Babus, mantris & buzz: Shakti Singh Gohil to get importance in Congress
Shakti Singh Gohil to get importance in Congress
It is said that after the successful AICC session in Gujarat stocks of Shakti Singh Gohil have gone high in the Party. The party leadership is quite happy with the organizational skill of Gohil.
What is the significance?
During Kerala visit PM Narendra Modi gave much response to senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. It has generated political heat. Any significance?
BUREAUCRACY
National Shipping Board constituted
The Central Government has constituted the National Shipping Board for a period of two years. Sameer Kumar Khare, Retired IAS, has been appointed Chairperson, while Rakesh Singh, representative of Indian Coastal Conference Shipping Association (ICCSA) will be the Secretary. Other representatives of the Shipping Board include: Anil Laxman Devli, CEO, representative of Indian National Shipowners Association (INSA); Shri Rahul Modi, representative of Coastal Container Transports Association (CCTA); Milind Kandalgaonkar, General Secretary-cum-Treasurer, National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI); Captain Tushar Pradhan, General Secretary of the Maritime Union of India (MUI); Arun Sharma, Executive Chairman Indian Registrar of Shipping (IRS) Mumbai; Dr K. Murali, Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT, Madras; Ms Sanjam Sahi Gupta, Director, Sitara Shipping Ltd; Shantanu Kalita, Advisor, IPA and Ajithkumar Sukumaran, Chief Surveyor, Directorate General of Shipping, Mumbai. Besides, the National Shipping Board will have CMD, Cochin Shipyard Limited, in-charge of Marine Administration Wing, Ministry of Ports Shipping and Waterways, a representative of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (not below the rank of Joint Secretary), a representative of Indian Navy (Not below the rank of Director) and a representative of Indian Coast Guard (Not below the rank of Director).
Ms Anuradha Prasad joins as Member, Union Public Service Commission
Ms Anuradha Prasad, former Secretary to the Government of India, Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs, has taken over the charge as Member, Union Public Service Commission. She is a 1986 batch of Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer.
Five IPS officers shifted in Delhi
Five IPS officers have been shifted in Delhi. Dr Sagar Preet Hooda has been appointed as Special CP/Intelligence Division with additional charge of Perception Management & Media Cell Division and SPUWAC & SPUNER, while Atul Katiyar takes over as Special CP/Welfare and Sanjay Kumar takes over as Special CP/Training. Besides, Mangesh Kashyap was posted as Addl CP/Crime and Sweta Chauhan was made Addl CP/Security.
Four IPS officers in UP likely to be promoted DG
According to sources four UP cadre IPS officers are likely to be promoted as DG in a month or so. They are: Ashutosh Pandey, Anand Swaroop, Neera Rawat and S B Shirodkar.
Bhupendra Gupta is also CMD, SJVN Ltd
Bhupendra Gupta, Director (Technical), THDCIL, has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, SJVN Limited for a period of three months.
Dr Ashok Kumar Panda joins as Director (Fin) SAIL
Dr Ashok Kumar Panda has taken charge as Director (Finance) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).Dr. Panda began his career at SAIL in 1992 as a Management Trainee. During his career, Dr. Panda has worked in various capacities across various Plants and Units of SAIL. Widely regarded for his financial & technical knowledge and proactive approach, his expertise spans financial accounting, costing & budgeting, business planning, treasury operations, taxation and strategic management.
Ramesh Chandra Mohapatra selected as Director (Tech), SECL
Ramesh Chandra Mohapatra, GM, Jhanjra Area, Eastern Coalfields Limited, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 2, 2025. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.
Poonam Gupta is new Dy Governor RBI
Poonam Gupta has taken over as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on Friday. Gupta will look after the departments of Monetary Policy, Financial Markets Operations, Economic and Policy Research, Financial Stability , International, Statistics and Information Management, Corporate Strategy and Budget, and Communication.
Hari Kumar R takes over as Director (R&D), BEL
Hari Kumar R has taken over the charge as Director (R&D) of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) today. He was serving as General Manager (Technology Planning) prior to being elevated to the Board. Hari Kumar joined BEL on May 1, 1989, as a Probationary Engineer after completing his B Tech. (Electronics & Communication) from the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
A book written by Civil Servant Ajay Singhal
While it attracts readers whenever books are being authored by Civil Servants, but it is amazing when a well known award winning technocrat & civil servant turns to author a book on spirituality. Mr. Ajay Singhal is an IRRS officer and a senior civil servant presently working under Ministry of Communications,
DoT, WMO Delhi. Besides being called as 'The
Spectrum Man' for his innovative initiatives in
spectrum and satellite monitoring, he has earned
many accolades at national level. His book
'Decode God' has been published globally and is
available through online ecommerce
platforms worldwide.
IES/ISS-2025 exam in June
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the date and timetable for Indian Economic Service/ Indian Statistical Service Examination (IES/ISSE), 2025. The examination will be held on June 20, 21 and 22. Details are available on the UPSC website.
Nine IP&TA&FS officers transferred
As many as nine officers of Indian P&T Accounts & Finance Service have been transferred. Accordingly, Afroz Imam Haidry has been shifted to CCA, Bihar, while Chittaranjan Pradhan was transferred to CCA Maharashtra & Goa and Dalzakam Valte is appointed GM (F), PAO, Patna. Similarly, Vibha Govil Mishra has been shifted to CCA Kerala; Sangeet Kumar as GM (F), PAO, Lucknow; Dr Satish Chandra Jha as GM (F), PAO, Chennai; Deepak Kumar to CCA HP; A Ranganath Shyam to CCA Karnataka and Shilpi Sinha was shifted to CCA Haryana.
Three IPS officers get new assignments in Odisha
Susanta Kumar Nath has been appointed as DG, Prison & Correctional Services, while Dayal Gangwar is Additional DG, Communication and Prateek Mohanty was made ADGP, Headquarters in Odisha.
2 ADGF level officers allocated work in MoEF&CC
The work allocation at the level of ADGF has been made in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). A K Mohanty has been allocated works of NAEB/GIM, SU, FPD, EAP, Desertification Cell and Forest Conservation (FC), while Ramesh Kumar Pandey gets charge of Wildlife, RT, FE, Forest Policy, Project Elephant and PRAGATI.
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