Who are these IAS, IPS, IRS, IRTS officers who set up a virtual communication room to help Chennai flood victims?

AS Chennai drowns under the heaviest rain ever, here is a team of bureaucrats comprising 15 officers belonging to IAS, IPS, IRS, IRTS etc. who set up a virtual communication room by leveraging their social media expertise, and helped in turn many flood-hit victims by using their bureaucratic clout and connect. “Kamakshi Memorial Hospital in Pallikaranai is without power. There are patients in ICU and needs dialysis. Please make sure they are rescued” -- is one of many messages the center had received, and the bureaucrats located across states intervened immediately. The bureaucrats who set up the 24X7 virtual communication center include…

How Indian bureaucrats broke Nepal earthquake news in social media

Top bureaucrats at a review meeting following earthquake in Nepal

RENOWNED cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle on Saturday showered praise on Indian bureaucracy and political establishment. "Too often we deride the bureaucracy and the political establishment. Time today to applaud their urgency and commitment to help in Nepal," he wrote in the micro-blogging site, Twitter. Yes, there were emergency meetings and resulting in swift response to help the Nepal authority. But, many a bureaucrat turned reporters too and wrote about their experiences about the tremor in social media. Here are a few examples:

Uttarakhand’s Monsoon Mayhem: Cabinet Secretary Ajit K Seth’s response

CABINET secretary Ajit Kumar Seth, known to be calm and composed in all difficult situations, has turned hyper-active during the last couple of days, as the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand ground to a halt because of the recent monsoon fury. Despite being a reluctant speaker and media-shy bureaucrat, Seth chose a television channel to…

Ashok Chawla appointed as finance secretary of India

(Babu Blogger said it first on Tuesday, April 28, 2009) SECRETARY of department of economic affairs (DEA) Ashok Chawla has been appointed as finance secretary of India. The post was lying vacant after Arun Ramanathan retired on April 30, 2009. Finance ministry officials have confirmed the development. He has also been given Additional charge of the Department of Financial Services since May 1, 2009

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Name: Ashok Chawla Cadre & Batch: Gujarat cadre of 1973 batch

Date of Birth: 08/01/1951

Place of Domicile: Delhi

Mother Tongue: Punjabi

Indian Languages Known: ENGLISH HINDI GUJARATI Educational Qualifications PG in English literature, First division

MA in Economics, Second division Addl Secetary, Ministry of Finance from April 25, 2005 to January 1, 2007 Special Secetary, Ministry of Finance from January 2, 2007 to January 31, 2007 Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation from February 1, 2007 to September 17, 2008 Secretary, DEA, under Finance ministry from September 17, 2008 till now Foreign Training: Nil

Brahma assumes charge as power secretary

H S Brahma assumed charge as power secretary on Tuesday. He was earlier special secretary, of National Disaster Management Authority in the ministry of home affairs. Brahma is the Andhra Pradesh cadre officer of the 1975 batch of the Indian Administrative Service.