Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Rajiv Nayan Choubey appointed as additional secretary in PMO

1981 BATCH Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Rajiv Nayan Choubey is likely to play a key role in Modi’s PMO. Choubey, currently additional secretary in the ministry of power, was on Thursday appointed in the PMO in the same rank. Being an IAS belonging to 1981 batch, Choubey will soon be promoted as secretary to PM, one of the influential posts in South Block. His appointment in the PMO may have a clear stamp of principal secretary to PM Nripendra Misra as…

Babus In Demand: Jobs for director level officers in Cochin and Vizag

WISHING to take the challenge of managing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and be a part of India’s infra story? Here are two posts for officers at the level of deputy secretary and director to apply.

In fact, applications are invited for suitable candidates at the level of deputy secretary or director to fill up post of Joint Development Commissioners in Visakhapatnam SEZ whereas a director level officer is wanted for the post of Development Commissioner of Cochin SEZ. For both the posts, the last date of application is May 15, 2010.

Though in both the cases, deputy secretary or director level officers eligible for appointment under the Central Staffing Scheme are qualified to grab the posts, the mandatory requirement of having experiences of work in the field and district administration would disqualify many non-IAS Group-A officers vying for the posts.

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DoPT CIRCULAR for Vizag SEZ, dated April 6, 2010

DoPT CIRCULAR for Cochin SEZ, dated April 6, 2010

Action and Appointments

a) Shiv Shankar Menon, 1972 batch retired IFS has got the ACC approval as the National Security Adviser from the date of assumption of charge and until further orders. He will have an MoS status.

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b) The ACC has approved the repatriation of N Gokulram, a 1974 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, presently OSD in the Cabinet Secretariat, to his parent cadre.

c) The premature repatriation of DK Kotia, a 1981 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS and joint secretary in the ministry of home affairs to his parent cadre has been approved.

d) Ram Phal Pawar, a 1988 batch West Bengal cadre IPS, SK Pandey, a 1988 batch MP cadre IPS and SL Thaosen, a 1988 batch MP cadre IPS have been appointed as Inspectors General in the Special Protection Group.

e) CS Kedar, a 1979 batch Karnataka cadre IAS has been appointed as Director General Employees State Insurance Coporation in the rank and pay of additional secretary with effect from March 26, 2010.

f) Minnie Mathew, a 1976 batch AP cadre IAS, and chairperson of Coconut Development Board has been repatriated to her cadre.

g) Sujit Gulati, a 1985 batch Gujarat cadre IAS has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the ministry of textiles.

h) Rajiv Nayan Choubey, a 1981 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS has been appointed as development commissioner (handlooms) at a joint secretary level.

i) The lateral shifting of Ms Sheila Sangwan, a 1976 batch IRS(C&CE) from the post of financial adviser in the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) to the post of joint secretary and financial adviser in the Department of Science and Technology has been approved.

j) Ms Vandana Srivastava, a 1978 batch IDAS has been appointed as joint secretary and financial adviser in the CSIR/DSIR.

k) The Director Financial Intelligence Unit India (FIU-India), Arun Goyal and the Director, CBI, Ashwani Kumar exchanged documents of MoU signed between FIU-India and CBI, in New Delhi on April 5, 2010. (See picture)