A Kolkata-based steel company looks for experienced IAS/IPS officers

Responding to the Short Take that I posted on April 30, analyzing how Indian bureaucrats are no longer leaving their secured jobs to become CEOs, one of my bureaucrat-friends called me up today to say that he had mailed me an advertisement of a private steel company which specifically wanted IAS/IPS officers to be recruited for a particular project. Woh! No wonder, a Kolkata-based company, Adhunik Group, having interests in steel, mines, power, cement and auto forge, has actually given an advertisement in national newspapers saying that the Group urgently requires experienced IAS/IPS officers at Rourkela and Jamshedpur for managing their infrastructure there. Bonus for Orissa-cadre officers as the advertisement says that the knowledge of Oriya language is desirable for the post at Rourkela. So, why are waiting for? Just pick up the phone…