Govt still looking for DPS Sandhu’s replacement in World Bank?

THE government has been looking for suitable candidates at the level of deputy secretary or director in Government of India to fill up two posts of adviser to the executive director in the World Bank in place of 1987 batch IRTS officer DPS Sandhu and 1991 batch Karnataka cadre IAS LK Atheeq. It’s quite surprising that the DoPT circular dated August 6, 2015 is searching for Sandhu’s replacement, because an one and half years old circular dated January 27, 2014 (the UPA time) actually…

Know about "public health expert" & new PMO JS Anu Garg; Atheeq joins Bank

Anu Garg

IN A minor reshuffle in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Anu Garg, a 1991 batch Orissa cadre IAS currently working in department of health and family welfare, has been appointed as joint secretary in PMO. Armed with a decade-long association with health issues both at the state and the Centre, Ms Garg will be a resource on public health issues in the PMO in government’s social drive ahead of the 2014 general elections. The lateral shift of Ms Garg was necessitated…

A Tale of Two IAS Batchmates: LK Atheeq of PMO gets extension, LV Nilesh still missing, "deemed to have resigned"

LK Atheeq: A Critical PMO official

IT’S a classic tale of two IAS batch-mates of 1991 batch. One, LK Atheeq, who has been in Prime Minister’s Office from August 2007, is increasingly becoming a critical officer in Manmohan Singh’s PMO. Atheeq, a Karnataka cadre IAS and joint secretary in PMO has recently been given a two years extension till August 12, 2014. The other…