Govt accords 4 cases of inter-cadre deputation, extension of IAS; details below

THE government has approved an extension of inter cadre deputation tenure of Jayant Narlikar, 2003 batch Assam cadre IAS, from Assam-Meghalaya cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre, for a further period of two years, till June 4, 2021. In another development, the government also extended inter cadre deputation tenure of Ms. Sonal Goel, 2008 batch Tripura cadre IAS from Tripura cadre to Haryana cadre for a further period of one year with effect from July 25, 2019, beyond the...

More about private secretaries of 3 ministers -- Amit Shah, Smriti Irani and Jitendra Singh

THE Central government last week appointed private secretaries of three prominent ministers — home minister, Amit Shah, textiles minister, Smriti Irani and DoPT and DoNER minister, Jitendra Singh. Here below are the details:

MP cadre IAS Julaniya appointed as sports secretary; Air India CMD PS Kharola to be new civil aviation secretary

IN A minor bureaucratic reshuffle at the Centre, sports secretary, Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar, has been transferred to the ministry of Panchayat Raj, and Air India CMD, Pradeep Singh Kharola, has been appointed as new civil aviation secretary. First, here below are four secretary-level reshuffle:

IAS-IPS TIES: IAS Akriti Sagar transferred to AGMUT cadre on the ground of marriage to IPS Sudhanshu

THE government has approved the inter-cadre transfer of Ms Akriti Sagar, 2016 batch Karnataka cadre IAS from Karnataka to AGMUT cadre on the ground of her marriage to 2016 batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, Sudhanshu. Aakriti Sagar, 26, originally belongs to a small town of Uttar Pradesh

1983 batch IIS Sitanshu Kar is new GoI principal spokesman; retired Karnataka IAS Khuntia appointed IRDAI boss

1983 BATCH Indian Information Service officer Sitanshu Ranjan Kar is the new principal spokesperson of the Government of India and Director General of Press Information Bureau. The officer who had a 35 years long career and is mostly known for his decade-long innings as the spokesman of the ministry of defence, assumed office on Tuesday. After joining the IIS in 1983, Kar had first joined the…

2 WOMEN ON TOP: More about Karnataka’s new chief secretary K Ratnaprabha and DGP Neelamani N Raju

Ratnaprabha after being elevated as CS (Photo Courtesy: Twitter)

WITH 1981 batch IAS K Ratnaprabha’s appointment as the chief secretary of Karnataka, the state has two women officers at the top — chief secretary and director general of police (DGP). A month ago, 1983-batch Indian Police Service officer Neelamani N Raju took over as the DGP in the state. Here below are the 10 things that you may like to know about these two women officers.

1983 batch IPS Neelmani Raju becomes Karnataka's first ever woman top cop

Neelamani N Raju, 1983 batch IPS officer, was on Tuesday appointed as the Director General of Police (DGP) of Karnataka, thereby becoming the first ever woman police chief in the state. She succeeds RK Dutta, who served as the DGP for 10 months, before retiring on Tuesday, ending speculations that he might get a three months long extension. IPS Association took to Twitter to say:

NAME CHANGE: 2011 batch IAS Sindhu B will now be Sindhu B Rupesh

Sindhu B, 2011 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, has been permitted to change her name from "Sindhu B" to "Sindhu B Rupesh. "She will accordingly be recognized as "Smt. Sindhu B Rupesh" for all official purposes”, said the DoPT order issued on October 11. But who’s Sindhu Rupesh? A graduate in electronics and communication engineer and an IAS topper, Ms Sindhu Rupesh till recently served in Karnataka’s…

2016 batch IAS-IPS couple gets the same cadre -- Telangana; 2000 batch IAS Diwakar N Mishra appointed adviser in NITI Aayog

THE government on Tuesday transferred P Pravinya, 2016 batch Karnataka cadre IAS from Karnataka cadre to Telangana cadre on the grounds of her marriage to Sharat Chandra Pawar, a 2016 batch Telangana cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. The notification says:

Know Your IAS: Arvind Shrivastava and his new assignment in Maldives

DECKS are being cleared for 1994 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer Arvind Shrivastava to take up an assignment in Maldives for the development of the island nation located in Indian ocean. He will be in Maldives as a development specialist attached with the Asian Development Bank under a project named “Strengthening capacity under operational management for development of Maldives” up to…

2007 batch IAS Anurag Tiwari found dead in Lucknow; More about the officer

IN A shocking news in Wednesday morning, 2007 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Anurag Tiwari was found dead outside VIP guest house in Hazratganj area of Lucknow, leaving suspicions on whether it was an unnatural death. Initial reports however suggest that there was no foul play and it could be the result of high blood pressure, but the exact cause of the officer's death will be clearer only after the postmortem report is available. Here are more about this 36-year-old IAS officer:

Obituary: Anita Kaul — former IAS and reformer of India's elementary education

RIP Anita Kaul

1979 batch retired IAS officer of Karnataka cadre — Anita Kaul died early this week aged 62. Hailing from Delhi and married to a fellow IAS officer, Mrs Kaul retired as union secretary in the department of justice. But if one piece of her achievement as a civil servant is to be chosen, it’s clearly her stellar role in crafting…

Antrix-Devas Scam: Retired IAS takes to Facebook to question CBI; releases her emails sent to the investigative agency

Veena Rao (Photo Courtesy: Twitter)

“I hear from some newspaper reports that the CBI appears to have named me in a chargesheet regarding the Antrix Devas Contract. Shocking, laughable and ludicrous”, says retired IAS and former union secretary Veena Rao in a long Facebook post, making it possibly the first case where a charge-sheeted civil servant (in her case retired) takes to social media to argue a case. Retired in 2009, Rao’s name cropped up in the case as she was an additional secretary working in the department of space from December 2004 to December 2005. The ongoing CBI probe is related to…

Karnataka MLA uses foul language against a woman forest service officer; “No upright officer will take such nonsense lying down”, she replies

“I will slap you and it will break your teeth…Don't you have any shame?” 

This is what an MLA from Karnataka Satish Reddy allegedly told deputy conservator of forests and 2010 batch Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer Deepika Bajpai. After media reports were published about the use of foul language by the MLA, IAS Association took to Twitter to say: “Strongly condemned. Dignity and honour of officers can’t be compromised. Threatening officers on duty is unacceptable”. It’s not yet known how Indian Forest Service Association has reacted to the incident. The woman officer wrote in a social media site that “no upright officer will take such nonsense lying down”. In fact, the incident occurred at Kodichikkannahall area of Bengaluru that witnessed…

Safety in India’s Silicon Valley: When 2 motorcycle-borne men bully an IAS officer in the heart of Bengaluru

Munish Moudgil

THIS incident questions the safety of the citizens living in Bengaluru, dubbed as India’s Silicon Valley. The story is about Munish Moudgil, a 1998 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, who was allegedly bullied and assaulted by two motorcycle-borne men when the officer went out for jogging at night last week. Moudgil’s wife, D Roopa, is incidentally an IPS officer working as Bengaluru’s joint commissioner of police. It was past 11 pm on October 14, when Moudgil went out for…

“Hang corrupt IAS officers in India Gate, but…”- a fascinating talk by 1994 batch IAS Srivatsa Krishna

Srivatsa Krishna, 1994 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer and one of the most articulate voices of the elite Indian Administrative Service says there are many honest IAS officers undertaking tough jobs away from media limelight, though there are some who are corrupt.  Hang corrupt officers in India Gate, but don't tar everyone with the same brush, says Krishna while addressing a gathering of young entrepreneurs in Bengaluru recently for a TV show titled…

Photo of a swanky Bengaluru police station attracts crowd in social media; any clue on CBI glass building?

KARNATAKA cadre IPS officer Abhishek Goyal, someone who did B Tech in computer sciences from IIT-Delhi before joining the police service, is a regular in the world of Twitter. On Monday, he posted a few photos with this caption: “new Police Station building in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Wow! #betterThanMyOffice”, a post that left many people to…

What bureaucrats have to say about DK Ravi, the officer who was found dead in Bengaluru

What Ravi wrote in Facebook when he left Kolar

"I'm at IAS Officer DK Ravi home. his body's kept for last respects. Thousands are here whose lives he touched. Officers like him make India”—That was a message posted in Twitter by 1994 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer Srivatsa Krishna. Ravi, 35, was found dead on Monday under mysterious circumstances at his residence in Bengaluru. A number of officers including IAS, IRS, and IPS posted their messages about the honest officer who courageously took on both the sand mafia and the builders manipulating taxes. Here are the comments of the bureaucrats including his friends, and “trekking and Bharat Dharshan mate”:

Mysterious death of 2009 batch IAS DK Ravi: More about the officer

35-YEAR-old IAS officer DK Ravi on Monday was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his residence in Bengaluru. His body was found hanging from the ceiling at his apartment. At the time of filing this report, a special investigation team was formed under the supervision of a DCP ranked officer to probe into his death. Was it a suicide? Or was it a…

Secretary Anup K Pujari calls up every employee of his ministry on the day of retirement; find out why

IN THE last two days of every month, this GoI secretary and 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer does something unusual! Amid his busy schedule, he would pick up the phone and call each and every employee of his ministry retiring on that month (A government employee retires on the last day of the month even if she turns 60 years any day between the 2nd and the last day of the month). But, why does this bureaucrat call up the retiring lot? What does he ask them? Meet union secretary of mines Dr Anup K Pujari. Towards the end of the month, he first gets a…