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Gujarat Bureaucracy Means Business (7)
Whispersinthecorridors.com's Business Editor Abul Hasan visited Gujarat Secretariat in Gandhi Nagar the other day and what he saw was unbelievable. He shares some of the unforgettable moments of his visit. Known for his commendable contribution during his tenure in Sardar Sarovar Namada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), Srinivas Katikithala, who is now Principal Secretary Revenue, has fruitful plans up his sleeves to raise the funds for the state government. SSNNL, it may be pointed out here, is a USD 10 Billion project that irrigates 18 Million Hecs and provides nearly 40 million people with safe drinking water. The 1989 batch IAS officer is these days totally occupied in fulfilling his mission.

Ahmed Patel is back in Congress power centre
Ahmed Patel is reportedly back in the power centre of the Congress Party. He is seen in private meetings with Rahul Gandhi.

Punjab to decide Indian politics along with UP ?
Why so much political activity in Punjab ? People say that money flows in the state and the international market. One who forms the Government with the support of money power will rule in the country.

FM to take review meeting of Financial Services on Sept 16?
The Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley is reported to be taking a review meeting of Department of Financial Services on September 16, 2016.

DEBATE
Topic for debate

Who is most well dressed politician in India as on date ?

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BUREAUCRACY


Will Sanjiv Singh be new Chief of IOC ?
If all goes well, Sanjiv Singh will be new Chief of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). He is presently Director (Refineries) in the IOC.

Who will be new Secretary I&B ?
The Government is in search of a hardworking and workaholic Secretary of Information and Broadcasting like Bimal Julka. One can only wait and watch.

Interview for Bank EDs on September 21
Interview for Executive Directors of the nationalised banks is going to take place in Mumbai on September 21.

Dr S S V Ramakumar selected as Director (R&D), IOCL
Dr S S V Ramakumar, ED, IOCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Research & Development), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 15, 2016. Only three persons appeared for the interviews.

Atul Bhatt appointed CMD, MECON Ltd
Atul Bhatt has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), MECON Limited.

Shiva Nand appointed OSD to Ananthkumar
Shiva Nand, Deputy Secretary, Lok Sabha Secretariat, has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Ananthkumar in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

Ms P V Bharati appointed as ED, Canara Bank
Ms P V Bharathi, GM, Canara Bank, has been appointed as Executive Director, Canara Bank for a period of three years.
(We said this on August 29 )

Krishna Prasad Nair appointed as DMD, IDBI Bank
Krishna Prasad Nair, Ed, IDBI, Bank Limited, has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director, IDBI Bank Limited till his retirement.
(We said this on August 30 )

Atul Kumar Goel appointed as ED, Union Bank of India
Atul Kumar Goel, GM Allahabad Bank, has been appointed as Executive Director, Union Bank of India for a period of three years.
(We said this on September 1)


S S Mallikarjuna Rao appointed as ED, Syndicate Bank
S S Mallikarjuna Rao, GM, Oriental Bank of Commerce, has been appointed as Executive Director, Syndicate Bank for a period of three years.
(We said this on September 6 )

Yadwadkar appointed as DMD, IDBI Bank
Gurudeo Madhukar Yadwadkar, ED, IDBI Bank Limited, has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director, IDBI Bank Limited for a period of three years.

Sanjiv Sharan appointed as ED, PNB
Sanjiv Sharan, GM, Punjab National Bank, has been appointed as Executive Director, Punjab National Bank till his retirement.
(We said this on September 2)

Papia Sengupta appointed ED, Bank of Baroda
Mrs Papia Sengupta has been appointed as Executive Director in Bank of Baroda.

Santosh Varma appointed Counsellor, High Commission, Colombo
Santosh Varma has been appointed as Counsellor, High Commission of India, Colombo for a period of three years. He is a 2001 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Harkesh Meena to join DFCCIL on deputation
An Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) officer, Harkesh Meena is joining Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) on deputation as Deputy CPM Finance at Ahmedabad.

DPC of IIS held in July but orders yet to be issued
DPC has cleared promotion of four IIS officer to ADG in the last week of July this year. More than one month has passed but Ministry of I & B has not issued their promotion orders till date.

Madan is ahead for NISG CEO ?
Vijay Madan (1981, UT) is said to be ahead in the race for CEO, National Institute of Smart Governance position .Interview is going to take place on Friday.

JS attending 2nd foreign training programme in three months ?
One joint Secretary of a ministry is going to attend second foreign training programme in a span of three months . The officer attended one training this in June in Australia and NOW going to attend second such training to USA starting fromSept 17, 2016.

Scooters India Limited to get new CMD soon
Scooters India Limited (SIL) is expected to get full time Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) after one year. The post has been lying vacant since August 3, 2015.

HPC falls into a decline?
Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPC), one of the Public Sector Undertakings of Government of India, is reported to have been facing financial crisis.

A K Mittal appointed Director, NSIC
Anuj Kumar Mittal has been appointed Director (Finance), National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC).

Anandi Ramalingam appointed Director, BEL
Mrs Anandi Ramalingam has been appointed Director (Marketing), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).

A K Singh appointed Director, ECL
Ajay Kumar Singh has been appointed as Director (Technical), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL).

Sanjeev Singhal appointed as Director, MIDHANI
Sanjeev Singhal has been appointed as Director (Finance) in Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI).

R G Rao appointed Managing Director, HNL
Rokkam Gopala Rao has been appointed as Managing Director, Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL).

R Sreenivasulu appointed Chairman & MD, SIL
R Sreenivasulu has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director, Scooters India Limited (SIL).

Two IES officers given new postings
Sukhdeep Singh has been appointed as Assistant Director (MR), Department of Economic Affairs while Dr Ramesh Kumar Yadav was posted as Assistant Director in the Department of Commerce.

Two IRS officers given new postings
The following IRS-IT officers in the grade of Joint/Additional Commissioner of Income Tax have been given new postings. Accordingly, Sumitra Banerjee has been transferred to Nagpur Region while Chander Sain Bharti was posted to UP (East).

Three more IAS officers shifted in UP-Deepak Singhal is now Chairman
Three more IAS officers have been shifted in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Deepak Singhal has been appointed as Chairman, State Vigilance Commission while Dr Anup Chandra Pandey was posted as Finance Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Finance with additional charge of Secretary, Medical Education and Bhuvnesh Kumar is appointed as Secretary, Professional Education and Skill Development with additional charge of Divisional Commissioner, Lucknow.

S M Channe appointed as Secretary, Maharasthra Election Commission
S M Channe, Managing Director, Maharashtra Film, Stage and Cultural Development Corporation, Mumbai has been posted as Secretary, State Election Commission in Maharashtra. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer ofMaharashtra.

19 posts of IG increased in BSF
As many as 19 posts of Inspector General (IG) in Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) level have been increased in group 'A' Executive officers in Border Security Force (BSF).

N V Kumar is also Secretary, Postal Services Board
N Vinod Kumar has been given an additional charge of Secretary, Postal Services Board. He is a 1994 batch Indian Postal Service officer.

Satish Chandra designated as Senior Advocate
Justice Satish Chandra, former Judge of High Court, has been designated as Senior Advocate.

26 CSS officers transferred after promotion
As many as 26 officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been transferred to different departments after promotion to the grade of Deputy Secretary. Accordingly, Chandan Mukherjee has been shifted to Water Resources while N K Singh was posted to Coal and Raj Kumar is being moved to Health. Similarly, P Haridasan Pillai has been shifted to Tourism, C S Mishra to RD, Sobana Pramod to Statistics & PI; R Sathya Narayan to UPSC; Pushpa George to UPSC; Padma Ganesh to Commerce; P T Jameskutty to NCST; Mahendra Pratap to Coal; Shiv Pratap Singh Tomar to Defence; Rekha Sharma to Fertilizer; Rajni Tanjea to Ag &FW; Sudhir Kumar Gupta to MHA; A Ushabala to UPSC; K V Unnikrishnan to Retention; A R Sengupta to DARE; Kishan Pal to UPSC; Sanjay Wadhwan to P&PW; Renu Satija and Rajendra Singh Jayal to UD; Victor James to SJE; Raj Sekhar Sikadar to UPSC; Pradeep Kumar to MHA and Kunwar M S Khalsa was posted to Food & PD.

Contact basis appointment of Dr Gautam as Director, NMMA extended
The appointment of Dr Meena Gautam as Director, National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA) on contract basis, has been extended till November 30, 2016.

CBI registers case against then CMD, United Bank of India
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against then Chairman & Managing Director, United Bank of India. During his posting, she had abused her official position and obtained certain amounts for herself or for a New Delhi based private firm (owned by her husband and her son), from the companies to whom various credit facilities were granted by the banks, where she had worked.

74 officers promoted to JTS in ISS
As many as 74 officers have been promoted to Junior Time Scale (JTS) in Indian Statistical Service (ISS). They are: Ramji Lal Meena, J P Meena, Ram Kailash Meena, I C Kala, Venkatachalam T S, V K Srivastava, M K Dube, U K Saxena, U K Gupta, Balasubramanian M, M S Mohan Pillai, V Kalyanasundaram Vanni Alagar, Vaithianathan R, C J Varghese, Sukbhir Tyagi, Ram Bhawan, Sanjay V Edlabadkar, R S Kohli, Srinarayan Rabidas, P S Maurya, Daya Ram, Dawa Tshering Bhutia, Tar Tshering Lepcha, Benudhar Narzary, Bhimseshwar Rao T, G C Shah, A V Kakhandiki, P M Udankar, Sovendra Bhowmik, R Thilagam, Lal Jugal Prasad Ray, Naresh Kumar Angad G Surwase, G S Bisht;S C Tripathi, A R Limbad, C D Yadav, N C Baidya, Reeta Kalita, D C Upreti, V M Kshire, B Kashi Nath Shastri, A U Junaid, Rai Bahadur Koul, M K Kaul, A K Panda, I Ahmed, J I Barad, Reena Bala Das, Jagbir Singh, Devasayam B, S D Meena, B Karibasappa, Animesh Deb, Munindra Kumar Chakraborty, P Chakraborty, M Baskaran Muthusamandy, S Edward, R Kaladharan, K Chandra Kumar, V Krishna Rao P, D K Bhatnagar, Dinesh Kumar Trivedi, M C Tyagi, R C Saini, Iqbal Waris, D V Hanumantha Rayappa, Rajinder Kumar, R S Verma, Soorianathan K L K, P P Patwari, P N Pandita, B S Bhan and K Mallikarjun.

Eight ISS officers at JTS level transferred
As many as eight officers of Indian Statistical Service (ISS) of Junior Time Scale (JTS) have been transferred and posted to different places. Accordingly, Vineesh P P has been shifted to Kozhikode while B P Majhi was posted to Gwalior and J K Bhagora is appointed to Valsad. Similarly, R C Naik has been transferred to Sambalpur; Sandip Kumar Sadhu to Guwahati; Pragya Singh Naruka to Jaipur; Monika to Jaipur and Somnath Jan was posted to Kolkata.

Pandey is now PS Finance in Odisha
Tuhin Kanta Pandey is back to the parent Odisha cadre from central deputation. On return 1987 batch IAS officer Pandey has been appointed Principal Secretary Finance in the state.

Justice Sharma moves to Uttarakhand High Court
Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Rajiv Sharma has been moved to the Uttarakhand High Court.

Tenure of Tejveer Singh as Joint Director, LBSNAA extended (UPDATED)
The central deputation tenure of Tejveer Singh as Joint Director in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, has been extended upto March 31, 2017. Tejveer, who belongs to a 1994 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre, has been given extension for the second time after January 2014.

Tenure of Ms Talwar as Joint Director, LBSNAA extended (UPDATED)
The central deputation tenure of Ms Jaspreet Talwar as Joint Director in lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, has been extended upto March 31, 2017. She is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Mrs Padma Angmo gets second extension (UPDATED)
The central deputation tenure of Mrs Padma Angmo as Deputy Secretary, Election Commission of India, has been extended upto December 31, 2016 for the second time. Mrs Angmo, who is a 2002 batch officer of Indian Information Service, was given extension of six months in January this year.

7 officers of Sikkim awarded IAS cadre (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers of Sikkim State Civil Service have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre. The officers are: Ambika Pradhan, L B Chettri, Tenzing Dolkar, Yasoda Bhandari, Samten Dolma, K P Sharma and H K Sharma.

A K Pal granted 3 months extension as Director, FICC (UPDATED)
The tenure of A K Pal as Director, Fertilizer Industry Coordination Committee (FICC), has been extended for a period of three months up to November 16, 2016. He is a 1997 batch Indian Cost Account Service officer (ICoAS).

G S P Das goes to Andhra Pradesh on inter cadre deputation (UPDATED)
G S Panda Das has been granted an inter cadre deputation from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh cadre for a period of three years. He is a 2006 batch officer of Telangana cadre.

Otem Dai granted extension as Director, NEIFM (UPDATED)
The deputation tenure of Otem Dai as Director, North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM), Pasighat has been extended for a period of one year. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ashok Kumar Verma appointed as Director (Mktg), FACT (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Verma, General Manager, GAIL (India) Limited, has been appointed as Director (Marketing), Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) for a period of five years. The post has been lying vacant since June 2015.

Additional charge of Clean Ganga Mission to OSD (UPDATED)
Amarjeet Singh, OSD in Water Resources Ministry has been given additional charge of Mission Director, National Clean Ganga Mission.

FM addresses CMDs, MDs, CEOs of PSU Banks (UPDATED)
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley took a review meeting of Chairman/Managing Directors/CEOs of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) & Financial Institutions (FIs) to assess quarterly performance.

Ajay Yadav appointed as Deputy Secretary, Commerce (UPDATED)
Ajay Yadav has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Commerce. He is a 2006 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Tenure of Rama Shankar Sinah as Director, Ayush curtailed (UPDATED)
The tenure of Rama Shankar Sinha as Director in the Ministry of Ayush has been curtailed after he was appointed as Additional Commissioner Forestry. He is a 1995 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Mukesh Lal appointed as Joint Secretary, UPSC (UPDATED)
Mukesh Lal has been appointed as Joint Secretary at Director level in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is a 1996 batch ITS officer.

Pankaj Tyagi appointed as Director, Agriculture (UPDATED)
Pankaj Tyagi has been appointed as Director in the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare. He is a 1998 batch CWES officer.

Pramod Kumar Thakur appointed as Director, Minority Affairs (UPDATED)
Pramod Kumar Thakur has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. He is a 2001 batch ISS officer.

Ms Ruchika Gupta appointed as Joint Secretary, UPSC (UPDATED)
Ms Ruchika Gupta has been appointed as Joint Secretary at Director level in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). She is a 2001 batch ISS officer.

Angshumali Rastogi appointed as Director, Civil Aviation (UPDATED)
Angshumali Rastogi has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. He is a 1995 batch IRSME officer.

Sanjib Kumar Roy selected as Director (P&T), NALCO (UPDATED)
Sanjib Kumar Roy, ED (Prod), NALCO, has been selected for the post of Director (Project & Technical), National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held onSeptember 16, 2016. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE


Chaudhari appointed CMD of MOIL Ltd
MOIL Limited has appointed M P Chaudhari as a Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Rakesh ceases to be GMB Nominee on Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited Board
A K Rakesh, IAS, has resigned as the Nominee of Gujarat Maritime Board on the Board of Directors of Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited.

Nakagawa appointed Chairman of Isuzu Motors India
Hiroshi Nakagawa has been appointed as Chairman of Isuzu Motors India.

Poddar appointed Independent Director of Welspun India Limited
Welspun India Limited has appointed Pradeep Poddar as an Independent Director of the company.

Sohoni resigns as Independent Director of PI Industries Limited
Dr Venkatrao S Sohoni has resigned as Independent Director of PI Industries Limited.

Lodha resigns as Independent Director of Tulip Star Hotels Ltd
Mahendra Lodha has resigned as Independent Director of Tulip Star Hotels Ltd.

Two Independent Directors cease to be on Board of GMR Infrastructure Ltd
V Santhanaraman and Dr Prakash G Apte have ceased to be Independent Directors of GMR Infrastructure Ltd.

Jain appointed CS of Genesys International Corporation Ltd
Genesys International Corporation Limited has appointed Kushal V Jain as Company Secretary of the company.

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DEBATE (2)

Except Narendra Modi no one else

Girja


Whispers should also cover GSI

Every year nearly two hundred (200) Gr. 'A' officers are recruited through Combined Geo-sciences Examination conducted by UPSC. These officers are mostly posted in the Geological Survey of India and they are part of Organised Services of the Central Govt. I have never come across any news item about these officers in 'Whispers'! In terms of strength of number, this cadre of Geologists in GSI constitutes one of the most formidable organised central services and normally from them the Apex post of DG, GSI is filled up. In order to make 'Whispers' more broad based, news relating to career profile of these officers may also be included.

Gautam Bhattacharya

Take persons of PSUs instead of from IAS

In this parlance without any accusation it is a fact that IAS officers should not be taken as they don't have long drawn management skills and their exposure is fragmented with diversity like rolling stone gathering no mass. Instead the person should be drawn from any PSU as they have straight line and linear progression and they understand things both from micro and macro level as can easily be seen in case of meteoric rise of Air India as the seven bureaucrats predecessors to Ashwini Lohani, an IRSME official, took the Air India to shambles and how it could come out of grave so beautifully. It is correctly said for IAS that perversity is parading as morality and only this service is gets responsibility without accountability.

Mahendra Goel, Green Park, New Delhi

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