Govt organises music, dance competition for wards of its employees; cricket, football coaching to begin on May 15

COME May 30-31, there will be a music and dance competition for the wards of the Central government employees. Held annually in New Delhi during this summer season, the last date for entry into the completion is…

Ravinder Kumar, the rail bureaucrat with his best compositions of Rubaiyat and Ghazals

Ravinder Kumar, 1984 batch Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer and chief personnel officer of South Central Railways, is coming out with an audio CD titled Khwaab-O-Khyal at the ensuing 1984 batch Civil Services Meet at Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi. The CD contains his best compositions of Rubaiyat and Ghazals. This rail bureaucrat has written a dozen…

Maharashtra officer Vijaykumar Phad sings Bhajans to dissuade farmers from committing suicide

THERE’S nothing unusual if a senior bureaucrat changes his formal dress to dhoti and kurta after office hours. But how would you react if he takes a Veena in hand and starts singing kirtans and bhajans in villages? For Vijaykumar Phad, the deputy divisional commissioner, general administration in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district, there is a purpose to his act. He feels his singing of devotional songs will dissuade farmers from committing suicide. In fact, Phad’s photo while singing in a village in Aurangabad, as published in…

Dance Babu Dance: Circular wants bureaucrats taking part in dance competitions to be cautious

COME January 27, civil servants working in Central government offices will gather at CSOI auditorium in New Delhi’s Vinay Marg to sing, dance and act. In fact, they will participate in inter-ministry music, dance and short play competition. But a government circular dated December 8 reminded the would-be participants that they “being government employees are subjected to the provisions of conduct rules”, and “any violations of…

Dance Babu Dance: Indian bureaucrats to compete for best dancer, best singer titles

COME February 27, Indian bureaucrats will sing and dance, quite literally. The Central Civil Services Cultural and Sports Board is organizing music, dance and short play competitions to be held in New Delhi’s Mavlankar Auditorium between February 27 and March 1. And for Central government employees, it’s a chance to think beyond sarkari files and display their talents as singers, dancers and actors. If a bureaucrat wants to perform a solo music or dance, the entry fee is just Rs 10. The entry is open till February 22.
A circular dated February 9 has been sent to the welfare officers of all Central government ministries and departments. Casual employees working as consultants in various ministries are however not eligible for the competition.
If you know any bureaucrat with outstanding talent in singing or dancing, do send a mail to feedback@babusofindia.com

Theft in IAS children marriage

There was theft of valuables worth Rs 2.5 lakh in a high profile marriage of children of two senior IAS officers in Delhi recently. The incident occurred during the marriage between son of secretary of Information and Broadcasting ministry Uday Kumar Varma and daughter of Uttar Pradesh principal secretary and 1982 batch IAS Susheel Kumar.
A case has been registered against an unknown young man impersonating there as a guest. The victim was the wife of Verma who lost her hand bag which had gold mangalsutra, necklace, ear rings and Rs 20,000 cash. The venue of the event was 5, Ashoka Road in heart of Lutyens’ Delhi.

Action and Appointments

a) India’s biggest private sector company Reliance Industries has roped in a prominent British babu. The British government official Tony Fountain, who came into news sometime back as the highest paid civil servant in UK, will now be the CEO of Reliance’s refining business. Fountain was the chief executive of Britain’s nuclear dismantling authority.