Officer wanted as Consul (Education) in Embassy of India in Washington DC; More on eligibility

IF YOU are a deputy secretary or director-ranked officer at the Centre willing to work in Indian embassy in Washington DC, this information is for you. The government has been looking for a suitable candidate for the post of Consul (Education) in Embassy of India, Washington DC under the department of higher education, ministry of human resource development for a period of three years. Interestingly, the experience in educational administration is a must and desirable qualifications include…exposure to multilateral and international organizations. And the mandatory qualifications are:

Post of Counsellor (Economic) in Indian embassy, Beijing: Has Govt identified the officer even before formal searches began?

HAS the government informally chosen the next counsellor (economic) in Indian embassy in Beijing even before the DoPT’s formal letter to GoI secretaries and state chief secretaries to nominate suitable candidates was issued on Tuesday? Unlike other such advertisement notifications, the desirable qualifications for this post located in China’s capital city are more specific:

Home secretary RK Singh fumes; warns officers not to hobnob with embassies

Is Home Secretary RK Singh Angry?

UNION home secretary RK Singh has asked secretaries of various departments to restrain bureaucrats from hobnobbing with foreign embassies in India. The fear? A few bureaucrats were already “cultivated” by foreign service nationals or embassy officers.

Singh’s letter as quoted by a report in Hindustan Times said that those officials would be dealt with. But who are those officials?