PVRK Prasad, an obituary: 1966 batch retired IAS and close aid of former PM PV Narasimha Rao died, aged 77

A book written by PVRK Prasad

IN MID-1990s, PVRK Prasad was one of the most influential bureaucrats in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). During his four and half years tenure in the PMO, he first served as the joint secretary and then the additional secretary during which period he also handled the post of media advisor to the then prime minister PV Narasimha Rao. PVRK Prasad is no more. According to reports, Prasad…

Pradip Baijal Book: Now, another ex-secretary targets former PM Manmohan Singh

AFTER ex-coal secretary PC Parakh, here is yet another ex-bureaucrat -- former disinvestment and telecom secretary Pradip Baijal – who has written a tale-all book that is expected to hog the limelight for the next few days. There have been striking similarities in the way those two former babus chose to come out with the books. After all, both these former bureaucrats are embroiled in ongoing CBI cases, and their books attempt to reveal…