1984 batch IAS Tarun Shridhar given additional charge of post of secretary of the newly-created department of fisheries

Fish-shaped building, Hyderabad

A DAY after the Union Cabinet approved one post of secretary and one post of joint secretary in the newly-created department of fisheries on permanent basis, the competent authority on Wednesday approved assignment of additional charge of the post of secretary of the department of fisheries under the ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare to…

Harsh Vardhan Shringla: 10 things to know about India’s new ambassador to US

Harsh Vardhan Shringla, 1984 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, presently India’s high commissioner to Bangladesh, has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to the United States of America. Here are 10 things to know about India’s new ambassador to US:

Govt engineers major reshuffle of officers at the rank of additional secretary; Delhi Chief Secy Anshu Prakash brought to DoT; Full List

THE central government on Saturday made a major bureaucratic reshuffle of the officers working in the rank of additional secretaries, apart from prematurely repatriating Member Secretary of the NCR Planning Board and 1983 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS —Bijay Kumar Tripathi to his parent cadre. Delhi chief secretary Anshu Prakash who was allegedly assaulted in CM Arvind Kejriwal's residence in February this year leading to massive protests by IAS officers, was transferred as additional secretary in the department of telecommunications (DoT). Here below are the key appointments: 

Know Your IPS: New ITBP chief SS Deswal

Surjeet Singh Deswal, 1984 batch Haryana cadre IPS, was on Wednesday appointed as the new chief of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), a force that guards the nation’s frontier with China, apart from providing security in some pockets of Maoist-hit Bastar range of Chhattisgarh. Deswal was till recently serving as the Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Here are a few things you may like to know about Deswal.

IB’s special director and IPS Arvind Kumar granted apex pay scale

Arvind Kumar, 1984 batch Assam cadre IPS officer presently serving as special director in Intelligence Bureau (IB), has been granted apex pay scale (level-17 of pay matrix). In an order issued on Thursday, it was said that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the proposal of the ministry of home affairs for granting the apex pay scale to the officer. The apex scale means a pay equivalent to that of a…

Know Your Babu: Andhra Pradesh’s new chief secretary Anil Chandra Punetha

THE Andhra Pradesh government on Friday announced that the state’s new chief secretary -- Anil Chandra Punetha, a 1984 batch IAS. He was serving as the chief commissioner of land administration (CCLA) in the state. Here below are more about the new Andhra chief secretary:

Rajni Kant Misra is BSF’s new DG; SS Deswal to take charge as Sashastra Seema Bal chief

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

Rajni Kant Misra, a 1984 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer and the officer who had a long innings with the Border Security Force (BSF) during the past, will be the new Director General of BSF. He is presently serving as DG, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). A personnel department order issued on Thursday said, Misra would replace 1982 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS KK Sharma as the BSF DG and will hold the post till…

Textiles secretary Anant Kumar Singh shifted to dept of land resources; Arun Goel elevated as culture secretary

IN A minor secretary level reshuffle on Thursday, the government changed the ministries of two union secretaries — textiles secretary getting shifted to the department of land resources and secretary, culture, being posed as new textiles secretary. Meanwhile, a special secretary is elevated as union secretary in the ministry of culture. Here below are the details:

In-situ elevation of DG, Shipping and UIDAI CEO to the rank of union secretary

Malini Shankar, 1984 batch IAS

THE Central government last week approved the in-situ elevation of two Maharastra cadre IAS officers to the rank of secretary to the Government of India. The officers are: Malini Shankar and ASP Pandey; both belong to 1984 batch. Malini Shankar has been the Director General of Shipping since December 2016 and was holding the rank of a union special secretary. In late 1990s, she was…

NHAI chairman Deepak Kumar prematurely repatriated; is Kumar the new Bihar chief secretary?

Deepak Kumar

IN A major bureaucratic reshuffle, the government on Wednesday prematurely repatriated chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and 1984 batch Bihar cadre IAS, Deepak Kumar, to his parent cadre with “immediate effect”. By the same order, Kumar was replaced by Yudhvir Singh Malik, who will hold the NHAI chairman’s post in addition to…

Who are the 19 newly-empanelled DG, DG-equivalent IPS officers? Full List

THE Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) last week approved the empanelment of the following Indian Police Service officers for appointment to Director General or Director General equivalent level posts at the Centre: 

5 IAS officers of 1984, 1985 batches promoted as special secretaries; Full List

FIVE IAS officers, four of whom belonging to 1984 batch and one of the 1985 batch, got their promotion on Tuesday, as the competent authority approved the in-situ upgradation of the posts they held to the level of Special Secretary, with the immediate effect. The posts were upgraded temporarily. Here are the five new special secretaries:

7 more IAS of 1983, 1984, 1985 batches empanelled as GoI secretaries; 8 as secretary equivalent; Full List

THE government on Wednesday released an order of empaneling seven more IAS officers belonging to 1983, 1984 and 1985 batches as Union secretaries, and another eight officers as secretary equivalent. The officers belonging to these three batches are already posted as secretaries. Here is the list of the add-ons:

10 things to know about new UPSC Member Smita Nagaraj

A WEEK after 1984 batch former Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Smita Nagaraj took over as Member, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), a government agency that recruits top civil servants of the country, the President of India has given his formal nod. A notification issued on Wednesday (6th December), reads as follows: “The President is pleased to appoint Ms. Smita Nagaraj as Member, Union Public Service Commission with effect from the forenoon of 1st December, 2017, for a period of six years or until she attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier”. Here are the 10 things about Smita Nagaraj:

Govt promotes 8 IPS officers in CBI, IB, BSF, CRPF; CBI’s Rakesh Asthana will now be Spl Director

IN A Sunday night order, the Central government promoted eight senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers belonging to 1984 batch, to the rank of Special Director, thereby upping their pay matrix as well. Amid some news that the vigilance department had barred CBI's additional director Rakesh Asthana’s promotion, the ACC order was issued where Asthana's promotion as CBI special director, figured. Other IPS officers who were also promoted, are from Intelligence Bureau (IB), BSF and CRPF. Here are the details of each of the promotion:

New SEBI chairman Ajay Tyagi: 10 Things to Know

FROM March 1, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) will have a new chairman: 1984 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ajay Tyagi. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Friday not only cleared Tyagi’s name as the new Sebi chief but gave him a full five years tenure. Tyagi will take over from incumbent UK Sinha who is currently on extension. Here are 10 things to know about Tyagi:

Ravinder Kumar, the rail bureaucrat with his best compositions of Rubaiyat and Ghazals

Ravinder Kumar, 1984 batch Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer and chief personnel officer of South Central Railways, is coming out with an audio CD titled Khwaab-O-Khyal at the ensuing 1984 batch Civil Services Meet at Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi. The CD contains his best compositions of Rubaiyat and Ghazals. This rail bureaucrat has written a dozen…

Roles of 2 commerce ministry officials swapped; Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed new DGFT

THE government on Saturday swapped roles of two senior commerce ministry officials — Ajay Kumar Bhalla, 1984 batch Assam cadre IAS and Anup Wadhawan, 1985 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS. Whereas present DGFT (Director General of Foreign Trade) Wadhawan was appointed as additional secretary in the department of commerce, the same order issued on Thursday had appointed Bhalla as the new DGFT. Bhalla who was joint secretary and then additional secretary in the ministry of coal between 2010 and 2015 was brought into the…

Know more about new DDA vice chairman Udai Pratap Singh — an IAS who knows Sanskrit

Udai Pratap Singh, 1984 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS who till recently was an additional secretary in the ministry of tourism, was laterally shifted as vice chairman of Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the agency that is responsible for the development and future planning of India’s capital city, Delhi. Singh who turns 58 on Saturday originally hails from Uttar Pradesh and was allotted Jharkhand cadre when he joined the Indian Administrative Service. Singh was…serving as an additional secretary in the ministry of tourism, and before that he was a joint secretary in the union ministry of steel. He also held two posts-- additional managing director of National Agriculture Corporative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) and Chief Executive Officer of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), the latter comes under the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME).

As a young officer in 1990s, Singh was district magistrate in a number of districts in Jharkhand area of Bihar (before Jharkhand was created) including West Singhbhum. In fact, Singhbhum was one of the oldest districts in Jharkhand carved out as early as in 1837 when the British conquered Kolhan.

Later, the district was divided into three districts — East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum and Saraikela- Kharsawan. The main town Chaibasa remained as the headquarter of West Singhbhum district. 

Among the mid-career courses that Singh undertook as an IAS included agriculture and rural development, development administration, public private partnership etc. 

An MA and M.Phil in political science, Singh also learnt Sanskrit language, according to records available with DoPT.

An officer, a 20-month-old company and use of e-Office, e-Access, e-Pace, WhatsApp…

Anand Kumar (File Photo)

THE entity is National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. or NHIDCL which became functional in January last year. The mandate of this government-company has been to create world class infrastructure for eight Northeastern states including Sikkim, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Island, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. And soon, NHIDCL will provide consultancy to Nepal government for construction of roads. Its managing director and 1984 batch Kerala cadre IAS Anand Kumar claims that…