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Who will succeed Kamath?
Who will succeed KV Kamath as non-executive Chairman of ICICI Bank? Tie is said to be between Dilip Choksi and Homi R Khusrokhan.


Do Marathi background officers get importance?
Heard in the corridors of power- Marathi background officers get importance in the NDA Government. Any particular reason?


A trend for senior appointments
Government of India's appointment of K V Kamath as BRICS Bank chief indicates that expertise will be sought from outside government as well. This has cheered many private sector professionals who would like to contribute, while at least two senior IAS officers who were eyeing the job are downcast. Is this a trend for senior appointments in future?


Many countries favoured Kamath's nomination
In the corridors of power, whisper is that Prime Minister Modi has managed to get the support of member countries for the first chairman of BRICs Bank. It is said that MV Kamath was PM's choice.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Member, EC - retired or serving?
If rumours are to be believed, names of a couple of serving and retired IAS officers from Uttarakhand, UP and Rajasthan are in circulation for the post of second EC of ECI. Whether he will be a senior or junior to new Member, Achal Kumar Jyoti?


New EC, Jyoti to be next CEC
New Election Commissioner, Achal Kumar Jyoti will be Chief Election Commissioner on July 6, 2017 after retirement of present CEC SM Zaidi. Jyoti, former 1975 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre would remain CEC for six months.


Will Khatri be Chairman of Coffee Board?
Dr Raj Kumar Khatri is likely to be appointed Chairman of Coffee Board of India. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.


Kamble in trouble in Maharashtra !
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is reportedly annoyed with 1997 batch IAS officer Harshdeep Kamble. Is Kamble in trouble?


Frantic search on for MD, BBNL
There are no takers for Modi government's prestigious National Optical Fibre Network Project and only one IAS officer has applied for the post of MD so far.


Chaudhary gets three months' extension
KV Chaudhary, Adviser to SIT on black-money has been given three months' extension.


Who will be new Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu?
In case K Gananadesikan is changed, who will be new Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu? Tie will be between two 1982 batch IAS officers K Skandan and CV Sankar.


CMDE AN Sonsale selected as CMD, NEPA Ltd
CMDE AN Sonsale has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, NEPA Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 14, 2015. As many as four persons were interviewed for the same.


Appointment of Mrs Borah as CMD, OIL likely to be delayed?
Appointment of Mrs RS Borah, Director (Finance), OIL, as Chairman and Managing Director, Oil India Limited (OIL) is expected to be delayed as her file has reportedly not been forwarded as yet to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for its clearance. A vacancy of this post is arising on July 1, 2015.

Orders of M S Rao for Director (Ope&Tech), DCIL issued
The orders for appointment of M S Rao, GM, DCIL, as Director (Operations & Technical), Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCIL) have reportedly been issued by the Government of India.


Orders of Sanjay Gupta for CMD, EIL issued
Orders for appointment of Sanjay Gupta, Director (Commercial), EIL, as Chairman and Managing Director, Engineers India Limited (EIL) have reportedly been issued by the Government of India.


Ms Medha Roopam shifted to UP cadre
Ms Medha Roopam has been transferred from AGMUT to Uttar Pradesh cadre on grounds of marriage to Manish Bansal, a 2014 batch IAS officer of UP cadre. Ms Roopam is a 2014 batch IAS officer.


Dinesh Kumar transferred to AP cadre
Dinesh Kumar, a 2013 batch IAS officer has been transferred from Manipur-Tripura to Andhra Pradesh cadre on grounds of marriage to Ms Vijaya K, a 2013 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.


Karape posted as PD, IT Audit, CAG, Delhi
J S Karape, Principal Director of Audit, Defence Services, Pune, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director (IT Audit) in the office of CAG, Delhi. He is a 1995 batch IA&AS officer.


Ms Burman is CVO, ITI
Ms Shouli Burman has been appointed CVO of the Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) Bangalore. She is a 1990 batch IPoS officer.

Inter-cadre deputation tenure of Maneesh Chaudhary to UT extended
An inter-cadre deputation of Maneesh Chaudhary as Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic & Security) in the UT, Chandigarh has been extended for a period of one year beyond May 7, 2015. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.


Sunil Kumar is also Finance Director (Exp) I, Railway Board
Sunil Kumar, Directior Finance (X) II, has been assigned an additional charge of Finance Director (Expenditure)I, Railway Board. He is an IRAS officer.


PESB too fast to issue advertisement for CMD, MECL
No sooner did the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) fail to select suitable candidate for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) at selection meeting held on May 5, 2015 than it issued advertisement for the post seeking applications before June 12, 2015. The post is falling vacant on December 1, 2015.


Madras HC case - action is imminent?
If sources are to be believed, GoI & SC have conveyed its displeasure on the developments at Madras High Court. Both are of the view that to avoid such incidents in future, thorough action is required.


Raise foreign allowances to PB Correspondents-MIB
It is said that the ministry of I & B has written to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to raise foreign allowances to Prasar Bharti correspondents. MEA had reduced the allowances in 2010 due to which, IIS officers are not taking interest in foreign postings.


IPS officer Ashok Tiwari deputed as MD, HRTC in Himachal
Ashok Tiwari, who was IG, Welfare & Administration, has been deputed as Managing Director, HRTC, Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of HP cadre.


Sukh Ram Meena gets premature repatriation
Sukh Ram Meena, Director, Inter-State Council Secretariat, has been accorded a premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1993 batch ISS officer.


Praveen Mahto empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Praveen Mahto has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1992 batch officer of Indian Economic Service.

Mrs Manju Rajpal posted as Director, Cabinet Secretariat
Mrs Manju Rajpal has been shifted as Director in the Cabinet Secretariat in Government of India. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Booklet written by Dr Panda released in Varansi
A Booklet written by Dr S K Panda , Secretary Textiles in the Government of India was released by Ram Naik, the Governor of Uttar pradesh and MInister of State Textiles( Independant Cahrge) Santosh Kumar Gangwar at Varansi on the 13th May 2015.

Mrs Gitanjali Gupta Kundra posted as Transport Commissioner in Delhi Govt
Mrs Gitanjali Gupta Kundra has been appointed as Transport Commissioner in Delhi Government. She is a 1996 batch officer of UT cadre.

Sanjiv Ahuja is also CMD, DSIIDC
Sanjiv Ahuja has been given an additional charge of CMD, Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (DSIIDC).


Tenure of Deependra Singh, Director (Marketing) IREL is extended
Deependra Singh, Director (Marketing) of Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) tenure has been extended for a period of five years wef 23.05.2015 till the date of his superannuation or until further orders whichever is earliest. Deependra Singh is MTech (Industrial Design), MBA (Marketing)


Jaswant Singh Dua transferred to Port Moresby
Indian Foreign Service officer, Jaswant Singh Dua has been transferred to Port Moresby against a vacant post.


Ms Bishnoi returns from deputation to IRCTC
Upon return from deputation to IRCTC, Ms Shilpi Bishnoi has been posted in the cadre of Northern Railway. She is an IRTS officer.


Ms Promila Gupta transferred to Northern Railway
Ms Promila Gupta has been transferred from CORE to Northern Railway. She is an IRTS officer.


Rajesh Kumar shifted to Northern Railway
Rajesh Kumar has been transferred from IRITM to Northern Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Arun Shrivastava appointed as MD &CEO, Syndicate Bank (UPDATED)
Arun Shrivastava has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Syndicate Bank.
(We said this on Dec 23, 2014 & Apr 10,2015))

Orders of Shankarnarayanan as ED, Bank of India issued (UPDATED)
The orders of R Shankarnarayanan, GM, Bank of India, for appointment as Executive Director of Bank of India have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on April 10, 2015)

Pankaj Rag is also Member Secretary, National Monument Authority (UPDATED)
Pankaj Rag, Joint Secretary, Culture, has been entrusted with an additional charge of Member Secretary, National Monument Authority. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Tenure of Manoj Pant as CVO, BPCL extended (UPDATED)
Central deputation tenure of Manoj Pant as chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has been extended for a period of two years beyond May 5, 2015. He is a 1986 batch IFS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Ms Ritu Pande appointed as Director, Heavy Industries (UPDATED)
Ms Ritu Pande has been appointed as Director in the Department of Heavy Industries. She is a 1997 batch ITS officer.

Conference of States / UTs on Disaster Management on May 16 (UPDATED)
The Government of India has started reviewing the status of preparedness of dealing with the worst-case scenario resulting from the South-West Monsoon, 2015 and other disaster management related issues. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has convened on May 16, 2015 the Annual Conference of Relief Commissioners and the Secretaries of the Departments of Disaster Management of States and Union Territories to discuss these issues in detail. Representatives of other related departments will also attend the conference.

Two IPS officers shifted in UP (UPDATED)
Mrs Dipika Tiwari has been appointed as Commandant, 9th battalion PAC, Moradabad while Shivasimpi Channappa was made SP, Hatharas in Uttar Pradesh.

Tapas Ray is Director, Tourism in Tripura (UPDATED)
Tapas Ray has taken over the charge as Director, Tourism in the Government of Tripura.

Swapan Dasgupta is now Independent Director in L&T (UPDATED)
Noted journalist Swapan Dasgupta has been nominated as Independent Director in the L&T.

K Vijay Raghavan to continue holding charge of Secretary, S&IR till July (UPDATED)
K Vijay Raghavan, Secretary, Biotechnology, has been told to continue holding an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (S&IR) till July 31, 2015.

Binod Kumar Singh deputed as OSD to Rajnath Singh (UPDATED)
Binod Kumar Singh has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Rajnath Singh, Home Minister at Director level. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ms Anita Agnihotri is also Secretary, Persons with Disabilities (UPDATED)
Ms Anita Agnihotri, Secretary, Social Justice & Empowerment, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Person with Disabilities till the return of Lov Verma from leave. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Satish Kumar Kalra gets charge of MD&CEO, Andhra Bank (UPDATED)
Satish Kumar Kalra, ED, has been entrusted with an additional charge of MD and CEO of Andhra Bank for a period of three months.

Rahul Gosain deputed as Director, Electronics & IT (UPDATED)
Rahul Gosain has been deputed as Director in the Department of Electronics & Information Technology for a period of five years. He is a 1994 batch IRSME officer.

Ashok Dohre promoted to DGP grade in MP (UPDATED)
Ashok Dohre has been promoted to the grade of Director General of Police in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

3 IPS officers shifted after promotion to DIG rank in MP (UPDATED)
Three IPS officers of 2001 batch have been transferred and posted different places after promotion to the grade of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, J S Kushwaha has been posted as DIG, RAPTC, Indore while R P Singh will be DIG, Chhindwara range and Nawal Singh is DIG, PTRI, PHQ, Bhopal.

8 IPS officers get JAG in MP (UPDATED)
As many as eight IPS Officers of 2002 batch have been accorded Junior Time Scale with effect from January 1, 2015 in Madhya Pradesh. The officers are: Abhya Singh, K K Sharma, Rajeshwar Prasad, R K Arusiya, Raman Singh Sikarwar, Dilip Kumar Singh, G J Pandey and R S Meena.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in MP (UPDATED)
As many as 57 IPS officers, including senior, have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Rishi Kumar Shukla has been appointed as Chairman, MP Police Housing Corporation while Maithilisharan is now DGP, Home Guard and Dr R K Garg will be ADG, Disaster Management, Home Guard, Bhopal. Similarly, S K Pandey has been appointed as ADG, PTRI, PHQ, Bhopal; R K Tandon gets charge of ADG, SCRB, PHQ; Kailash Makwana gets additional charge of ADG, Recruitment, PHQ; Mrs Sushma Singh as ADG, Human Rights Commission; Milind Kanaskar as ADG, RAPTC, Indore; Mrs Pragya Richa Shrivastava as IG, SAF, PHQ, Bhopal; K Baburao as IG, Shahdol range; Pankaj Kumar Shrivastava as IG, CID, PHQ; K P Khare as IG, Sagar range; A K Singh as IG, Rail, Bhopal; Pawan Kumar Shrivastava as IG, SAF, Indore; Vedprakash Sharma as IG, Personnel, IG, Bhopal; Anil Kumar Gupta as IG, CID Coordination, PhQ; R S Meena as IG, Anti-Naxal Operation, PhQ; Ashutosh Roy as IG, SAF, Gwalior; Mrs Meenakshi Sharma as IG, Narcotics, Indore; Md Shahid Absar as IG, Management, PhQ; Rakesh Gupta as DIG, Ujjain range; Santosh Kumar Singh as DIG, Arban Indore; Raman Singh as SSP, Bhopal and with additional charge of DIG, Urban, Bhopal; G G Pandey as Commandant, 1st Bt SAF, Indore; D K Singh as Commandant 6th Bt SAF, Jabalpur; Harinarayan Chari Mishra as SP, Gwalior; Avinash Sharma as SP, Ratlam; Anil Kumar Sharma as SP, Shajapur; Ashish as SP, Jabalpur; Akhilesh Jha as SP, PHQ, Indore; Anil Maheshwar as SP, PhQ, Bhopal;Irshad Wali as SP, Datia; Sanjay Kumar as SP, Satna; Ashok Kumar Goyal as Commandant 18th Bt SAF, Shivpuri; Sushant Kumar as SP, Shahdol; Manish Kapuria as SP, Sehore; Chandrashekar Solanki as SP, Umaria; Mrs Chaitra N as commandant 2nd Bt, SAF, Gwalior; Anurag Sharma as SP, Anuppur; M L Chhari as SP, Dindori; Vinit Khanna as SP, Morena; Mrs Himani Khanna as commandant, 5th Bt SAF, Morena; Mrs Krisnaveni D as Commandant, 34th Bt SAF, Dhar; Kumar Saurabh as SP, Alirajpur; Roldolf Alvaraj as SP, Sinrauli; Tarun Nayak as SP, Neemuch;Navneet Bhasin as SP, Bhind; D Kayan Chakravorty as SP, West Indore; Abid Khan as SP, Jhabua; Nimish Agrawal as SP, Tikamgarh; Md Yusuf as SP, Shivpuri; Aditya Pratap Singh as Commandant 13 Bt SAF, Gwalior; Asit Yadav as Commandant 7 Bt SAF, Bhind; Ms Isha Pant as Commandant, 14th Bt SAF, Bhind; Lodha Rahul Kumar as Commandant, 35th Bt SAF, Mandla; Saurabh Mishra as AIG, PhQ, Bhopal and Ms Simala Prasad was posted as Commandant, 26th Bt SAF, Guna.

DEBATE - Who uses whom ?

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CORPORATE

Lauermann appointed President & MD of Volkswagen India Private Ltd
Dr Andreas Lauermann has been appointed as President and Managing Director of Volkswagen India Private Ltd w.e.f. July 1, 2015

Puradupadhye appointed Addl. Director, Golden Carpets Ltd
Golden Carpets Ltd has appointed Pramod Hariharrao Puradupadhye as Additional Director of the company

Goenka appointed Chairman, Ellora Paper Mills Ltd
Ellora Paper Mills Ltd has appointed Sunil Goenka as Chairman of the company.

Chowdhry resigns as Independent Director of Oscar Investments Ltd
Anuj Chowdhry has resigned as Non-Executive and Independent Director of Oscar Investments Ltd

Rahul appointed Director of Green Field Agri Ventures Ltd
Green Field Agri Ventures Ltd has appointed R C Rahul as Director of the company

Ms Gada resigns as CS of GCM Capital Advisors Ltd
Ms Komal V Gada has resigned as Company Secretary of GCM Capital Advisors Ltd

Ms Jain appointed Director of Oswal Yarns Ltd
Oswal Yarns Ltd has appointed Ms Mamta Jain as Woman Director of the company.

(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

DEBATE (1)

Only politicians use, mostly chief ministers. And bureaucrats allow to be used to get good postings.

RD Verma


Thank you Prime Minister, Biometric attendance is dead

Sir, With the blessings of successive governments, I used to work for 4 hours in the office and am used to getting full pay. That way I get ample time to attend to my side business. I was really scared when this biometric attendance was made compulsory. Now my bosses in Income Tax Department have told me that there is no more pressure to install biometric system, therefore it will not be installed in other buildings. This is a great relief.
I am not concerned about the plight of common citizen, unless I work less and delay their refund etc. they will not grease my palm. I have a vested right to work less and make extra bucks. After all, everybody is making extra money be it a cop or administrative service man. See Mr. Maini, who was taking money in US dollars and not in Indian rupee. You see it is no use taking money in Indian currency as value of rupee decreasing.

Another thing for which I am thankful is postponing the requirement of declaring all my movable assets. Does not DoPT realise that this rule will make it difficult for me to invest my under the table earnings. Thankfully Govt has postponed the retrograde notification which would only have demotivated majority like me.

An IRS officer


Modi's charisma and speaking skills alone brought NDA to power ?

PM, Modi should understand that it is not his charisma and speaking skills alone that brought NDA to power, it is the negative impact of the lacklustre leadership of the then PM, Manmohan Singh who had no qualms in functioning as a servant of the unconstitutional Congress head. He had no control over his ministerial colleagues.Corruption reached sky rocketing levels. Modi exploited to its hilt. But Modi appears to have forgotten his steps. What happened to CWG scam,Tetra scam, oil for votes scam, HDW scam, helicopter scam, black money returns etc. All appears to be in limbo. His FM, himself a defeated candidate in the last elections is humming the same tune of UPA and harping on double taxation treaty instead of going full hog against the black money hoarders abroad..If one considers Jaya's trial it may take two or three decades to complete. People expected Modi to constitute a high power truth commission with prosecuting and punishing powers with powers of appeal only to SC, to facilitate a time bound trial. Investigation should be conducted against all politicians including ministers and bureaucrats for disproportionate assets. It is a few weeks back accusations were made against a Kerala UPA Minister, who has a rags to rich story behind him, allegedly selling budget every year. The Congress CM, his Excise Minister and Muslim League Education Minister have all been accused of siphoning thousands of crores.

N Krishnan


Foreign Postings of PPS

In response to today's whispers about overseas posting of PPS -

Class I Officers of the rank of PPS/SPPS/PSO in Ministry of External Affairs are saving precious foreign exchange of Government by performing multifarious tasks, encompassing the wide range of Administration, Consular, Protocol, Commercial, Political, Press/Information/Culture etc., apart from Secretarial work just to ensure that Minimum Government and Maximum Governance envisioned by Modi Government is implemented in letter and spirit. Such a wide ranging reach in work profile of Officers of Stenographers Cadre has made the life of middle level officers of Clerical Cadre insecure, as, barring a few, mostly this lot is interested only in enjoying the spoils of foreign posting without bringing any value-addition to the system. Further, lately, the divisive activities of clerical cadre of IFS (B), undercutting the Administration in MEA, has invited the ire of many in the system. Nowhere in the Government of India or elsewhere the induction into civil services [IAS/IFS] is ante-dated by 3-years as is done in the case of IFS[B] whose entry level is LDC !

Prabha Dutta


Saving precious foreign exchange

Class I Officers of the rank of PPS/SPPS/PSO in Ministry of External Affairs are saving precious foreign exchange of Government by performing multifarious tasks, encompassing the wide range of Administration, Consular, Protocol, Commercial, Political, Press/Information/Culture etc., apart from Secretarial work. Thus, Minimum Government and Maximum Governance envisioned by Modi Government is implemented in letter and spirit. Such a wide ranging reach in work profile of Officers of Stenographers Cadre has made the life of middle level officers of Clerical Cadre insecure, as, barring a few, mostly this lot is interested only in enjoying the spoils of foreign posting without bringing any value to the system. Further, lately, the divisive activities of clerical cadre of IFS (B), undercutting the Administration in MEA, has the invited the ire of many in the system.

B. Sundaram


Cabinet rank to outstanding sportpersons

The action of the MP Government to honour outstanding sportsmen of national level is laudable. It is certainly desirable and worthwhile giving them awards and cash benefits. But the decision to give them the status of a Cabinet Minister can be called into question. Nobody who has not been sworn in as a Minister should be extended the facilities and privileges of a Minister like flying the National Flag and flaunting the red beacon light on the hood of the car. It is creating unnecessary VIP classes. Why does a sportsperson need a State owned car with these VIP decorations. As it is the VIP culture in our country is an eye sore and a pain in the neck. In a democracy the less number of VIPs we have the better and that too such VIPs should use these official indicators of their status only during emergencies and not during the normal run of life. These only serve to create barriers between this class and the aam aadmi. Defence service and Police officers of senior ranks who are entitled to star plates and service flags during their active service surrender these on their superannuation.

SC Agrawal

DG Police Retd.



OROP by end of May ?

We are not sure that OROP will be announced by end of May 2015.

K B Mathur

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