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When nothing else inspires, History does ! (29)
An ambition is a sin and political ambition is a greater sin by which even countries and people have fallen.

No bureaucrat will be Governor in first round ?
It is widely believed that no former bureaucrat will be appointed Governor of any state in the first round.

BUREAUCRACY

DoNER to shift Shillong ?
There is a serious move in the Government of India to shift headquarters of Department of North Eastern Region to Shillong. 1979 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer Rajiv Takru is the Secretary of DoNER.

Baijal is Member of high -level panel
Former Home Secretary Anil Baijal has been appointed Member of the high-level panel on power revamp "Advisory Group for Integrated Development of Power, Coal and Renewable Energy headed by former Union Minister Suresh Prabhu."

Mallick to be DMD EXIM Bank !
D Mallick is being tipped to be Deputy Managing Director in the EXIM Bank. He is presently GM in the IDBI Bank.

MoEF Secretary's name for NBA Chairman, yet to be sent to ACC
If some reliable sources are to be believed the name recommended for the post of Chairman, National Biodiversity Authority is yet to be sent to ACC for ratification. The selection committee had recommended the name of V Rajagopalan, Secretary MoEF, for the slot on April 29. The file still lies with the Union Minister for Environment & Forest. The 1978 batch IAS of UP cadre is scheduled to retire onAugust 30 this year.

Pandey selected as Director (Tech), NCL
Gunadhar Pandey, GM, ECL, CIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 7, 2014. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Chawla appointed as Joint Secretary, Expenditure
Arunish Chawla has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Expenditure in Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Garg appointed as Joint Secretary, Economic Affairs
Saurabh Garg has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Mehrotra appointed as Joint Secretary, Corporate Affairs
Ajai Das Mehrotra has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IRS officer.


Pandey appointed Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
Tuhin Kant Pandey has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat with extending his tenure till August 27, 2014. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Ms Deepti appointed Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
Ms Deepti Umashankar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat in Government of India. She is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Sharma appointed Joint Secretary, Health & Family Welfare
K L Sharma has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare in Government of India. He is a CSS officer.

Simanchala Dash posted as OSD to Finance Minister
Simanchala Dash has been appointed as OSD to Finance Minister. He is an IRS-IT officer.

(We said this on June 10, 2014)

Prasad returns to parent cadre
P Hari Prasad, who was working as Director (Finance), Eastern Power Distribution Company of AP Limited, Vishakhapatnam on deputation basis, has been repatriated to his parent cadre Ministry of Railways. He is an IRAS officer.

Two 1975 batch IAS officers are MPs
Two 1975 batch retired IAS officers have entered in the Lok Sabha on the BJP ticket. One is Bihar cadre officer R K Singh and the other is Madhya Pradesh cadre officer Bhagirath Prasad.

Post of Director (Way& Works), KRCL vacant since Dec 2012
The post of Director (Way & Works), Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) has been lying vacant since December 29, 2012.

Kapoor to move to Lagos
Jagdeep Kapoor has been moved to Lagos in Place of Ms Rani Mallick who is retiring.

ACC to approve selection of Subir Das as Director (Mines), NLC !
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that ACC is soon to approve the selection of Subir Das as Director (Mines) Neyvelli Lignite Co. Ltd. PESB had selected him for the slot in February this year. Presently he is serving BCCL as GM. Till last week the file was under submission with the new Union Minister for Coal.

Ashok Sinha promoted as Accountant General, Uttarakhand, Dehradun
Ashok Sinha, Director (Admn/INDT), in the office of Director General of Audit, Central, Chandigarh, has been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade and posted as Accountant General (A&E), Uttarakhand, Dehradun.

Vinay Kumar Pathak to join central deputation !
Vinay Kumar Pathak is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch Indian Railway Stores Service officer.

Raj Kumar to join central deputation !
Raj Kumar is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level. He is a 1995 batch IPS Officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Reddy is Special Secretary to Telangana CM
Regional Provident Fund Commissioner P Rajasekhar Reddy has been appointed as Special Secretary to the Telangana Chief Minister on deputation for a period of three years.

B D Sharma is new DG SSB (UPDATED)
Banshidhar Sharma will be new DG of the SSB. He is 1980 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Central Warehousing Corporation felicitates sportspersons (UPDATED)
CWC, a Mini Ratna Corporation promotes talented sportspersons and recognise their achievements. CWC Team has recently won All India Jawaharlal Nehru Cricket Tournament. On this occasion J.S. Kaushal, Director Personnel, CWC distributed prizes to the players.

Pawan Hans conferred with Operational Excellence Award (UPDATED)
Pawan Hans bagged Prestigious Award for its Operational Excellence in Golden category for Overall Organisational Effectiveness for the year 2012-13 during 18th CEO's Conference organised by IIIE. Padmabhushan Dr.Sivathanu Pillai, CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace presented this prestigious award to Sanjiv Bahl, Executive Director, Pawan Hans and Himanshu Srivastava, Head (Engg), Western Region on behalf of Pawan Hans in the presence of Commander (Retd) B M Bhandarkar, Chairman, Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering. Other Policy Makers, Business Leaders, Senior Bureaucrats, Industrialist and Academicians were also present at this mega event and recognised the leadership qualities and potential of Pawan Hans for the growth of the Helicopter Industry in India.

Puneet Kansal appointed as Director, Power in GoI (UPDATED)
Puneet Kansal has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Power in Government of India. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Devesh Deval posted as Dy Secretary, Health & Family Welfare (UPDATED)
Devesh Deval has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Health and Family Welfare. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer.

Diwakar Nath Misra appointed as Director, DoPT (UPDATED)
Diwakar Nath Misra has been appointed as Director in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in Government of India. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Atul Basumatary appointed as Director, DoNER (UPDATED)
Atul Basumatary has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch officer of Indian Ordance Factory Service.

5 IRS-C&CE officers get postings as Chief Commissioner (UPDATED)
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Customs & Central Excise have been transferred and posted at different places at Chief Commissioner level. Accordingly, B B Prasad has been posted as CC, Cus-II, Mumbai while Ms R Shankuntala will now be CC, CX, Hyderabad and Ms Vanaja N Sarna is CC, TAR, Delhi. Besides, Ms Kameswari Subramanian has been appointed as CC, CX, Bangalore and Indrajit Dasgupta was posted as CC, CX, Ahmedabad.

Manish Tripathi appointed as Director, Water Resources (UPDATED)
Manish Tripathi has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. He is a 1998 batch IDAS officer.

Prem Nath Tiwari posted to ADG, CEI, Bangalore (UPDATED)
On return from deputation, Prem Nath Tiwari has been posted to ADG, CEI, Bangalore. He is an IRS-C&CE officer.

NTPC to set 4000 MW power plant in Tengana (UPDATED)
NTPC Limited has agreed to set up 4000 MW Power Generation Plant at Ramagundam adjacent to their existing units as an expansion unit. The Chief Minister, K Chandra Sekhar Rao assured the NTPC Chairman and Managaing Director Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury, who called on him today at Secretariat, Hyderabad that, the required coal linkage for NTPC plant will be taken up by the Telangana government with Government of India. He has agreed to provide the required land in Toto either from out of the available land or from acquiring from Singareni. The Chief Minister also said that the government will undertake filling the mines with ash. The Chairman NTPC said that the work at the unit will commence immediately and first unit will be completed within 39 months. Necessary environmental clearances will be obtained by Telangana government for establishing the unit. Along with Chairman & Managing Director NTPC, N N Misra, Director Operations, A K Jha, Director Technical, R Venkateswaran, Regional Executive Director (South) have called on the Chief Minister. Suresh Chanda, Principal Secretary Energy & CMD Transco, D.Prabhakar Rao, CMD Genco and S Narsing Rao Principal Secretary to CM were present in the meeting.

Ashok Lavasa inaugurates AOCC at Chennai Airport (UPDATED)
Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India today inaugurated the Airport Operations Control Centre (AOCC) at Chennai Airport. G K Chaukiyal, Member (Operations), AAI, Commissioner of Customs, Chennai, Regional Dy. Commissioner, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, FRRO, Chairman-AOC and other stakeholders of Chennai Airport were also present at the inauguration ceremony. The Chennai site has gone live on June 6, 2014. AOCC has been setup by AAI by bringing together other stakeholders including airlines, ground handlers, security agencies etc. under one platform to get optimum utilisation of the airport resources resulting in providing hassle free/seamless experience to the passengers. This envisaged solution involves the implementation of a Common Airport Operations Database (AODB) which provides all the information related to airport operations to all the stakeholders at ten major airports under AAI. Chennai airport has pioneered the AOCC implementation at AAI airports. On this occasion while addressing the gathering Secretary Civil Aviation highlighted the importance of quality in service and desired that "Benchmarking Quality Survey" to be included as standard component in Airports Service Quality (ASQ) criteria established in cargo terminals across the country by AAI.

CORPORATE

Ghosh ceases to be Director, CPCL
Rajkumar Ghosh, Director (Refineries), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has ceased to be a Director on the Board of Directors of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL)

Vasireddi re-appointed Director, Vimta Labs Ltd
Vimta Labs Ltd has re-appointed Dr S P Vasireddi as Director of the company.

Agrawal designated as CFO, Sarthak Industries Ltd
Vijay Agrawal been designated as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Sarthak Industries Ltd.

Jain resigns as Director, Kreon Financial Services Ltd
Rajesh Jain has resigned as Director of Kreon Financial Services Ltd.

Agarwal appointed Director, Alps Motor Finance Ltd
Alps Motor Finance Ltd has appointed Ms Sugandha Agarwal as Director of the company.

Chowdhary resigns as Director, Camex Ltd
Gaurav Chowdhary has resigned as Director of Camex Ltd .

Kothari appointed Addl. Director, Camex Ltd
Sunil Kothari has been appointed as an Additional Director of Camex Ltd.

Mandahar appointed Independent Director, HealthFore Technologies Ltd
HealthFore Technologies Ltd has appointed Atul Mandahar as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the company.

Gammon resigns as Non Exec. Director, Gammon India Ltd
Peter Gammon, has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Gammon India Ltd

Shantilal appointed CFO, Milk Partners India Ltd
Milk Partners India Ltd has appointed U. Hemanth Shantilal as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Vaghela resigns as Independent Director, Sadbhav Engineering Ltd
Amarsinh J Vaghela has resigned as Independent Director of Sadbhav Engineering Ltd.

Gaur appointed CFO, Electrotherm (India) Ltd
Electrotherm (India) Limited has appointed Pawan Gaur as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

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Will this govt. reward honest civil servants?

Do you think this Government is going to reward honest civil servants? Initial trends are not encouraging....apparently there is no transparency about postings of civil servants and huge premium on dishonesty and political and religious affiliations....

Suresh Kumar

Wrong move

The move requiring all Joint Secretaries to route the file through the Additional Secretary is totally wrong. Special Secretary, Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary are the heads Wing and as per CSMOP are treated at the same pedestal. Earlier there was no post of Additional Secretary in the Government. It was created only placate the Senior level Joint Secretaries.

BBS


Andhra Bhavan becomes confusion Bhavan

Now a days Andhra Bhavan has become confusion bhavan. Some room to AP, some room to Telangana ..why not central government gives Smart Hotel to New state for Accommodation till they have their own building and when AP state raises retirement age to 60 now even Telangana people want to stay back in Andhra. Why not Telangana have the same rule atlest for employees we now political people will fight with each other rather then do development in their state

Rakesh Rao

Kudos to all CSSS Officers

Kudos to all CSSS Officers on becoming PSOs. It is their hard and sincere work on account of which they have reached to this zenith. Keep this fervor always up.

H S Chauhan


Fairplay in empanelment for JS posts

Pointless to even suggest that there should be fair play in empanelment for joint secretary posts because DoPT is "of the IAS, by the IAS & for the IAS". Every effort will be made to empanel IAS batches as fast as possible and delay all other services. forget about JS empanelment, even promotion to SAG grade within an allied service cadre is tough to go through DoPT till all IAS officers of that batch are empanelled and slotted as JSs. An average performing IAS officer will be preferred for selection as JS over a high performing allied services officer. Kya achhe din ayenge allied services ke liye ? Wait and hope.

Rambo Kumar

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