FEBRUARY 2014

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GOVT WATCH MOVERS & SHAKERS
• Rajagopal appointed MD,
NAFED
The Appointments Committee of the
Cabinet has approved the appointment
of R Rajagopal to the post of Managing
Director, National Agricultural
Cooperative Marketing Federation of
lndia Ltd. (NAFED) (JS level), under
the Department of Agriculture 8 Cooperation.
Rajagopal is a 1984 batch
IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. His
appointment is for five years.
• D Ravi appointed JS,
Commerce
Dammu Ravi, an Indian
Foreign Service
officer of 1989 batch
has been appointed
as Joint Secretary
in the department
of Commerce for a
period of three years.
• Deo appointed CVO, RITES
Appointments Committee of the
Cabinet has approved the proposal
of appointment of Prabhat Ranjan
Deo, IPS (HY:86) as Chief Vigilance
Officer in the Rail lndia Technical
Economic Services (RITES),
Gurgaon. He will be placed in the
pay scale of Joint Secretary to the
Government of lndia.
• Ram Singh is Director,
Textiles Ministry
Ram Singh, IPS
(PB:1994), who was
recommended for
central deputation
by the Ministry of
Home Affairs, has
been selected
for appointment as Director in the
Ministry of Textiles, Delhi under the
Central Staffing Scheme for a period
of five years from the date of his taking
charge of the post.
• Barnwal, 3 others promoted
as PS in MP
Ashok Kumar Barnwal has been
among the four IAS officers of 1991
batch of MP cadre who has been promoted
as Principal Secretary. He has
been appointed as Principal Secretary,
Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer
Protection. Others promoted include
Manu Shrivastava promoted as Principal
Secretary grade on the upgraded
post of MD, Madhya Pradesh Power
Management Company Limited,
Jabalpur, Vishwa Mohan Upadhyaya
OSD-cum-Commissioner, OBC
Welfare and S K Mishra, who has been
appointed as Principal Secretary, PHE
and PS to CM with additional charge of
MD, MP Water Corporation Limited.
• Sanjog Kapoor appointed First
Secretary, Tokyo
Sanjog Kapoor, an officer of Indian
Revenue Service officer of Income
Tax department has been appointed
as First Secretary, ITOU, Embassy of
India at Tokyo, Japan.
• Srinivasan is Member
(Finance), Space Commission
Sudarsanam Srinivasan,
Special Secretary
and Financial
Adviser, Department of
Space as Member (Finance),
Atomc Energy,
Space, Earth Commissions
in the rank and pay of Secretary.
He is an IAS officer of Orissa cadre,
1980 batch and will replace A.P. Joshi,
IAS (KN:78) who retired.
Meanwhile, A. Vijayanand, IRS
(C&CE.80), Joint Secretary, Department
of Space has been posted as
Additional Secretary and Financial
Adviser, Departrnent of Space in the
place of Srinivasan.
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