been appointed as OSD to Arun Jaitley, Defence Minister at Director level for a period of five years.

A K Sharma joins as Director (Fin), IOCL (UPDATED)
A K Sharma, ED, IOCL, has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).
(We said this on February 18, 2014)

HAL observes vigilance awareness week (UPDATED)
A week long Vigilance Week with the theme "Combating corruption, technology as enabler", was inaugurated at HAL Corporate Office here yesterday by HAL Chairman Dr R K Tyagi. In his inaugural address, Dr Tyagi emphasized on leveraging technology in HAL to ensure transparency and efficient operations. "We have launched a massive IT initiative Project Parivartan with a budget of around Rs. 200 crores across the company to fulfill this aim", he said. He also pointed out that with the usage of information technology the works gets done faster and the e-procurement measures initiated by HAL have yielded positive results. The other measures taken in HAL include mandatory signing of integrity pact for all vendors where HAL's estimated value of tenders or procurements is Rs 5 crores or more and adopting policy on corruption risk management. HAL is the first Defence PSU to sign a MoU with Transparency International India (TII) for adoption of Integrity Pact (IP). The MoU helps the Company in establishing higher standards in its operations. A very few industries including the private sector have signed such MoUs with TII. V M Chamola, Director (HR) said innovation should be the credo of a vigilance function and HAL has changed the way it looked at its working to ensure greater efficacy in the working systems. Dr A K Mishra, Director (Finance) felt that vigilance awareness should not get restricted to one week and every one must be alert throughout the year. The employees were administered a vigilance pledge on this occasion. The week-long activities at HAL include a session on online submission of annual property return for employees, guest lectures on e-procurement, reverse auctioning, supply strategy, highlights of proposed public procurement bill and a skit on Vigilance Awareness Week.

Umesh Kumar selected as Director (P&PB), SAIL (UPDATED)
Umesh Kumar ED, SAIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Projects & Business Planning), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as eleven persons were interviewed for the same.

Nitin Chayande appointed as CVO, MOIL (UPDATED)
Nitin Chayande has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Manganese ore India Limited (MOIL), Nagpur. He is a 1991 batch ITS officer.

Extension to Mrs Gitanjali Gupta Kundra as CVO, DTC extended (UPDATED)
The proposal of Mrs Gitanjali Gupta Kundra for the extension of tenure as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), Delhi, for a period of six months has been rejected by the Government of India. She is a 1996 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Tenure of Vishvajit Sahay as CMD, HECL ending on Dec 31 (UPDATED)
The additional charge tenure of Vishvajit Sahay as Chairman and Managing Director, Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HECL) is coming to an end on December 31, 2014. Sahay is a 1990 batch officer of Indian Defence Account Service. Avijit Ghosh, Director (Mining), HCL, is expected to succeed him in January.

Major reshuffle IAS officers in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 45 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Services (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Ashok Jain has been posted as ACS, Urban Development while Rajhans Upadhya is made CMD, Rural Agriculture Region Development Authority and Nihal Chand Goyal is appointed as PS, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor & CMD, Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Limited. Similarly, Om Prakash Saini is posted as PS, PHE & Water Resources; Mukesh Kumar Sharma as PS, Medical & Health; Pritam Singh as PS, Ayurveda Department; Deepak Upreti as Cooperative Department; Pawan Kumar Goyal as PS, School Education Department; Dr Manjit Singh as PS, Local Self Government Department; Rajeshwar Singh as PS, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & MD, RCDF; Sameer Singh Chandel as PS, Science & Technology Department; Sanjay Mehalotra as PS, Energy Department & MD, Rajasthan State Power Distribution Nigam Limited; Dr R Venkateshwar as Divisional Commissioner, Bharatpur; Abhay Kumar as Commissioner, Industrial Department, Jaipur; Alok as PS, Revenue , Sainik Welfare; Kuldeep Roka as PS & Commissioner, Agriculture & Horticulture Department; Naresh Pal Gangwar as PS, Middle School Education & Commissioner, National Middle School Abhiyan; Gayatri A Rathore as PS & Commissioner, Transport Department; Vaibhav Galriya as Commissioner, Commerce Department; Bhavani Singh as Divisional Commissioner & Ex-officio Commissioner, TAD, Udaipur; Onkar Singh as Director, Revenue Research Training Institutes, Ajmer; Giriraj Singh Kushwah as Commissioner, ; Bhanu Prakash Aturu as Director, Middle School Education Department, Bikaner; Dr Veena Pradhan as MD, Food & Civil Supplies Nigam, Jaipur; Kunj Bihari Gupta as MD, Food & Civil Supplies Nigam, Udaipur; Lakshmi Narayan Soni as District Collector & District Magistrate, Sikar; Ravi Jain as District Collector & District Magistrate, Bharatpur; Dr Arushi Ajay Malik as District Collector & District Magistrate, Ajmer, Rajan Vishal as District Collector & District Magistrate, Nagore; Archana Singh as District Collector & District Magistrate, Churu; Anup Khichi as Additional Director, HCM, Reepa; Prakash Rajpurohit as District Collector & District Magistrate, Baswara; Dr Jitendra Kumar Soni as District Collector & District Magistrate, Jalore; Neha Giri as CEO, Zila Parishad, Udaipur; Vishwa Mohan Sharma as Joint Secretary, Finance Department; Dharmendra Bhatnagar as Divisional Commissioner, Ajmer; Hanuman Singh Bhati as Divisional Commissioner, Jaipur; Hanuman Sahay Meena as as Special Secretary, Revenue DEpartment; Vinod Ajmera as Commissioner, Rajasthan Foundation; Shravan Sahani as Commissioner, College Education & Special Secretary, Higher Education Dpartment; Swaroop Singh Panwar as CEO, Zila Parishad, Jaipur; Salvindra Singh Sohta as District Collector & District Magistrate, Jhunjhunu; Sudheer Kumar Sharma as Inspector General Registration & Stamp, Ajmer; Sumati Lal Bohara as Member Revenue Board, Ajmer and Babu Lal Meena was posted as Director, Primary Education, Bikaner.

Surya Prakash is new Chairman, Prasar Bharati (UPDATED)
Senior journalist, Surya Prakash has been appointed as Chairman, Prasar Bharati.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 48 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Mrs Lovely Katiya has been appointed as 9th Battalion, RAC Tonk while Anil Kumar Tank will now be SP, Pali and Dr Ravi is SP, Dungarpur. Similarly, Jagdish Chandra Sharma has been appointed as SP, Dungarpur; Dr Gagandeep Singla as SP, CID; Adarsh Sidhu as AIG, Kotputli Alwar and Dr Kiran Kang was made AIG, Bhiwadi, Alwar; Ajit Singh as ADG, Personnel, Pankaj Kumar Singh as ADG, Crime Branch; Gurucharan Roy as DIG, Security; Anand Vardhan Shukla as Dig, RPA; H G Raghvendra Suhasa as Sp, Nagore; Dr Nitin Deep Blaggan as SP, Jaipur Rural; Hinglajdan as SP, CID; Deepak Kumar as SP, Tonk; Bharat Lal Meena as SP, Law and Order; U L Chhanwal as DIG, Jail, Udayapur; Surendra Kumar Gupta as SP, Jhunjhunu; Dilip Kumar as Commandant 1st Battalion, RAC, Jodhpur; Laxman Gaud as SP, CID, CB, Jaipur; Dr Vishnu Kant as SP, ATS, Jaipur; Om Prakash Dayama as SP, CID; Rajendra Singh as SP, Kota rural; Jainarayan as DIG, Jail Jodhpur; Satyendra Singh as SP, Baran; Haider Ali Jaidi as Deputy Commissioner, Traffic, Jaipur; Hemant Kumar Sharma as SP, Bhilwada; Anil Kumar Tank as SP, Sikar; Mrs Mamta Rahul as Commandant, PTS, Jhalawad; Dr Ravi as SP, Pali; Satyendra Kumar as SP, Jalore; Mrs Priti Chandra as AIG, Training, Jaipur; Harendra Kumar Mahawar as SP, Jodhpur rural; Dr Vikas Pathak as SP, Intelligence, PHQ, Jaipur; Samir Kumar Singh as SP, Sirohi;Rajesh Singh as SP, Dholpur; Jagdish Chandra Sharma, SP, SSB, Security; Rajendra Prasad Goyal as SP, Banswada; Kalu Ram Rawat as SP, Pratapgarh; Pankaj Kumar Chaudhary as Commandnat, 11th battalion, RAC; Kunwar Rashtradeep as Deputy Police Commissioner East, Jaipur; Manish Agrawal as Deputy Police Commissioner, Jaipur; Vikas Sharma as Deputy Police Commissioer, Jodhpur; Dr Rajiv Pachar as SP, Jaisalmer; Deshmukh Paris Anil as SP, Badmer and Ratod Vinit Kumar Trikalal was made Deputy Police Commissioner(West), Jodhpur urban.

CORPORATE

BEML observes 'vigilance awareness week'
BEML Limited, a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Defence, is observing a week long 'Vigilance Awareness Week' with the theme "combating corruption - technology as an enabler" at its HQ and all production units located at Bangalore, KGF, Mysore and Palakkad from October 27 to November 1, 2014. In the inauguration programme held today, a pledge on Vigilance Awareness in the company was administered by P Dwarakanath, CMD in the presence of Directors and CVO, amongst employees and executives. Also to mark the occasion, a One-Day Workshop on 'e-Procurement' as Continuing Professional Education (CPE) was also organized at Bangalore wherein experts in the field of e-Procurement from Delhi have delivered lecture on 'Combating Corruption through Technology in the context of e-procurement' and 'Critical, important & typical functionalities of a Model e-Procurement System.' Besides these, many other collective-participation programmes like competitions in Essay Writing, Slogan Writing, Poster painting etc., are also been chalked out company-wide to bring due awareness on Vigilance.

Mehra appointed MD, Saregama India Ltd
Vikram Mehra has been appointed as Managing Director of Saregama India Ltd.

Singh appointed ED, Clarus Finance & Securities Ltd
Clarus Finance & Securities Ltd has appointed Ramendra Pratap Singh as the Executive Director of the company w.e.

Ms Bhaskar appointed Addl. Director, City Union Bank Ltd
City Union Bank Ltd has appointed Ms Abarna Bhaskar as Additional Director of the Bank

Vazkar appointed Director, Mafatlal Finance Ltd
Mafatlal Finance Limited has appointed Megha Jatendra Vazkar as Director of the company.

Chakrabarty appointed Independent Director, Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd
Dr Kamalesh Shailesh Chandra Chakrabarty, former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India has been appointed as an Independent Director of Indiabulls Housing Finance.

Two Independent Directors inducted on Board of Lloyds Metals and Energy Ltd
Lloyds Metals and Energy Ltd has appointed Dr Balram Singh and Ms Bhagyam Ramani as Independent Non Executive Directors of the company.

Lohia resigns as Director, Lykis Ltd
Bhagwati Prasad Lohia has resigned as Director of Lykis Ltd.

Jhunjhunwala appointed Independent Director, Lykis Ltd
Mayank Jhunjhunwala has been appointed as Independent Director of Lykis Ltd.

Two Independent Directors appointed on Board of Clarus Finance & Securities Ltd
Ankur Madaan and Vinay Goyal have been appointed as the Independent Directors of Clarus Finance & Securities Ltd.

Ms Tank resigns as Independent Director, Captain Polyplast Ltd
Ms Kinjal Kunal Tank has resigned as Independent Director of Captain Polyplast Ltd.

Jagirdar appointed Independent Director, Rane Engine Valve Limited
Rane Engine Valve Limited has appointed Dr Brinda Jagirdar as an Independent Director of the company.

Sukhani appointed Addl. Director, Mangalam Drugs And Organics Ltd
Mangalam Drugs And Organics Limited has appointed Meenal Sukhani as Additional Director of the company.

Kumar appointed Addl. Director, HOV Services Ltd
HOV Services Limited has appointed Lakshmi Kumar as an Additional Director of the company.

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