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POLITICS

AAP finding hard to find 'honest' bureaucrats
Hunting for 'honest' bureaucrats to help it fulfill the challenging promises made to Delhi residents, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is finding it hard to get such officials. Only two are learnt to have been spotted so far.

Retaining states with it is first priority of Congress
With the election defeats rankling in memory, the party is keen to retain the states where it is in power at present as there seems little possibility of it doing very well in the states already ruled by BJP as the Assembly elections showed.

PESB to hold 14 selection meetings in January
As against the average of 08-09 selection meetings a month the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) would, reportedly, hold as many as 14 selection meeting in January.

BUREAUCRACY

1984 batch IAS officials in consideration zone for empanelment
They are in the consideration zone of the empanelment of 1984 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. Empanelment is expected to take place this month. They are Reena Ray, R K Verma,R K Srivastava, Jalaj Srivastava, Ramesh Negi, S P Singh, Arvind Ray and Ms Shakuntala Gamlin (UT), Joy R Peter, Ms Nilam Sawhney, Ajay Prakash Sahwhney, Shailendra Joshi and Ajay Mishra (AP), A K Bhalla, Alok Kumar, Prashant Naik , K V Eapen and Devinder Kumar (Assam-Meglayala), Deepak Kumar and Subhash Sharma (Bihar), Prem Taneja , M S Dagur and Arvind Agrawal (Gujarat), S S Prasad and Navraj Sandhu (Haryana), Tarun Sridhar, Ajay Tyagi and Arvind Mehra (Himachal Pradesh ), B B Sharma (J &K), Dr U P Singh, Rajiv Kumar and R K Srivastava (Jharkhand), D N Narsimha Raju and D Satya Murthy (Karnataka), Anand Kumar ,V S Senthil and Tom Jose (Kerala), B P Singh, Vijya Srivastava, Alok Srivastava, Rashmi Shukla Sharma ,Jaideep Govind and P C Meena ),Madhya Pradesh), Ajay Bhushan Prasad,,Dr Bhagwan Sahai , Ajoy Mehta and Ms Malini Shankar (Maharashtra), Dr Yashpal Singh and Nikhilesh Jha (MT), R Balakrishnan and Arun Panda (Odisha), N S Kalsi and Dr Karan A Singh (Punjab), Shreemat Pandey, Govind Sharma, Lalit Mehra and Ms Rashmi Priyadarshini (Rajasthan), Alok Kumar Srivastava (Sikkim), Minaxi Rajgopal, Ms Smita Nagraj and R Rajgopal (TamilNadu) and Dr Anant Kumar Singh, Kumar Arvind Singhdeo ,D S Mishra, Sanjay Agrawal and A C Pandey (Uttar Pradesh).

Parihar to be JS, Cabinet Secretariat
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Forests and Environment, SP Singh Parihar, has been moved as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Will Shafi Alam head NCM ?
Will the outgoing DG of the NCRB, Shafi Alam, become Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) in February ?He is a retired 1977 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Rizwan Ahmed appointed DGP of UP
Rizwan Ahmad has been appointed new DGP of Uttar Pradesh. He is a 1978 batch IPS officer.
(We said this on Dec 26, 2013)

Srivastava's meeting with Kejriwal raises speculations about next CS, Delhi?
Meeting between Sanjay Kumar Srivastava and Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi has fuelled speculations that he could be appointed new Chief Secretary of Delhi. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Deputation tenure of Monika Garg extended
Central deputation tenure of Ms Monika S Garg as Joint Secretary of Textiles has been extended till November 27. She is a 1989 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Nagaraj gets three months extension
Central deputation tenure of Ms Smith Nagaraj, IAS (TN:84) presently working as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence has been extended for a period of three months beyond January18, 2014.

R K Gupta is new ED of Bank of Maharashtra
R K Gupta has taken over as new Executive Director (ED) of the Bank of Maharashtra. Prior to this, he was GM in the Dena Bank.

Suresh Patel is new ED of OBC
Suresh Patel will join as Executive Director (ED) of the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC ) on January 1. Prior to this, he was GENERAL Manager in the Dena Bank.
(We said this on August 6, 2013)

Meghalaya CS gets six months extension
Meghalaya Chief Secretary WMS Pariat has been given six months extension in service. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on Dec 18, 2013)

D K Pathak appointed as Special DG, BSF
Devendra Kumar Pathak, presently working as Special DG, CRPF, has been appointed as Special DG, Border Security Force (BSF). He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on Dec 24, 2013)

Das to succeed Brahmachari in CSIR
Suresh Das, Director of the CSIR's National Institute for Inter-Disciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram will succeed Samir K Brahmachari as Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

Three CCs IT get addl charges
M K Mirani, CCIT-I, Delhi, has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT-XIII, Delhi while A K Sinha, CCIT, Shillong will hold additional charge of CCIT, Guwahati and C L Denzongpa, CCIT-IV, Kolkata is given
the charge of CCIT-II, Kolkata.

13 IFS officers in MP get selection grade
As many as 13 officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been accorded selection grade in Madhya Pradesh. The officers are: Uttam Kumar Sharma, Ravindra Saxena, O P Tiwari, Vikram Singh Parihar, Vicent Rahim, Ravikant Mishra, Shriramswarup Sikarwar, Sanjay Mohrir, Rewa Shankar Kori, Haldhar Prasad Jharia, Kailash Prasad Bangar, Om Prakash Uchadiya and Ashok Kumar Dimari.

Ms A K Brar joins as Director (T&M), IRCTC (UPDATED)
Ms A K Brar has taken over as Director (Tourism & Marketing), Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC).
(We said this on June 27, 2013)

Three new High Court Judges in MP likely this month
Three new High Court Judges Mssrs Sushil Palo, J K Jain and S K Gupta are likely to be appointed Judges in the Madhya Pradesh High Court this month.

Six officers of Gujarat State Service get IAS award
As many as six officers of Gujarat State Civil Service have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre. The officers are N L Pujara, M R Kothari, H K Patel, V A Vaghela, C S Chaudhari and S A Patel.

Will Manchanda return to Delhi ?
Ombudsman , Income Tax in Chandigarh, A K Manchanda, is likely to move Delhi in the same capacity this month. He is a 1976 batch retired IRS officer.

Post of Director (Engg) in NPCC vacant since April 2011
The post of Director (Engineering), National Projects Constructions Corporation Limited (NPCC) has been lying vacant since April 1, 2011. Meanwhile, V K Rattan, GM, NHPC, was selected on December 7, 2012 but he did not join citing some personal reasons.

Applications for GM/CEO, Railway Energy Mgmt Co invited
The Ministry of Railways has invited applications from the SAG level officers for the post of General Manager/ Chief Executive Officer, Railway Energy Management Company. Those willing to apply can send their applications within 30 days of advertisement.

Prakash Chandra relinquishes charge as Ombudsman
Prakash Chandra IRS 1973 batch has relinquished his charge as Ombudsman, of Income Tax Department at Delhi today on completion of his tenure of two years. Chandra has completed a long 40 years of distinguished service and is widely known and admired for his professional competence, integrity and positive attitude to help in every deserving case. He is equally well known in the social circles of Delhi, being President of the well known Delhi Gymkhana Club Ltd. Chandra comes from a very prominent UP family where his father was a Judge of High Court and two elder brothers have retired as Secretaries to Government of India. His youngest brother is presently with the election commission as Dy Election Commissioner. Being an Advocate before joining civil service, he is likely to join the Bar in
his new innings.

1984 batch IPS promoted as DG in J & K
Two 1984 batch IPS officers Rajender Kumar and P Lal Gupta have been promoted to the rank of DG in J & K.

Joint Secretary level post to fall vacant in Atomic Energy
A Joint Secretary level post is going to fall vacant in Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai till February 2014.

13 posts of Judges vacant in Andhra Pradesh HC
As many as 13 posts of Judges have been lying vacant against approved strength of 49 in Andhra Pradesh High Court. 13 posts of permanent Judges are vacant.

Anil Kumar likely to join central deputation
Anil Kumar is likely to join central deputation at Additional Director General level. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Sahay to be JS, Heavy Industries
Vishvajit Sahay has been appointed as Joint Secretary with the Department of Heavy Industries in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IDAS officer.

S P Mishra to be CGM in RBI
S P Mishra has been promoted to the rank of Chief General Manager (CGM) in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI.

Uddin posted as Asst Director (News) AIR, Lucknow
Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, Meraj Uddin has been posted as Assistant Director (News) AIR, Lucknow after promotion to Junior Grade of IIS Group 'A'.

Agarwal empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ashesh Agarwal has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an IRSME officer of 1984 batch.

Gopal Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Gopal Singh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service.

Lt Gen Sahni is GoC-in-C SWC
Lt Gen Arun Kumar Sahni has taken over as GoC-in-C of the South Western Command from Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan.

Official orders for BHEL CMD Rao's extension issued (UPDATED)

Official orders for BHEL CMD BP Rao's extension have been issued. A panel of secretaries set up by the Prime Minister's Office met on Monday over granting two years' post-retirement extension to Rao and decided in his favour. Rao was scheduled to retire on December 31.

V P Baligar appointed CMD of HUDCO (UPDATED)
V P Baligar, 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Karnataka cadre, has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of the public sector Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO).

Satyanarayan Mohanty appointed DG, Directorate General of Supplies & Disposal (UPDATED)
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Satyanarayan Mohanty, 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of AP cadre, as Director General of the Directorate General of Supplies & Disposal (DGS&D) under the Department of Commerce in the rank and pay of Secretary.

Ramasami gets additional charge of Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (UPDATED)
T Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, has been given the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for a period of three months or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Shaktikanta Das gets additional charge of Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (UPDATED)
Shaktikanta Das, Secretary, Department of Fertilizers, has been given the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals during the period of absence of leave of Indrajit Pal, IAS (AP:77), from December 31, 2013 to January 19, 2014. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

P K Malhotra gets additional charge of Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs (UPDATED)
P K Malhotra, ILS, Secretary, Legislative Department, has been given the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs for a period of three months with effect from December 31, 2013 till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders ,whichever is the earliest.

Anup Mishra is Chairman Board of Recenue in UP (UPDATED)
Anup Mishra has been appointed new Chairman of the Board of Revenue in Uttar Pradesh. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.

R K Sharma takes over as Vice Chief of Air Staff (UPDATED)
Air Marshal Ravi Kant Sharma has taken over as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) at Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan), New Delhi. An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, he was commissioned into the Fighters' stream of the IAF in June 1975. A Qualified Flying Instructor, he is an Experimental Test pilot who has flown around 3,300 hrs, on several different types of aircraft including the LCA.

Borgohain joins as Director (Pers), NEEPCO (UPDATED)
S B Borgohain, GM, PGCL, has taken over as Director (Personnel), North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO). He succeeded I P Barooah retired on December 31, 2013.
(We said this on June 19, 2013)

S K Sharma takes charge as CMD, BEL (UPDATED)
S K Sharma, Director, BEL, has taken over the charge as Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). He succeeded Anil Kumar retired on December 31, 2013.
(We said this on June 18, 2013)

5 IPS officers of 1989 batch promoted to ADGP (UPDATED)
As many as four officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1989 batch have been given postings after promotion to the grade of ADGP in Karnataka. Accordingly, P S Sandhu, on central deputation, in BSF while Amar Kumar Pandey will be ADGP, Civil Rights Enforcement, Bangalore and Dr P Ravindranath is ADGP, Karanataka State Reserve Police, Bangalore. Besides, Sanjay Sahay has been posted as ADGP, Police Computer Wing and T Suneel Kumar was made ADGP, Internal Security Division.


Reshuffle of IPS officers in Karnataka (UPDATED)
A number of IPS officers have been given posting after promotion in Karnataka .Accordingly, Sunil Agarwal has been appointed as IG, Excise Enforcement, Bangalore while Prashanth Kumar Thakur will be IG, State Human Rights Commission; Syed Ulfath Hussain is IG, Central Range Bangalor; K V Sharat Chandra as DIG & Joint Commissioner, Law and Order East; Dr D C Rajappa as SP, CID, Cyber, Bangalore; Labhu Ram as Deputy Commissioner, West Division, Bangalore City; K Thiyagarajan as SP, Internal Security Division, Bangalore; Ms Divya V Gopinath as SP, Chikkaballapura after promotion to Senior Time Scale; C H Sudheer Kumar Reddy as SP, Bidar after promtion to Senior Time Scale; Mrs Vartika Katiya promoted to Senior Time Scale and R Chetna was made SP, Chikmagalur after promotion to Senior Time Scale.

IPS officers promoted to IG in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Some IPS officers have been promoted to the IG in Karnataka. Accordingly, Seemant Kumar Singh promoted as IG, Police & Commander, Anti Naxal Force, Karkala Udupi district; R Hitender is promoted as IG and posted as Commissioner, Mangalore; Bijay Kumar Singh as IG, Chief Office, Bangalore; P Harishekaran as IG, Administration, Bangalore; M Nanundaswami promoted to IG; D Roopa promoted to IG and N Shivaprasad as IG.

6 IPS officers of 2005 batch get JAG in Karnataka (UPDATED)
As many as six officers belonging to Indian Police Service and 2005 batch have been promoted to Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Karnataka. The officers include: Abhishek Goyal, Kaushalendra Kumar, Raman Gupta, B R Ravikanthe Gowda, R Dileep and S N Siddaramapa.


Two IPS officers get selection grade in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Two IPS officers H S Revanna and T G Krishna Bhatta have been accorded selection grade in Karnataka.

36 IRTS officers get JAG (UPDATED)
As many as 36 IRTS officers have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). The officers include: Katikey Singh, WR; Kamlesh KUmar Mishra, WCR; sudeesh V C, SR; P rajalingam Basu, SWR; S K Biswas, SER; S K Sharma, WCR; Alok Gupta, WCR; P K Tiwari, WCR; S C Shukla, RDSO; M Umamaheswaran, SCR; R G Kanka Raj, SCR; L S R K Sastry, SCR; Cristopher Prabhakar J, SR; K V Prakasam SR; Anuj Bhargava, NWR; Stya Pal Mairh, NWR; T Padma Moham, WR; Prabir Sen, ER; K P Damodaran SR; A sridhar, SR; P K Samadhiay, NCR: R B Dixit, CR; R Ramachiary, NFR: B S Verma, J K Malmohtra, P K Jain, Atul Kumar Jain of NR; Dharam Nath Verma, ER; S L Sharma, NR; Ms Manju Tirkey, NCR; G Sriramulu, SWR; D Laksmanan, SR; K N Biswas, SER; Finny John Edwin C, SR; S M Gondane, SECR and B R Singh of NFR.

Panda takes over as Director (Pers), BCCL (UPDATED)
B K Panda, GM, MCL/CIL, has assumed the charge as Director (Personnel), Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL). He succeeded P E Kacchap retired on December 31, 2013.
(We said this on May 23, 2013)

CORPORATE

Jain appointed Non-official Director on Corporation Bank
Adish Kumar Jain has been appointed as part-time non official Director under Chartered Accountant category on the Board of Directors of Corporation Bank.

Ranjit Kumar appointed as OED, Patiala Bank Board
Ranjit Kumar has been appointed as Officer Employee Director on the Board of Directors of State Bank of Patiala.

Chaturvedi resigns as Whole-time Director & CEO, Jindal Stainless Limited
Uday Kumar Chaturvedi has resigned as Whole-time Director and Chief Executive Officer of Jindal Stainless Limited.

Gupta ceases to be Director, Punj Lloyd Limited
Pawan Kumar Gupta has ceased to be a Director of Punj Lloyd Limited.

Batra ceases to be Company Secy,. ICICI Bank Ltd
Sandeep Batra has ceased to be Company Secretary of ICICI Bank Limited.

Parmeshwaran appointed Company Secy., ICICI Bank Ltd
Sanker Parameswaran, Senior General Manager and Head, Corporate Legal Group has been appointed as Company Secretary of ICICI Bank Limited w.e.f. January 1, 2014.

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Role in filling up vacancies inconsistent
The GoI and its top bureaucracy's role in filling up vacancies are rather inconsistent, unjustified and appalling to say the least. While, GoI has given extension ( BHEL chief ) -may be a very deserving case. On the flip side on some very good functioning CEOs, have been issued memos on the concluding day of their long and engaging career, quoting frivolous reasons (witch-hunt). The bureaucracy's inconsistency and eccentricity is visible with putting such high filters, while seeking applications for top post of PSUs i.e.; like minimum five years residual service, making very competent ones with-in the organization ineligible. Do they expect a Harvard Grad joining, with peanut (butter) salary of CEOs ?. Further, such stance is making senior officers with lesser residual service (2-4 years) to sulk, demoralizing and entire functioning unit and twisting the organisational culture to non-performance. Wish and pray, some good sense prevails and the top bureaucracy, understand the folly or don't continue with their misendeavors .

Swarnalatha, N

Qualifying Civil Service exam not enough
I personally think that just by passing civil services exam and getting a seat in the foreign service, you do not become any expert in the foreign affairs of India or diplomacy of world. While I was in Washington DC years before, the word around US Dept of State and other US federal offices were that "Indian diplomats were thick headed/skinned, closed mined and don't do their jobs". The Group A of foreign service has only 600 members (China, USA, Russia and even Singapore and Japan has more numbers!). The Group A members in foreign service should be at least to a minimum of 2000.

Jose, Additional Secretary to Government of India (Retd.)

Alternative of stereotypes required
People always looked for an alternative of the stereotypes. Asom Gan Parishad, SP and BSP in UP etc were such phenomena but where they are. Hope AAP does not meet the same fate. Also hope that AAP goes to other states also as people are waiting for such an alternative. Last UP election saw one Dr. Ayub but he started taking like these parties only and you see where he is. Fingers crossed.

Prakash

IAS officers have no problems in working with technocrats
IAS officers have no problems in working with technocrats or anybody else. The IAS is a tool for the country's development and in sync with sister services like IPS, IRS etc. strives only to serve. There is no hesitation in the IAS about any elected representative, whether it be Kejriwal or anybody else and the service wishes him well as it wishes every elected representative well.

A K Singh

Phenomenal success of AAP
The phenomenal success of AAP, jet speed decisions taken hours after taking over as CM, transfer of 9 IAS Secretaries and restricting the use of beacon lights and security - all reminds me of the super hit Tamil Film Mudhalvan directed by Shankar and later dubbed in Hindi as Nayak. While everything is possible in a 3 hour masala movie, is it practical in day to day administration of a State like Delhi known for corruption and law and order problem to bring about sweeping changes over-night. Time alone will tell. However, may God bless Arvind Kejriwal with wisdom and courage.

K Raghuraman

Nationalist V/S Anti Nationalist
The call for volunteers from IITians by Arvind Kejriwal should not be given colour of Technocrats v/s Bureaucrats. In the interest of Nation our IAS fellows should realize that they are not God. In various Non IAS cadre also many efficient officers are available but they are not given chance by top IAS bureaucrats just to maintain IAS hegemony. Please be nationalist and do what is best for nation and not cadre else days are not far when IAS will also get same treatment what politicians are getting today. Writing on wall is very clear. Last but not the least many IAS fellows are very competent and efficient also.

AKS

America has not yet apologised
America has not yet apologised to India for the illegal arrest and detention of our diplomat nor has it dropped all charges against her for alleged violation of a US domestic law. After India withdrew the special privilege granted unilaterally to American diplomats alone of special passes at airports the US ambassador to India arrogantly demanded them back as she was going to Nepal on holiday. When this was refused by India, she cancelled her trip because unlike any other diplomat, leave aside an Aam Aadmi, she refuses to stand in a queue at the ticket check in counters at airports or allow herself to be frisked by woman constables at the airport! Such is the level of American arrogance ! This is a far cry from being arrested for breaking some domestic Indian law , stripped, handcuffed, chained and have her private parts searched for hidden narcotics and contraband. After all this was what Devyani Khogbarde was subjected to by the Americans in New York. Why don't we extend the same courtesy to the American ambassador? After all Athithi Rakshhas Bhaya in this Kaliyuga!

D Choudhury

Congratulation !
Congratulation to Arun Mishra, DG, Civil Aviation, on selection to the post of Regional Director, Asia- Pacific, International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). I wish him all success and a Happy New Year 2014.

.A K Verma, ISS

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