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When nothing else inspires History does ! (82)
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

New strategy of Modi Government ?
Some Secretaries were having lunch when they discussed about posting of new Secretaries in the Government of India. " Experts and officers specialise in their subjects will not get posting of their choice instead they will be posted in other departments" they realized. What a new strategy of the Modi Government ?

Survey -

15 percent people say Modi is like Hitler But others say he is now World leader !

Call him authoritarian, rigid, egoist or even insular, the fact remains that the country's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also 'firm and disciplined', charismatic, very hardworking and a great visionary having clear goal in his mind - how to make the country a World Leader.

And in doing so, his charisma within a short span of less than 100 days has been such that he has become the third most followed world leader on Twitter though many compare him even with Adolf Hitler.

It is in this backdrop that Whispersinthecorridors.com invited views on - Whether Modi is Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Roosevelt or Churchill ?

While 15 percent of the total respondents said that his character was akin to Hitler, many even compared him with Mahatma Gandhi, Lee Kuan Yew and Margrate Thatcher. Some said that he is a mix of all.

For details read September issue of Whispers In The Corridors now available on stands.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Chairman Railway Board (3)
If the criteria of 01 yr of experience as Open-line GM + 01 yr as Member Railway Board + 01 yr as residual service is taken into account A K Mittal (Member Staff & Looking after as Member Electrical) should become the Chairman. But his opponents have made controversial his joining early as Member.

Seven IPS officers empanelled as IG
As many as seven IPS officers have been empanelled for the post of Inspector General in Government of India in fresh and review cases. The officers are Dr Jacob Thomas of 1985 batch of Kerala cadre; Gupteshwar Pandey of 1987 batch of Bihar cadre; Arun Kumar Sharma of 1987 batch of Gujarat cadre; S N Pandey of 1987 batch of Maharashtra cadre; S M Narvane of 1989 batch of Orissa cadre; Dr Atul Verma of 1991 batch of Himachal Pradesh cadre and Dr Bhagwanram Meghwal of 1992 batch of West Bengal cadre.

Negi to be Chief Secretary of Goa ?
Ramesh Negi is likely to be appointed Chief Secretary of Goa. 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. Negi is presently CS Arunachal Pradesh.

Minister proposes ACC disposes !
Vishwas Mehta is returning to the parent Kerala cadre. Infact , Health Minister Dr Harshvardhan was keen to retain the services of his Joint SecretaryVishwas Mehta for one more year. The ACC, however, turned down the proposal of the Minister. Now 1986 batch IAS officer Vishwas Mehta will return to the parent Kerala cadre.

Piyush Tiwari selected as Director (Comm& Mktg), ITDC
Piyush Tiwari, DGM, RINL, has been selected for the post of Director (Commercial & Marketing), Indian Tourism & Development Corporation Limited (ITDC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 9, 2014. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Ashok Thakur to retire this month end
Secretary, Higher Education in the Government of India, Ashok Thakur is superannuating this month end. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Major General Tiwari to be Lt General
Major General Ajit Tiwari has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen in the Indian Army.

Dr M T Reju relieved to join Kerala cadre
Dr M T Reju has been relieved by Karnataka Government to join Kerala cadre on inter-cadre deputation for three years. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Will J K Mishra be moved from CGA (HQ)?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Jayant Mishra may soon be replaced with N Sumathi as Joint CGA. Mishra, a 1993 batch ICAS officer, is presently serving as Joint CGA. Sumathi is expected to be brought back from Chennai to her previously held position (Jt CGA) with CGA HQ in Delhi. It is believed that new scenario, dipping role of Planning Commission, have prompted this likely movement.

Ms Sehgal in race for Delhi HC Justice
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Ms. Sangita Dhingra Sehgal is in the race of the coveted position of Justice, Delhi High Court. Presently she is Registrar General, Delhi HC. Previously she served as Additional Distt Judge of lower court in Delhi.

Subramanian posted as Principal Director (IR), CAG office, Delhi
K S Subramanian, Principal Director of Audit, Southern Railway, Chennai, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director (IR) in CAG of India office, Delhi.

Sandeep Kumar Singh confirmed in IAS
Sandeep Kumar Singh has been confirmed in Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Five Probationers of Kerala cadre confirmed in IAS
Five Probationers belonging to 2011 batch of Kerala cadre have been confirmed in Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The officers are: Amit Meena, Gokul G R, Jeevan Babu K, Karthikeyan S and Mir Mohammed Ali.

Will P K Gupta be new CS Haryana?
If some highly placed sources in bureaucracy and politics are to be believed, Hooda Government would appoint Praveen Kumar Gupta as Chief Secretary. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre. The incumbent CS, Shakuntala Jakhu, who is expected to get post retirement engagement with the Government of Haryana, is set to superannuate on September 30.

ONGC may soon have three Director Posts to offer ?
If some top sources are to be believed, ONGC may soon have three Directorial positions (nominated by Govt) to offer. The positions would soon be up for grab. It is reliably learnt that three names on ONGC Board would not be renewed for next term, they are: P Umashankar, former Power Secretary; S Ravi, Chartered Accountant and R K Singh, former Chairman of BPCL.

Gopal Krushna Padhy likely to join as CEO, CPSE
Gopal Krushna Padhy is expected to join as Chief Vigilance Officer in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) on central deputation at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1988 batch IP& T AFS officer.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Ind Sys& Prod), BHEL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Industrial Systems & Products), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) falling vacant on September 1, 2015. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before October 29, 2014.

Sudhir Kumar Rai likely to join central deputation
Sudhir Kumar Rai is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 1996 batch Indian Telecom Service officer.

Five IAS officers get ACS rank in TamilNadu
Five 1981 batch IAS officers in Tamil Nadu have been promoted to the rank of Chief Secretary. They are Mssrs .Dr. Girija Vaidyanathan, Dr. R. Kannan, K. Ganesan, Ashok Kumar Gupta and Rajiv Nayan Choubey .

Padhee is new CMD of Odisha Tourism Corporation
Dr Arabinda Kr Padhee has been appointed CMD of the Odisha Tourism Development Corporation. He is 1996 batch IAS officer.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Bihar
As many as 13 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Anil Kumar has been posted as SP, Gopalganj while Sunil Kumar Naik will now be Additional Commandant, Bihar Armed Force-10 and Prakash Nath Mishra is Additional SP, Rural Patna. Similarly, Pankaj Kumar Raj has been appointed as SP, Supaul; Mrs Anusuiya Ransingh Sahu as SP, Jehanabad; Daljit Singh as Assistant to IG, Welfare; Sanjay Kumar as Principal, CTS Nathnagar, Bhagalpur; Manavjit Singh Dhillon as Additional SP, Urban, Patna; Ms Minu Kumar as Commandant, Bihar Armed Police-7, Katihar; Rajendra Kumar Bhil as SP, Nagar Muzaffarpur; Vinod Kumar as Commandnat, SDRF-cum-Assistant Director, Civil Defence, Patna; Prantosh Kumar Das as SP, Traffic, Patna and Dilip Kumar Mishra has been posted as SP, Vigilance Investigation Bureau, Patna.

Ram Vilas Paswan reviews performance of CWC
Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution visited the Corporate Office of the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) on September 9, 2014 and reviewed the performance of CWC. Prashant Trivedi, Joint Secretary (Storage), Department of Food & PD was also present during the performance review. B B Pattanaik, Managing Director, CWC extended a happy welcome to the Minister and explained about the diversified activities of the CWC in the areas of Bonded Warehousing, Operation of CFSs/ICDs, Air Cargo Complexes, Integrated Check Posts, Container Train Operations, Pest Control Services, etc. Pattanaik informed the Minister that the Corporation achieved an all-time high record turnover of Rs.1528 crore and also posted record Profit Before Tax and Profit After Tax of Rs.256 crore and Rs.161 crore, respectively during the year 2013-14. Pattanaik further informed that in view of better financial results, CWC in its ensuing Annual General Meeting on 20th September, 2014 is likely to declare anall-time high dividend @ 48% of equity for the year 2013-14 as against 41% paid during the preceding year. The Minister also reviewed the expansion plans of CWC as envisaged in its Corporate Plan 2010-2020 and urged upon CWC to focus on creation of storage capacity in the deficit areas such as Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal etc. leveraging Information Technology in its operations and also to encourage utilization of storage space by the farmers for safe storage of their produce and secure loan from the banks against pledge of Negotiable Warehouse Receipts. The Minister expressed satisfaction in CWC's for consistent growth and all-round performance during the last few years.

SBI wins Dun & Bradstreet - Polaris Financial Technology Banking Awards 2014 (UPDATED)
State Bank of India has been honoured with the Dun & Bradstreet - Polaris Financial Technology Banking Awards 2014 in the Best Public Sector Bank - Retail, Best Public Sector Bank - Rural Reach, Best Public Sector Bank - Technology Adoption categories. Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), the world's leading provider of global business information, knowledge and insight, announced and presented the 'Dun & Bradstreet - Polaris Financial Technology Banking Awards 2014' in Mumbai. The occasion also marked the launch of the eighth edition of D&B India's study on 'India's Top Banks 2014' by former Union Finance Minister, Yashwant Sinha. Speaking about the awards, J N Misra, Deputy Managing Director & Corporate Development Officer, State Bank of India said, "This is a remarkable achievement. We are honored as well as humbled. Retail banking is a focused area at this moment and we will continue to do good work for in this sector. Technology is the backbone of SBI as our business model is driven by technology. We have recently set up sbiINTOUCH which is technology driven and is a new experience for the Indian banking sector. We will use different technology tools as we move forward". Delivering the welcome address, Kaushal Sampat, President & CEO - India, Dun & Bradstreet said, "Although the worst is behind us, FY14 turned out to be a year of uncertainty with the economy failing to reach the expected recovery level. However, it is encouraging for all of us to remember that timely measures have always helped the banking industry to increase its resilience. For example, measures to promote lending to priority sectors seem to have yielded the much desired results. Priority Sector lending saw 28% growth in FY14, nearly double that of the prior year. Given the strong linkages between the economy and banks, we are confident that with a stable economy in the near future, the prospects of the banking industry seem strong." Speaking at the awards, Yashwant Sinha, Former Union Finance Minister said, "I compliment Dun & Bradstreet and Polaris Financial Technology for producing this publication - which will serve as a useful reference point for stakeholders in the country as well as across the globe. I also congratulate the leaders and the staff of various banks, since it is their efforts that reflect in the success of respective banks."

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Orissa (UPDATED)
A number of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Orissa. Accordingly, Sanjay Rastogi has been appointed as CMD, OSRTC, Bhubaneswary while Dr Arabinda Kumar Padhee was made Director, OTDC, Bhubaneswar and Suresh Kumar Vashishth is RDC, CD, Cuttack. Besides, Ashok Kumar Tarenai has been appointed as Director, Tourism Department; Rama Narayan Dash as Director, Estates, GAD; Biswanath Mallick as Additional Secretary, Housing & Urban Development; Manoranjan Patnaik as Managing Director, MARKFED, Bhubaneswar with additional charge of Additional Secretary, Cooperation Department and Dhiren Kumar Patnaik was made Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Odisha, Bhubaneswar.

3 IPS officers shifted in UP (UPDATED)
Virendra Kumar has been appointed as ADG, Fire Service while Ashish Gupta was shifted to DGP office and S N Sabat is transferred to Lucknow in the same capacity in Uttar Pradesh.

International Conference on Indian Aerospace Industry held (UPDATED)
HAL Chairman, Dr R K Tyagi has suggested formation of Indian Aeronautics Commission and bringing various organizations and institutes currently functioning under different ministries under one umbrella. "This will ensure greater cohesion, synergy, understanding and speeding-up decision making in aerospace related activities", he said in his key-note address delivered at the 9th International Conference on "Energizing Indian Aerospace Industry" organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) here today. He also said that it is important to exploit FDI and Joint Venture opportunities for development of indigenous industry in India's defence and aerospace sector. "Also, our industry must have greater say in selecting technologies for future platform developments and our offset focus should be on acquisition of cutting edge technology", he added. Dr Tyagi touched upon other issues such as tapping Diaspora, supply chain management and securing strategic investments in defence and aeronautics sector. He also felt that R&D culture in India needs revival. "We need long term strategic capability to drive design and development in our industry rather than merely concentrating on manufacturing and production targets. This is possible if we ensure the right funding mechanism for R&D, bring program management expertise at par with leading global companies and make efforts towards skill development and talent acquisition", he added. Dr Tyagi pointed out several initiatives taken by the Government in the recent months such as enhancement of FDI in Defence to 49 %, opportunities for private industry into Defence production, re-allocation of civil aircraft manufacturing to the Dept of Defence Production, creation of Defence technology fund to encourage innovation, etc. "All these augur well for the aerospace industry in India", he said. The two day conference, being attended by representatives from nearly 100 Indian defence industries, focuses on defence technologies in aerospace sector, design and development of aerospace systems, indigenization and developing partnership with industry both public and private sector, nurturing of small and medium scale industries involved in aerospace sector, the offsets clause in relation to the Indian aerospace industry, and the procurement policies with an aim to further refine them. Air Marshal, RK Sharma, Vice Chief of the Air Staff, IAF, in his inaugural address said coming together of resourceful DPSUs, foreign OEMs and private industry would go a long way in creating vibrant defence eco-system in the country. Air Marshal Vinod Patney (Retd), Director General, Centre for Air Power Studies, in his opening remarks felt that dubious distinction of India importing 70% of its defence needs must change.

Services of 2 IAS officers affected in UP (UPDATED)
Leena Johari, who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as Relief Commissioner while Kishan Singh Atoriya was relieved of the additional charge of Relief Commissioner, but will remain as Principal Secretary, Revenue in Uttar Pradesh.

Garg is ED World Bank (UPDATED)
Subhash Chandra Garg has been appointed Executive Director (ED) inWorld Bank for a period of three years. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Sandeep Salunke appointed as IG, BSF (UPDATED)
Sandeep Salunke has been appointed as Inspector General in Border Security Force (BSF). He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this in June, 2014)

CORPORATE

Interview - "LIC has invested huge amounts in nation building"
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is an Indian state-owned insurance group and investment company headquartered in Mumbai. Founded in 1956 when the Parliament of India passed the Life Insurance of India Act that nationalised the private insurance industry in India, it was formed with the merger of over 245 insurance companies and provident societies to create the state owned Life Insurance Corporation.

LIC, however, created history when Ms Usha Sangwan was appointed as its first female Managing Director - the second highest position after Chairman.

Known as a jack of all trades with expertise in housing finance, pension and group insurance, direct marketing and international operations, Ms. Sangwan who was instrumental in turning around LIC Housing Finance by taking it to the international market through global depository receipts, talked to our Corporate Editor Abul Hassan on a variety of aspects concerning the Corporation.

For detailed interview read September issue of Whispers In The Corridors now available on stands.


Aditya Puri to continue till he is 70 years
The RBI has allowed Aditya Puri MD of the HDFC Bank to continue on the present job till he is 70 years old.He will turn 64 in October. Ramesh Sobti ,MD and CEO of the IndusInd Bank on the present post till he is 70 years old. Presently he is 64 year old.

Ramesh Sobti to continue till he is 70 years
Ramesh Sobti ,MD and CEO of the IndusInd Bank on the present post till he is 70 years old. Presently he is 64 year old.

Three Independent Directors in the CIL quit
Three Independent Directors of the Coal India Ltd Alok Perti,C Balakrishnan and Shri Prakash have resigned from the CIL Board.

Sarkar appointed ED & CFO, Axis-IT&T Ltd
Axis-IT&T Ltd has appointed Kaushik Sarkar as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Pandian resigns as Director, GNFC
DJ Pandian, IAS, has resigned as Director of Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited

Girotra appointed Independent Director, Ashok Leyland Ltd
Ashok Leyland Limited has appointed Manisha Girotra as an Independent Director of the company.

Puri resigns as Group CFO, Fortis Healthcare Ltd
Sandeep Puri has resigned as Group Chief Financial Officer of Fortis Healthcare Limited.

Brig. ( Retd) Chawla appointed Independent Director, SPIC
Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Limited has appointed Brig (Retired) Harish Chandra Chawla as an Independent Director of the company .

Rajagopalan resigns as Whole-time Director, SPIC
K K Rajagopalan has resigned as Whole-time Director of Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Limited w.e.f. September 30, 2014

Shah appointed CS, Wockhardt Ltd
Wockhardt Ltd has appointed Nimesh Shah as Company Secretary of the company.

Patel appointed Independent Director, Smartlink Network Systems Ltd
Smartlink Network Systems Ltd has appointed Bhanubhai Patel as Non-Executive and Independent Director of the company.

Ms Naik designated as COO, Smartlink Network Systems Ltd
Ms Arati K. Naik has been designated as Chief Operating Officer of Smartlink Network Systems Ltd.

Paterson resigns as Non Exec. Independent Director of Dabur India Limited
Albert Wiseman Paterson has resigned as Non Executive Independent Director of Dabur India Limited.

Two Addl. Directors appointed on Board of TTI Enterprise Ltd
TTI Enterprise Ltd has appointed Ms Binjal Mehta and Subrata Saha as Additional Directors of the company.

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All is fair in Indian Coast Guard

One thinks all is fair in the Indian Coast Guard. However, with the two recent court judgments in a span of quick succession to each other reveals the muck and the corruption in that esteemed organisation. These judgments is bound to have far reaching ramifications on the present Indian Coast Guard edifice. More surprising is the fact that besides the Coast Guard officials even servicing senior naval officer and MoD/JS level officer have been observed to collude in this whole ugly episode.

Ajay

Tall claims of Environment & Forest Ministry

Minister of E&F is making tall claims about the work done by the Ministry and praising about fast clearances. It looks Minister is unaware that a notification about eco-zone of Okhla Bird Sanctuary is pending since last two years and all construction around 10 kms of Okhla Bird sanctuary is stopped and constructed houses/flats awaiting the revision of eco-zone limit. May I request Minister to see the notification is issued in ten days time as all the inputs have been received. This should be immediately as NGT banned construction by issuing a simple order and Ministry of E&F is not able to decide the issue. It is working like a five year plan without realizing the problems of public who is waiting to take possession of house already built.

N Prakash

Weak spot for Modi too!

MoS&PI is going to be a weak spot for Narendra Modi too. One ISS officer who is to retire in 20 months and whose spouse is posted at Kolkata has been transferred to Faridabad forcing him to seek Voluntary Retirement especially because his widow mother is seriously ill and cannot be shifted to Faridabad. MoS&PI has no regards for DoPT's order for officials retiring within two years or wife and husband being posted at the same station. Surprisingly, in Kolkata and Delhi there are ISS officers who have never been transferred out of their present place, Kolkata/Delhi. Sadly, the officer concerned has been relieved from Kolkata in spite of his VRS application. In fact transfers and postings in MoS&PI is being used for considerations other than good governance. Will anyone in the present government care for MoS&PI ! Can responsibility be fixed for such harassments and disregards to the rule and procedures ?

Shomenath

Any selection process ?

You are only mentioning the name of SIDBI, but there is no CMD at IOB & BOB. Is there any selection process?

Swaminathan Pitchaimani

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