5 things to know about Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar

AMID the CBI-Kolkata Police tussle that unfolded on Sunday afternoon when officials belonging to the central investigative agency were detailed from outside the Kolkata Police Commissioner’s residence, the cop who hogged the limelight was Rajeev Kumar, 1989 batch IPS and the city police commissioner himself. As the state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee began dharna in support of the city’s top cop, Kumar too joined the dharna, something unprecedented and controversial. Without getting into the merits of the case, here below are five things you may like to know about IPS Rajeev Kumar:

Know Your Babu: New Chairman Railway Board, VK Yadav

VINOD Kumar Yadav, the General Manager of South Central Railway, is the new Chairman of Railway Board. The appointments cabinet of the committee (ACC) on Monday night accorded its approval for Yadav's appointment in place of Ashwani Lohani who retired yesterday. Here are 10 things you may like to know about the new CRB, VK Yadav:

Know Your IAS: New LBSNAA director Sanjeev Chopra

Sanjeev Chopra, 1985 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, presently in the cadre, has been appointed as the new director of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA). The vacancy arose as the present LBSNAA director, Upma Chawdhry, a 1983 batch IAS, was appointed as the new secretary of the department of youth affairs. Chopra, 57, originally hails from Punjab and was...

Know Your Babu: Manipur cadre IAS AN Jha will be Union finance secretary for 3 months

AN Jha

THE Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Monday approved designating AN

Jha, 1982 batch Manipur cadre lAS and secretary in the department of expenditure, as the new finance secretary. Jha will be the finance secretary for  a little less than three months, as he will retire on January 31, 2019. Incumbent Hasmukh Adhia, a 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, retired in the end of the last month. An alumnus of St. Stephens College of Delhi where he did his post-graduation in history before getting selected into IAS, Jha is the…

Know Your Bureaucrat: 1986 batch IFS and new secretary (west) A Gitesh Sarma

A Gitesh Sarma, 1986 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, has been appointed as the new secretary (west) in the ministry of external affairs (MEA). An MA in political science from Delhi University, Sharma first joined the Indian Audit and Account Service in 1984 before getting selected as an IFS two years later. He served in Indian Missions in Moscow, Hong Kong, Islamabad, London etc.  He also served as joint secretary (external relations) in the department of atomic energy, government of India. His wife is...

Know Your Babu: New commerce secretary Anup Wadhawan; 10 Things to Know

LAST week, the government announced the appointment of 1985 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS — Anup Wadhawan, presently a special secretary in the department of commerce — as India’s new commerce secretary on July 31, 2018, when incumbent Ms Rita Teotia, 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, retires. A former director in the PMO, a veteran in economic and commerce departments and also a PhD in economics, Wadhawan is already appointed as the OSD in the commerce department in the run-up to his elevation as secretary. Here are 10 things to know about India’s new commerce secretary:

How IPS Harssh A Poddar created 42,000 young leaders against crime and terror

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Harssh A Poddar, a 2013 batch Maharashtra cadre Indian Police Service officer and current additional SP in Malegaon, has built something unique: he has created 42,000 young leaders against crime and terror in the last three years. But how? The project is named…

Senior IAS Rajeev Kapoor prematurely repatriated to UP; Who’s Kapoor, and what next for him?

Rajeev Kapoor, 1983 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS and secretary in the department of chemicals and petrochemicals, was on Thursday prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre, Uttar Pradesh. What’s in store for him in the state? There’s no clarity on that, at the time of writing this piece, but here below is more about this officer — his home state, career graph, educational background and more:

Know Your IAS: N Baijendra Kumar, new CMD of NMDC

N Baijendra Kumar, 1985 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS who till recently has been serving as additional chief secretary in the state, will be the new chairman and managing director (CMD) of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), a government-run company that comes under the union ministry of steel. The government in an order dated July 21 had appointed 1988 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ali Raza Rizvi as NDMC’s CEO, but it changed its mind saying in an order issued last week that “the earlier order of appointing Rizvi as CMD of NMDC stands cancelled”. Here are 10 things to know about Baijendra Kumar, the new CMD of NMDC:

Gauri Prashar Joshi: The IAS officer who reached home at 3 am with blood stain on her clothes; 10 Things to Know

IN THE last couple of days, social media has been abuzz with the way an IAS officer — Ms Gauri Prashar Joshi — handled the situation when followers of Sirsa Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim turned violent, forcing even the cops to flee from the scene. All had happened at Haryana’s Panchkula on Friday soon after Ram Rahim was convicted of rape. Ms Joshi who is Panchkula’s deputy commissioner and is also the mother of an 11-month-old, had minor injuries, reaching home as late as 3 in the morning, with blood stains on her clothes. Want to know more about this brave lady IAS officer? Here are 10 things to know about her:

Know Your IAS: World Bank’s new executive director and 1988 batch IAS S Aparna

S Aparna, a 1988 batch IAS officer and principal secretary to Gujarat chief minister, will be the new executive director in the World Bank representing India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. She will be replacing SC Garg. Ms Aparna will get a tenure of three years in America’s Washington DC. An M.Sc and M.Phil in zoology before getting into IAS, she later completed her MBA from…

IAS Radha Chauhan: Know more about new CEO of Government e-Marketplace SPV

THE Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Tuesday gave its nod to appoint 1988 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS Ms S Radha Chauhan as Chief Executive Officer of newly set up special purpose vehicle named Government e-Marketplace (GeM SPV), an entity that will provide procurement of goods and services required by Central and state government organizations. The GeM SPV, a Section 8 company, will…

Know Your IAS: New defence secretary Sanjay Mitra; 10 Things to Know

COME May 24, West Bengal cadre lAS of 1982 batch Sanjay Mitra will be India’s new defence secretary. He has already been appointed as officer on special duty (OSD) in the ministry of defence before he would formally take over as new defence secretary from incumbent G Mohan Kumar. Armed with rich administrative experiences — joint secretary in PMO, chief secretary in West Bengal and union secretary in the ministry of road transport and highways — Mitra has always been a much sought-after officer. Those who are close to Mitra further confirm that he was brought back to Kolkata at the behest of chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Here are 10 things to know about new defence secretary.

Know Your Officer: New Khadi Commission CEO and 1999 batch IAS Ms Anshu Sinha

Ms Anshu Sinha, a 1999 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, will be the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Mumbai-based Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC), an organization that came into the news recently for replacing the photo of Mahatma Gandhi with that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in its annual calendar, which led into some protests inside and outside the Commission. The government last week appointed Ms Sinha, a joint secretary in the ministry of information and broadcasting ministry as the CEO till January 29, 2019 replacing Arun Kumar Jha, a 1985 batch Indian Economic Service officer. Hailing from Uttar Pradesh, Ms Sinha knows…

Know Your Officers: 2 new faces in PMO — Vijay Kumar Mantri, Ms Aishvarya Singh

THE Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) will soon have two new faces — Ms Aishvarya Singh and Vijay Kumar Mantri — both of whom have currently been working in two different Northeastern states, Sikkim and Meghalaya. Ms Aishvarya Singh, a 2008 batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer and Vijay Kumar Mantri, a 2007 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS, were on Friday appointed as under secretary and deputy secretary respectively in the PMO. The IAS officers are usually brought in to Delhi on deputation at least at the rank of deputy secretaries, and not as under secretaries. According to PMO website, there are currently…

LLB, MBA, PhD…Know more about KP Krishnan, secretary designate of skill development ministry

THE Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Monday approved the appointment of 1983 batch Karnataka cadre IAS KP Krishnan as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship with immediate effect. It was decided in the month of November itself that Krishnan would succeed Rohit Nandan as secretary in the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship, as Nandan is set to retire in January end. A Tamil from Delhi, Krishnan was allotted Karnataka cadre, which is why he is fluent in four languages —

Know Your Bureaucrat: New Information and Broadcasting secretary Ajay Mittal

1982 BATCH Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ajay Mittal has taken charge as the information and broadcasting secretary replacing Sunil Arora who retired on April 30. Usually, information and broadcasting secretary is someone who has been working in government of India or the one already known in Delhi. So naturally, when Mittal’s name was announced after the approval of the appointments committee of the cabinet, many in the corridors wanted to know who this officer is. And here it goes:

“Friends, I have relinquished charge…”: How Goa’s new DGP Muktesh Chander says bye to Delhiites

“Friends, I have relinquished charge of Special Commissioner of Police Traffic Delhi after a satisfying 2 years tenure. Moving on 2 Goa as DGP”.

In this age of social media where police officers among other bureaucrats use Twitter and Facebook for a better public interface, it’s not surprising that 1988 batch UT cadre Indian Police Service officer Muktesh Chander announced his new appointment in a Twitter post. The moment he posted this message, many of his…

Make in India, Start Up India: Tough task ahead for new DIPP secretary Ramesh Abhishek

RAMESH Abhishek on March 1 assumed charge as secretary, department of industrial policy and promotion under the ministry of commerce and industry. An IAS officer of 1982 batch (Bihar cadre), Ramesh succeeded Amitabh Kant, who was appointed as the CEO of the NITI Aayog on a two years term. Abhishek was initially appointed as Officer on Special Duty in DIPP so as to get a sense of some of the high-profile initiatives like Make in India and Start Up India that the DIPP undertook.
Abhishek, who was said to be in race for the post of chief of market regulator Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India), was earlier working as...

Know Your Babu: New DMICDC CEO Alkesh Sharma, his journey from agri-management to industry

AFTER one and half years of adhocism, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC), a government agency engaged in building industrial cities between Delhi and Mumbai, gets a full-fledged Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. Alkesh Sharma, a 1990 batch Kerala cadre IAS who had earlier worked in ministries such as tourism, urban development and road transport and highways, will be the DMICDC’s new CEO and MD. Here are 10 things you may like to know about this officer who knows Odiya, Gujarati and Urdu, apart from English and his mother tongue Hindi: