Know Your Babu: New chief of Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme, Sundareshan

Sundareshan (Left) with Deora (File photo)

THIS photo was taken sometime in October 2010. S Sundareshan, then petroleum secretary was enjoying the moment, as his boss Murli Deora apparently cracked a joke at a press conference. “If boss cracks a joke, you have to laugh even if you don’t enjoy it, or even understand it,” one of the readers posted a comment while reacting to this photo published in BoI earlier. Sundareshan, a retired IAS belonging to Kerala cadre, has now genuine reasons to smile. The government has…