Indian bureaucrats are demonstrating their creativity and photo skills in the getup of their social media handles

THIS photo says it all: There are colours, excitement, movement and happiness. This is the cover photo of the Twitter handle of Syed Akbaruddin, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In this era of social media when every diplomat or bureaucrat can express their creativity, design and photography skills in their individual handles, BoI lists some of the innovative cover photos of the Twitter handles of Indian bureaucrats after examining about 350 of those.

Do you know India’s new finance secretary Ashok Lavasa is also an avid photographer?

A photo exhibition by Ashok and Novel Lavasa (File photo)

DO YOU know, India’s new finance secretary and 1980 batch Haryana cadre IAS Ashok Lavasa is an avid photographer? On Tuesday, the government designated Lavasa as finance secretary, following the convention of designating the senior-most of the five secretaries in the ministry of finance as the finance secretary. Lavasa, holding the post of secretary, expenditure, is ranked higher than his batch mate of Tamil Nadu cadre…

Junk Nadawala Files, 2013: A BoI campaign for moving towards e-files

THIS photo of an unknown Indian bureaucrat finds its place in the official website of UNESCO, or United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture. If you place the key words “Indian Bureaucrat” in UNESCO’s official site, it comes to a section called World Press Freedom Day and this photo appears. Is it the depiction of an extreme case or we do need a quick transition from paper files to e-files on a war footing? Post your comments and tell the authority to move faster on e-files.

Dear cabinet secretary Seth, don't be so modest; remove your ex-boss' photos

Cabinet secretary Ajit K Seth with his ex-boss Chandrasekhar (L)

ONE year after Ajit Kumar Seth became India’s cabinet secretary, the top bureaucrat in the country, the photo gallery of the cabinet secretariat gives an impression as if his four batch senior in IAS, KM Chandrasekhar, still occupies the hot seat! Have you checked the15 photos which were uploaded in the official cabinet secretariat website till Sunday night? Here are those.