Thursday, July 25, 2013

List of 24 officers short-listed for Harvard; Ashok Khemka a “reserve candidate”

AS MANY as 23 IAS officers and one from Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) have been shortlisted for short-term training programmes at Harvard University. Siginificantly, one of the most influential joint secretaries in the PMO, BVR Subrahmanyam and whistleblower IAS officer of Haryana cadre Ashok Khemka could not make it, as they are shown only as "reserve candidates" in the final list prepared by the DoPT. The prominent officers who are attending those programmes include...
LC Goyal, special secretary in cabinet secretariat and 1979 batch Kerala cadre IAS, Ashok Lavasa, 1980 batch Haryana cadre IAS and additional secretary in power ministry, JS Deepak, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS and the one who is credited with hugely successful 3G auction, and KP Krishnan, additional secretary in finance ministry and 1983 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, just to name a few.
Each of the four week-long training programmes that is being held between August and November will be attended by six officers each. 
The subjects for training are quite interesting. One of the topics, for example, is “Leadership for 21st Century: Chaos, Conflict and Courage”. The other topics include innovations in governance and leadership strategies.
Here is the list of officers nominated for four additional short-term training programmes in Harvard University.
Driving Government Performance: Leadership Strategies that Produce Results 
(25-30 August 2013)
(i) Rajiv Yadav, IAS (1981 batch, Assam cadre)
(ii) KP Krishnan, IAS (1983 batch, Karnataka cadre)
(iii) Ms Rashmi Goel, IRAS (1983 batch)
(iv) Arun Kurnar Sinha, IAS (1983 batch, UP cadre)
(v) Sudhir Tripathi, IAS (1985 batch, Jharkhand cadre)
(vi) Sham Lal Goyal, IAS (1985 batch, Maharashtra cadre)

Leadership for 21st Century: Chaos, Conflict and Courage
(8-13 September 2013)
(i) Sanjay Kothari, IAS (1978 batch, Haryana cadre)
(ii) LC Goyal, IAS (1979 batch, Kerala cadre)
(iii) Kusumjit Sidhu, IAS (1979 batch, Punjab cadre)
(iv) Ashok Lavasa, IAS (1980 batch, Haryana cadre)
(v) LN Gupta, IAS (1986 batch, Odisha cadre)
(vi) Sanjay Prasad, IAS (1986 batch, Gujarat cadre)

Creating Collaborative Solutions: Innovations in Governance
(20-25 October 2013)
(i) Ms Anita Agnihotri, IAS (1980 batch, Odisha cadre)
(ii) Madhusudan Prasad, (1981 batch, Haryana cadre)
(iii) JS Deepak, IAS (1982 batch, UP cadre)
(iv) PK Parmar, IAS (1985 batch, Gujarat cadre)
(v) Alok Chaturvedi, IAS (1986 batch, Bihar cadre)
(vi) Ms Sangeeta Singh, IAS (1986 batch, Gujarat cadre)

Leadership in Decision Making: Optimizing Organizational Performance
(17-22 November 2013)
(i) Ashok Kumar Gupta, IAS (1981 batch, Tamil Nadu cadre)
(ii) GC Murmu, IAS (1985 batch, Gujarat cadre)
(iii) Pradeep Singh Kharola, IAS (1985 batch, Karnataka cadre)
(iv) Rajiv Kumar Bora, IAS (1985 batch, Assam cadre)
(v) Rajendra S Shukla, IAS (1986 batch, West Bengal cadre)
(vi) Arun Kumar Bal, IAS (1986 batch, West Bengal cadre)

Following are the reserve candidates
1) Sanjeeva Kumar, IAS (1986 batch, Assam cadre)
2) Manoj Kumar Parida, IAS (1986 batch, UT cadre)
3) SC Gupta, IAS (1986 batch, Sikkim cadre)
4) GV Venugopala Sarma, IAS (1986 batch, Odisha cadre)
5) Chittaranjan Kumar Khaitan, IAS (1987 batch, Chandigarh cadre)
6) K Jayakumar, lAS (1987 batch, Sikkim cadre)
7) Amit Jha, IAS (1987 batch, Haryana cadre)
8) BVR Subrahmanyam, IAS (1987 batch, Chhattisgarh cadre)
9) Sanjeev Kumar Lohia, IRSEE (1987 batch)
10) Dayanand Kataria, IAS (1989 batch, Tamil Nadu cadre)
11) Rohit Kumar Singh, IAS (1989 batch, Rajasthan cadre)
12) Rakesh Singh, IAS (1989 batch, Karnataka cadre)
13) Manoj Joshi, IAS (1989 batch, Kerala cadre)
14) Ashok Khemka, IAS (1991 batch, Haryana cadre )
15) Ms Seerna S Jain, IAS (1991 batch, Punjab cadre)
16) Rajiv Rai, CSS (1983)
17) Jacob Kattuparambil Varghese, CSS (1984)
18) KA Prasad Sinha, IAS (1992 batch, Punjab cadre)
19) Nikunja Bihari Dhal, IAS (1993 batch, Odisha cadre)

7 comments:

  1. Good point. Both BVR Subrahmanyam (highly influential) and whistle-blower IAS officer Ashok Khemka are wait-listed. Meaning: it's a fair selection. Right?

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  2. Definitely.. all nominated are senior to him

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  3. These are the FACTS:

    a) The short term programmes at Harvard (listed here) is not a big deal as these programs are not degrees but just executive certificates.

    b) I researched. These four programmes are open enrollment programmes offered by the Harvard Kennedy School.

    c) There is no academic requirement or a strict selection process if you go on your on for these programmed at Harvard.

    d) The total cost for these programmes as per my calculation is around 3-4 lakhs (including room, board and tuition). Anyone who has money can apply and enroll himself.

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  4. Wonder how only one service is represented everywhere. Though the programme itself says leadership in 21st century but our bureaucracy works still like colonial period. Irony of our country.

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  5. This is what people are talking. All the slots are cornered by IAS officers. They hardly leave 1 or 2 slots for other services.

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  6. Entry Requirement to ICS (Imperial Civil Service):
    a) You should be only a Caucasian British national and of white ethnic origin.
    b) You should have been educated at the Oxford or Cambridge Universities.
    c) The examination to the ICS were held in London and the papers and exams were graded by British nationals.
    d) PCS/SCS (provincial or state civil service) officers may be permitted and allowed for a job in the ICS cadre but they were never permitted to be officially called and be encadred to the ICS.


    Entry Requirement to IAS (Indian Administrative Service):
    a) You should be only Indian national (brown skinned people only permitted).
    b) Graduates from any university in India from age 22 to 28 are permitted to write civil service exam for IAS.
    c) Exams for civil service in held in India and is graded by Indians.
    d) Today almost 40 % from PCS/SCS officers and encadred into All Indian Service every year.


    ICS EXAMS AT LONDON WERE VERY HARD AND TOOK THE BEST BRITISH GRADUATES FOR ICS. ICS WERE LOYAL TO THE BRITISH CROWN AND EMPIRE.

    IAS TAKES EVERY PERSON WHO QUALIFIES FOR IAS. IAS OFFICERS ARE NOW FOUND TO BE CORRUPT, ARROGANT, IGNORANT and SELF CONTAINED AND UNEVOLVING.

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  7. No IPS officers in this list. Has any of them applied for it or all are rejected????

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