5 Civil Servants to Watch Out For, 2018: Hasmukh Adhia, KD Tripathi, Amitabh Kant, Aman Singh and Vijay Gokhale

Hasmukh Adhia

HERE is the final list of BoI's 5 Civil Servants to Watch Out For in 2018. Topping the list is Hasmukh Adhia — an accountant, an IAS, a PhD in Yoga, union finance secretary and yes, one of the two key probables to be India’s next cabinet secretary this summer. In BoI’s series of 5 Civil Servants to Watch Out For, 2018, petroleum secretary Kapil Dev Tripathi is No 2. Tripathi is the other probable for the top bureaucrat’s post when incumbent Pradeep Kumar Sinha’s extended term ends on June 13. The other three civil servants to watch out for in 2018, who BoI had profiled in earlier posts, are:

5 Civil Servants to Watch Out For, 2018: At No 2 is next cabinet secretary probable Kapil Dev Tripathi

WHO will be the 32nd cabinet secretary of India? As incumbent Pradeep Kumar Sinha’s extended term ends on June 13 this year (he was originally appointed for two years and then granted one year of extension), speculations begin on who could be the next top bureaucrat in India. And if the government decides not to extend Sinha’s tenure any longer, as was the case of the then foreign secretary S Jaishankar, it’s the present petroleum secretary and 1980 batch IAS Kapil Dev Tripathi who could be the frontrunner for the top bureaucrat's post. As on June 13, Tripathi will be the…

10 things to know about new petroleum secretary Kapil Dev Tripathi

HERE is an IAS who grew up by the side of the Ganga, but worked in the valley of Brahmaputra. And this 1980 batch Assam cadre IAS is one of the few bureaucrats in India who can speak Sanskrit! Kapil Dev Tripathi on Thursday was named as India’s new petroleum secretary. Here are 10 things you may like to know about Tripathi:

10 Things to Know: 234 operating PSUs, their income, profit, foreign exchange and tax to Govt

Kapil Dev Tripathi: DPE Secretary

ON APRIL 16, the Central government issued an office memorandum directing the ministries and departments to issue instructions to all concerned for not utilizing the infrastructure of any Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE), adding that such use shall attract suitable action against them. Whereas the government bigwigs often take CPSEs as cash cows, the contribution of 290 CPSEs (out of which 234 operating) to the nation is disregarded. Based on the Public Enterprises Survey, 2013-14, brought out by the department of public enterprises (DPE), here are 10 interesting facets of PSUs.

Meet new DPE secretary Kapil Dev Tripathi; will he deliver fast?

Kapil Dev Tripathi, 56, has cultivated many languages: English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali and most importantly Sanskrit. A 1980 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS --- Tripathi who is currently the secretary in Central Vigilance Commission, has been appointed as secretary in the department of public enterprise (DPE), a department which is responsible for framing policies towards Central PSUs. It remains to be seen whether Tripathi’s command over…