A number of IPS officers are expected to be shifted after the assembly elections in Delhi.

P S Kushwaha, presently posted as Addl CP in Delhi Police is likely to be promoted as Joint Commissioner of Police. He is an AGMUT cadre IPS officer.

Three IPS officers of Delhi Police have been promoted as Additional Commissioner of Police. They are: Pratiksha Godara, Manoj C and Pranav Tayal.

The President of India has accepted the resignation of Shivdeep Wamanrao Lande from the Indian Police Service. He was 2006 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Gunjan Kumar Sinha, GM, Coal India Limited, has taken over the charge as Director (Personnel), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL).

Harshanand G A will join Karnataka cluster SEZ as Deputy Development Commissioner on deputation basis for a period of three years. He is a 2015 batch IRS(C&IT) officer.

A N Krishnachandran, Assistant Commissioner, Mumbai Zone, has resigned from Indian Revenue Service of C&IT.

K S P V Pavan Kumar, Special Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Information Technology Department and Director, Directorate of Information Technology, Electronics & Communication (DITEC), Assam is relieved from his current post and reverted back to Environment & Forest Department for posting as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Afforestation), O/o Principal Chief Conservator of Forest & HoFF. He is a 1992 batch IFoS officer.

The cadre of Utsav Anand has been transferred from Uttar Pradesh to Haryana on the grounds of marriage to Ms Anjali Shrotriya. Both are 2022 batch IAS officers of Haryana cadre.

The cadre of Mukund Thakur has been transferred from Kerala to Chhattisgarh on the grounds of marriage to Ms Namrata Choubey. Ms Choubey is a 2022 batch IAS officer while Thakur is of 2020 batch IAS officer.

Three officers of Goa: Amarsen Rane, Levinson Martins and Sunil Masurkar have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS)  cadre in AGMUT.

Nitesh Kumar Sharma, who is presently serving at Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), has been transferred to the Railway Board and posted as Director, Railway Stores (F), Railway Board. He is an Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS) officer.

M Vijaya Kumar, who is currently serving in South Central Railway (SCR), has been transferred to West Central Railway (WCR) and posted as Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer (PCME). He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

K Raman, who is currently serving in South Western Railway (SWR), has been transferred to Integral Coach Factory (ICF) and posted as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

Akhilesh Kumar, who is presently serving in West Central Railway (WCR), has been transferred to Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) and posted as Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer (PCME). He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

Siddharth Kati, who is presently working as Principal Chief Personnel Officer (PCPO) (CHOD) in East Coast Railway (ECoR), has been transferred to South Central Railway (SCR) and posted as PCPO (CHOD). He is an Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer.

Pankaj Kumar, who is presently serving in South Eastern Railway (SER), has been posted as Member Secretary, Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Ranchi. He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has invited applications from retired Deputy Secretary/ Directors or equivalent level officers for the post of Consultant in New Delhi.

Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) has invited applications from IRSME officers for two posts of Senior General Managers (P&S), Delhi on deputation basis.

National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has advertised for two posts of Deputy Chief Project Manager (Electrical) on deputation basis in Surat, Gujarat.

National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has advertised for the post of Chief Project Manager (Electrical) on deputation basis in Surat, Gujarat.

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has invited applications from retired government officials for the post of Consultant (Budget and Accounts) on contract basis for New Delhi.

Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) has invited applications for the post of Senior Inspector (Technical) in the Commission of Railway Safety, Southern Circle, Bengaluru on deputation basis. Details can be availed from CRS website.

Ms Supria Chandran has been appointed as Under Secretary in Cus.IV, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Dept of Revenue with effect from September 6, 2024. She is a 2016 batch IRS (C&IT) officer.

The post of Ghan Shyam Kumar has been upgraded as Director in Department of Revenue.

Last date to apply for the post of Consultant in Animal Quarantine and Certification Services (AQCS), Chennai (SR) has been further extended. The revised date is January 27, 2025.

As many as 13 officers in the grade of Commissioner/Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs and Indirect Taxes have been shifted. Kavita Bhatnagar, Commissioner, has been shifted to NACIN, Bhopal ZTI, while Senthil Nathan S, Commissioner, was moved to DG, Vigilance (Hqrs.), Delhi. Similarly Amit Gupta, ADC, has been transferred to Meerut GST & CX Zone; Paras Mal Sankhla, ADC, to Delhi GST & CX Zone; Vivekanand Rai, ADC, to Ahmedabad GST & CX Zone; Arvind Kumar Chaurasia, ADC, to Delhi GST & CX Zone; Vignesh Sethival, JC, to Chennai GST & CX Zone; Bhuvnesh Kumar Tiwari to Ahmedabad GST & CX Zone; Jyoti Virdi, JC, to Meerut GST & CX Zone; J Rajesh Kumar, AC, to Visakhapatnam GST & CX Zone; S Seetha Rami Reddy to Chennai GST & CX Zone; A S Rajeevan, AC, to Thiruvananthapuram GST & CX Zone and K P Suresh Kumar, AC, was moved to to Thiruvananthapuram GST & CX Zone.    

In a major administrative reshuffle, 31 IAS officers have been given new assignments in UP. Suryapal Gangwar has been appointed as Secretary to the Chief Minister, while Selva Kumari J was made Secretary, Planning and Director General, Finance and Statistics and Narendra Prasad Pandey takes over as Member, Judicial Revenue Council, Prayagraj. Similarly, Suhas LY has been relieved from the charge of Director General, Youth Welfare and  Prantiya Rakshak Dal, Uttar Pradesh; Ritu Maheshwari has been posted as Secretary Medical Health and Family Welfare Department; Rishikesh Bhaskar Yashod as Divisional Commissioner Meerut; Jasjit Kaur as District Magistrate, Bijnor; Shailendra Kumar Singh as Divisional Commissioner Agra; Chandra Prakash Singh as District Magistrate, Mathura; Shruti as District Magistrate, Bulandshahr; Chaitra V as Director General, Youth Welfare and Prantiya Rakshak Dal; Sangeeta Singh as Divisional Commissioner. Aligarh; Archana Verma as Chief Executive Officer, National Health Insurance Scheme; Visakh G as DM Lucknow; Sanjeev Ranjan as District Magistrate, Aligarh; Shiv Sahay Awasthi as District Magistrate, Pratapgarh; Ankit Kumar Agarwal as Director, Minority Welfare; Jasjit Kaur as District Magistrate, Bijnor; Rakesh Kumar Singh as Secretary, Chief Minister; Jitendra Pratap Singh as District Magistrate, Kanpur City; Asmita Lal as District Magistrate, Baghpat; Shashank Tripathi as DM, Barabanki; Nagendra Pratap as Additional Chief Executive Officer, Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority; J Ribha as DM, Banda; Indra Vikram Singh as Secretary Agriculture Department, Deepak Meena as DM Ghaziabad, Vijay Kumar Singh as DM, Meerut; Ashutosh Kumar Dwivedi as DM, Farrukhabad; Satyendra Kumar as Special Secretary to Chief Minister; Shashank Tripathi as DM, Barabanki; Kritika Jyotsna as Special Secretary, Revenue Department; Kumar Harsh as DM, Sultanpur and Ishan Pratap Singh will hold the additional charge of Special Secretary and Director, Civil Aviation along with the current charge.

Virendra Mittal has been posted as Commissioner & Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Finance Department with additional charge of Irrigation Department and PD, ARIAS and Project Officer, Assam Integrated River Basin Management Project under PIU, ASDMA. Similarly, Mrs Laya Madduri, Secretary, Finance and Science, Technology and Climate Change Departments and Managing Director, Assam Financial Corporation is relieved from the additional charge of Secretary, Science, Technology and Climate Change and Ashwani Kumar is posted as Director, Directorate of Information Technology, Electronics & Communication (DITEC), Assam and Pallav Gopal Jha is substantively posted as Secretary, Science, Technology and Climate Change Department with additional charge of Project Director, Assam Urban Infrastructure Investment Program and Project Director, JICA Assisted Guwahati Water Supplies Project and Secretary, Social Justice & Empowerment Department as additional charge.

Long working hours, frequent transfers, complex situations, significant pressure from stakeholders is what outlines the life of an IAS officer. But this soft-spoken 2013 batch dynamic IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Raj Kamal Yadav has his own way to deal with the demanding and stressful days.

Whispers In The Corridors spoke with Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Small Industries Corporation Limited (UPSIC) and Additional Commissioner of Industries (ACI) Kanpur, Raj Kamal Yadav to learn how he beats the stress. Stay tuned for more.

Daily stress buster

My two lovely sons -Rudra (six) and Rushank (two) help me deal with daily stress. As we know children are pure souls giving unconditional affection, so one can find me up with them till 2 am quite often. They fill me with renewed enthusiasm.

Fitness first

Gymming is something I enjoy a lot. I somehow successfully manage five to do it days a week. While I workout, my subconscious mind keeps working on the tough situations I am caught with. It clears the mind's fogginess. Amazingly, I do get smart ideas while pumping steel that make things work for me.

Life is blissful

I can only thank the Almighty and there is nothing that I desire from him right now. He has bestowed me with everything I could have desired. I also believe that destiny plays a major role and one gets what is destined, but  one gets the destined only happens to those who club it with hardwork and honesty.

Kind soul

I have seen people twist rules, regulations and procedures to suit themselves. Though this doesn't hurt me, but when I see the needy suffer, and stuck in procedures and files, I feel helpless.This is really sad. You see, it isn't easy to be in the chair always.

On philosophical note

I believe slow is the fastest way to reach where you wish to desire. Also my philosophy is to be forgiving, holding back too much is like heavy lifting. Eventually it only damages your well-being. Secondly,

On future & happiness

On personal front, I wish to see myself more fulfilled, more healthy and happier. For me happiness is intrinsic - not extrinsic. It’s my mood or my state of mind that only I control - be it a person or situation. On the professional front - of course a promotion is what I look forward to.

Suprakash Adhikari, ED, NHPC Limited, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), NHPC Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January18, 2025. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Ms Punya Salila Srivastava, Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Ayush till January 25, 2025. She is a 1993 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Pankaj Agrawal, Secretary Power, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs till January 25, 2025. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Abhishek Ranjan, CVO, GRSE, Kolkata, has been assigned an additional charge of CVO, Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), Hyderabad for a period of six months upto May 31, 2025. He is a 2008 batch IOFS officer.

Prasanna Kumar Motupalli, Chairman and Managing Director of NLCIL has been conferred with Prestigious International Project Management Association (IPMA) Project Director (Level A) Certificate of competency for his commitment in executing various complex projects at the strategic level and for his exemplary leadership skills. The certificate was awarded to Prasanna Kumar Motupalli by Padmabhushan Dr. Sivathanu Pillai, President, PMA, India & Founder and Former MD, CEO of Brahmos Aerospace, in a function held at Yegneshwaran Auditorium, Learning & Development Centre, NLCIL on 18.01.2025. Functional Directors of NLCIL, Samir Swarup, M Venkatachalam, and Thiru Appakannu Govindarajan, Chief Vigilance Officer, NLCIL, participated in the event. T Srinivasan, Regional Director, PMA, India, and Senior Officials from NLCIL also graced the occasion. The International Project Management Association (IPMA) is a federation of around 70-member associations across the globe which provides qualification standards for individuals working in project, programme and portfolio management while the PMA level A certification is the highest internationally recognised level as project, programme and/or portfolio professional, recognised in over 70 countries. With this certification, Prasanna Kumar Motupalli has joined the elite band of around 500 people in the world and only forty people in India to acquire the coveted IPMA level A certification status.

In his address, NLCIL CMD, Prasanna Kumar Motupalli stressed upon the importance of Project Management in Industry today. He recalled his achieving of the “D” Level certification from IPMA 15 years back and recounted how the certification enabled him to execute challenging projects within short timelines efficiently. He exhorted all employees to get various levels of certification from IPMA to enable a positive transformation of the performance of the company. He also said that achieving the “A” level certification was a dream come true for him. Dedicating this achievement to NLCIL his present organization, the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited and NTPC where he worked earlier and his family members, he also expressed his thanks to IPMA.

Dr. Sivathanu Pillai, President, IPMA (India), made an impactful power point presentation on “Building a Sustainable Future for India” tracing the evolution of the Nation and the concepts of AI, Quantum transformation, Fusion Energy, Energy Security which would set the roadmap for India’s future. He lauded Prasanna Kumar Motupalli for his visionary leadership and innovative approaches that earned him the Level “A” certification from IPMA.

This Certification will benefit NLCIL in successfully executing various projects and will demonstrate the Company's commitment to excelling in project management. Such prestigious certification will help significantly in providing confidence to clients that the company can handle their business efficiently and cost-effectively.

As part of bringing young talents into the execution of present and future projects, 35 Executives from various Units of NLCIL were awarded IPMA "C" Level & "D" Level Certificates in Project Management at the event.

Such programs, followed worldwide, go a long way in promoting and spreading NLCIL's spirit of Project Excellence across industries in terms of project management, performance, approach, and results.

Gaurav Seth has been appointed as an Additional Director in the capacity of Managing Director of 5paisa Capital Limited.

Dhruva Narayan Jha, Independent Director, VB Industries Limited, has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Anand Bagaria has been appointed as an Independent Director of VB Industries Limited.

Rahul Bhatnagar has been appointed as an Independent Director of Tasty Bite Eatables Limited.

P Suriaraj has been appointed as Executive Director of Dhanlaxmi Bank Limited.

Ajai Bahadur Khare has been appointed as an Additional Director (Independent) on the Board of Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GNFC).

Sunil Mehta has been appointed as an Independent Director of CMS Info Systems Limited.

Ms. Sucharita Basu De has been appointed as an Additional Director, designated as an Independent Director, of Ramkrishna Forgings Limited.

Vijay Kumar Swami has been appointed as an Additional Director, designated as an Independent Director, of Mediaone Global Entertainment Limited.

Ms. Kinjal Vora has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent) of Milgrey Finance and Investments Limited.

Narender Surana has resigned from the position of Director of Bhagyanagar India Limited.

Devendra Surana has resigned from the position of Director of Surana Solar Limited.

Devendra Surana has resigned from the position of Director of Surana Telecom and Power Limited.

Deputation may not exceed after five years

As per guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the period of deputation may not exceed after five years.

Kusum 

Congratulations ISRO!

The ISRO scientists and the entire space fraternity of the country deserve applause for demonstrating capability in successfully docking its two satellites and achieving rendezvous in space. Manoeuvring the orbital speed and distance between two satellites is a complex process. The magnificent feat has done India proud. The secret of success lies in the total autonomy and relative freedom granted to organizations like ISRO and the Deptt of Atomic Energy by the successive political dispensations since inception  in  scientific and technological pursuit. The ISRO is now close to setting up a permanent space station to facilitate further space experiments. This is bound to impact the global order.

A K Saxena (A former civil servant)

Not informing the exact amount of photocopy charges

The appellant sought information about installation of Digital Programmable Water Fountain with RGB Lights and other related information. Before the CIC, the appellant contended that the PWD has not informed the amount of photocopy charges which is to be deposited to obtain the information. The CIC observed that it is a serious lacuna on the part of the Respondent in giving incomplete information to the Appellant. Not informing the exact amount of photocopy charges and the process for depositing the same amounts to obstruction of information on the part of the Respondent under the RTI Act. The CIC directed the PWD to be cautious in future and ensure that such lapses do not recur. The CIC further noted that the first appeal of the Appellant was duly received in the office of the Public Authority and directed the Respondent to be careful and sure while making any submissions before the CIC. The CIC directed to inform the exact number of pages which is to be given under the RTI Act along with total amount and mode by which the same is to be deposited by the Appellant. The Respondent was directed to provide information to the Appellant within a week from the date of receipt of payment. The FAA was further directed to ensure compliance of the order.

Comments

The PIO must be cautious and inform the applicant about the quantum of fee to be paid along with the details of calculation how the amount has been arrived at. In this case, the CIC could have taken resort to Section 7(6) of the RTI Act to order providing the information free of cost to the applicant due to the delay. Section 7(6) reads, ‘Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (5), the person making request for the information shall be provided the information free of charge where a public authority fails to comply with the time limits.

Citation: Piyush Sharma v. O/o the Executive Engineer (E), PWD, New Delhi, File No: CIC/PWDDL/A/2023/132711; Date of Decision : 29.10.2024

Dr Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is a RTI Consultant currently working with IIM Vishakhapatnam. She has co-authored the books PIO’s Guide to RTI and Right to Information – Law and Practice. Her weekly article is being published since 2008 on this site. She offers consultancy on RTI matters and third party audit to individuals / organisations. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation at the link https://www.rtifoundationofindia.com

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