Post with Dollar Salary: JS level officer wanted in World Bank’s Washington HQ

HERE is a vacancy in Washington, US, for a joint secretary-ranked official. The post of senior adviser to the executive director of World Bank will fall vacant on October 13, 2014, and the government has begun the process of choosing the suitable candidate. But if the earlier trends are any indication, officials from…

Know Your Babu: Centre handpicks Gujarat cadre IAS Rajesh Kishore as NHRC Secretary General

THE Centre has selected Gujarat cadre IAS of 1980 batch, Rajesh Kishore, to head National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday approved Kishore’s appointment as secretary general of NHRC. Kishore, an additional chief secretary handling…

Know Your Babu: New PMO director and 1997 batch IAS S Selvakumar

IN YET another new appointment in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the central government on Wednesday cleared the decks for 1997 batch Karnataka cadre IAS and current MD of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd S Selvakumar as director in PMO. In a fax message to Karnataka chief secretary, it was requested by the DoPT’s establishment officer to…

DoPT to weed out “vintage” annual confidential reports; sets deadlines for cadre units

An unknown Indian bureaucrat (see the files!) in UNESCO's official site

THE government’s drive to weed out old files continues. On Tuesday, department of personnel and training (DoPT) issued an office memorandum on “weeding out files/records” in which it said the government wants to destroy the “vintage” files of annual confidential reports (ACR) and annual performance assessment reports (APAR) of some categories of government employees such as…

Confirmation given to 91 IAS of 2011 batch; names to find place in Gazette of India

IN TRUE sarkari style, the names of the these 91 IAS officers belonging to 2011 batch will now be published in the Gazette of India, part-I, section-2. In a notification issued on Monday, the government formally announced that under rule 3-A of the Indian Administrative Service (Probation) Rules, 1954, the President was pleased to confirm them as IAS officers. They have a career of over three decades, and who knows one of them could be a cabinet secretary one day. Here are the names of 2011 batch IAS as confirmed by the President of India.

Know Your Babu: New PMO director and Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Brajendra Navnit

Navnit as Viluppuram collector (File photo)

SOON, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) will be manned by a new set of people. On Friday, 1999 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Brajendra Navnit was appointed as director in PMO. Originally hailing from Bihar, 39-year-old Navnit is an…

Key bureaucrat of Manmohan Singh’s PMO R Ramanujam gets extension; reemployment for “public interest”

AFTER giving extension to cabinet secretary Ajit K Seth for six months, Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has given its nod to extend the tenure of yet another key bureaucrat of Manmohan Singh era -- 1979 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS and secretary in PMO R Ramanujam. The 60-year-old officer is retiring on June 30, but the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Thursday approved his extension "in public interest", on a contract basis for a period of…

5 things to know about Narendra Modi’s private secretary Rajeev Topno

THE Central government on Wednesday appointed 1996 batch Gujarat cadre IAS and current director in prime minister’s office (PMO) Rajeev Topno as private secretary to prime minister Narendra Modi. Topno has been working in Manmohan Singh’s PMO since June 2009, i.e. a month after UPA-II came to power. Here are 5 things you may like to know about Topno.

Know Your Babu: Sameer Verma, PS to Uma Bharti and BVRC Purushottam, PS to Venkaiah Naidu

Sameer Verma, IAS

THE government on Tuesday appointed two IAS officers, Sameer Verma and BVRC Purushottam as private secretaries of union ministers Ms Uma Bharti and M Venkaiah Naidu respectively. Verma is a lawyer-turned IAS whereas Purushottam was a veterinary doctor before getting selected as an IAS. BoI here gives snapshot of the career graph of these two officers:

IAS Topper Gaurav Agrawal: 10 things you may like to know about this Jaipur boy

LAST Friday, 29-year-old Gaurav Agrawal was joined by his father and wife in Hyderabad to celebrate a special moment. Agrawal, now on probation in the city's Sardar Vallabhbhai National Academy of Police, secured the first position in civil service examination 2013. Here are 10 things you may like to know about the IAS topper:

Know Your Babu: Revenue secretary and 1980 batch IAS Shaktikanta Das

Shaktikanta Das

THE post of union revenue secretary may not wield lots of power as two powerful boards under him, CBDT for direct taxes and CBEC for excise and customs, both manned by IRS officers, often overshadow the position of the lonely IAS at the top. Yet, Gujarat cadre IAS Rajiv Takru’s shifting out of the North Block for an apparently less significant post of secretary in the department of North Eastern Region (DoNER) coupled with 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Shaktikanta Das’ elevation as the new revenue secretary can be considered as the first…

Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Rajiv Nayan Choubey appointed as additional secretary in PMO

1981 BATCH Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Rajiv Nayan Choubey is likely to play a key role in Modi’s PMO. Choubey, currently additional secretary in the ministry of power, was on Thursday appointed in the PMO in the same rank. Being an IAS belonging to 1981 batch, Choubey will soon be promoted as secretary to PM, one of the influential posts in South Block. His appointment in the PMO may have a clear stamp of principal secretary to PM Nripendra Misra as…

PM Narendra Modi asks IFS officers to read Indian history, motivate Indian diaspora

PRIME minister Narendra Modi exhorted 29 officer trainees of 2012 batch of Indian Foreign Service (IFS) to be well-acquainted with India’s history, and its historical links with various countries of the world. While interacting with the would-be-diplomats at 7 Race Course on Thursday, Modi added that IFS probationer should…

Second administrative reshuffle in UP in just 3 days; 36 more IAS transferred

Chief Secy Ranjan

IN YET another major administrative reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Akhilesh Singh Yadav on Tuesday transferred 36 IAS officers. The massive administrative overhaul has been significant as the state government, under fire after Badaun rape case and also massive electoral defeat for the ruling party in Lok Sabha poll, had shifted 66 IAS officers and 42 IPS officers only on Saturday. Here are a few officers and their new posting:

PMO’s Mishra Moment: Know more about new additional principal secretary PK Mishra

IN YET another surprise appointment, the Centre has accommodated one of prime minister Narendra Modi’s close associates and 1972 batch former IAS PK Mishra as additional principal secretary to PM against a newly created high-profile post in prime minister's office (PMO). Call it a Mishra moment in PMO as Nripendra Misra was already appointed as principal secretary to PM. This Gujarat cadre retired IAS was principal secretary to Gujarat CM till 2004 before moving to the Centre as…

Who is hinting at Alok Rawat as India’s next cabinet secretary in December?

Alok Rawat

NO ONE knows what's in Narendra Modi’s mind. Yet, there are reasons to believe that prime minister who had surprised everyone by giving the current cabinet secretary Ajit K Seth an extension till December 14, is probably zeroing in on 1977 batch Sikkim cadre IAS and current water resources secretary Alok Rawat for the cabinet secretary’s post six months down the line. The first hint emerges from Rawat’s recent…

Vacancy in Manila: Indian officer wanted as adviser to ED in ADB

FOR director or deputy secretary level officers, here is a chance to grab a foreign post. The government has proposed to fill up the post of adviser to the Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines as tenure of Assam cadre IAS Samir Kumar Sinha will come to an end. The posting will be for a period of…

Bridging Neta-Babu Gap: 10 things Narendra Modi tells GoI secretaries

Modi with a section of secretaries

AFTER a gap of eight years, union secretaries on Wednesday had a chance to meet prime minister of India together in one platform. While addressing 77 secretaries, prime minister Narendra Modi said he was accessible to all officers and encouraged them to approach him with their inputs and ideas. Based on the statement issued by the PMO and feedback received from a few secretaries, BoI here lists 10 things Modi shared with India’s top bureaucrats.

Best physique competition among babus? Sports calendar for inter-ministry tournaments released

FROM power lifting to wrestling, and kabaddi to carrom, Indian bureaucrats have a year-long calendar, 2014-15, with details of inter-ministry tournaments. And on November 1 and 2, 2014, there will be "best physique" competition among babus to be held in New Delhi’s Netaji Nagar community centre, according to a notification issued by…

Ajit K Seth’s Extension as Cabinet Secretary: 5 meanings to this surprise move

CORRIDOR'S speculation on who could be Narendra Modi’s pick for cabinet secretary ended on Monday, at least for now, after the government in a surprise move extended incumbent Ajit K Seth’s term for six more months till December 13, 2014, his second extension after getting appointed as cabinet secretary in June 2011. Many believe Seth was originally handpicked by Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s confidant and his own batch-mate Pulok Chatterji who eventually became principal secretary to PM, and Pulokaseth, as BoI called the duo, had worked as a team with no visible evidence of…

India’s 29th state Telangana is born. Full list of Telangana cadre IAS

INDIA’S 29th state Telangana is finally born. And so is Telangana cadre IAS. These 44 Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS will now be Telanga cadre IAS with effect from June 2, 2014. These are however provisional allocation of cadre, and there could be some changes later. Telangana cadre IAS officers include two 1980 batch IAS, D Lakshmi P Bhaskar and Aswini Kumar Panda, who are the senior most in the list of officers. The full list of 44 Telangana cadre IAS is as follows: