Centre downgrades the post of project director of Raebareli-based aviation university from JS to director

THE Centre is looking for a director-ranked officer for the post of project director in Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU), located in Raebareli’s Fursatganj area. It was originally a joint secretary-ranked post, downgraded possibly after there were few takers of the post. The earlier government in March 2014 decided to keep the place of posting in New Delhi so as to possibly…

One Year, Many Circulars: Hunt for a JS-level officer to head Raebareli-based aviation university continues

ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2014, DoPT issued a circular to state chief secretaries and union secretaries to nominate eligible candidates for the post of project director (joint secretary level) at Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU) to be located at Raebareli, which is incidentally Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s Lok Sabha constituency. It would have passed as just another office circular, had the government not issued at least four such circulars earlier to hunt for…

Govt becomes flexible as no joint secretary-ranked officer wants to be shifted out to Raebareli

WITH no joint secretary-ranked officer willing to be stationed in Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli as the project director of yet-to-be-built Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU), the government has now given flexibility on the posting by issuing a fresh circular on March 19, 2014, whereby there is no insistence that the selected officer would be based out of Raebareli. The hunt for a joint secretary-level person for the Raebareli project actually began on…

No taker for JS level job at Raebareli? DoPT re-circulates RGNAU vacancy notice

SURPRISING! There is no taker for a high-ranked bureaucrat’s job located at Raebareli, arguably one of the major political hotspots that elects Congress president Sonia Gandhi to Lok Sabha. After one and half months of the DoPT issuing a vacancy circular for the post of…

Alok Johri: The engineer who revived a “dead project” in Raebareli appointed as Member (Mechanical) in Railway Board

Alok Johri, former Chief Administrative Officer of Raebareli-based Rail Coach Factory and 1977 batch Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers, assumed charge on Tuesday as the new Member (Mechanical) of the Railway Board. According to a statement issued by Indian Railways on Tuesday, Johri was instrumental in reviving the Rail Coach Factory in Raebareli which was a “dead project” when…

A joint secretary ranked officer wanted in Raebareli. Will he fly high?

ARGUABLY India’s most powerful bureaucrat and principal secretary to PM Pulok Chatterji was the district magistrate of Raebareli, traditional bastion of Gandhi-Nehru family. That was three decades ago. He was an outstanding officer from day one, but his proximity to Gandhi family has always contributed to his excellence in bureaucratic career. For joint secretary-ranked officers, here is a chance to take up a job at Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh where…