MAY 2015

POINT
OUT
GOVT WATCH MOVERS & SHAKERS
• Subir purkayastha
Subir Purkayastha
took over as
Director (Finance)
of GAIL (India)
Limited. A Chartered
Accountant and
Company Secretary
by professional
qualifi cation, Subir
Purkayastha has a rich experience of
nearly 30 years in the areas of Corporate
Finance and Treasury including Forex
Risk Management, Capital Budgeting,
Corporate Budgets, Corporate
Accounts, Finalization of Long Term
LNG and Gas Agreements, Liquefaction
and Regasifi cation Terminal Service
Agreement, Shareholders Agreements
and Joint Ventures Agreement etc. Prior
to his appointment as Director (Finance),
he held the position of Executive Director
(Finance & Accounts) in GAIL.
• Biswajit Roy
Biswajit Roy has
taken over as
Director (Human
Resources & Business
Development) of Oil
India Limited (OIL),
India's second largest
National Exploration &
Production Company.
Roy has over 32 years of rich experience
in the Oil Industry, spanning across
a spectrum of diverse functions such
as Marketing, Operations, Business
Development, Human Resources,
besides a stint at the Overseas Office of
IndianOil at Dubai.
A graduate in Chemical Engineering from
University of Roorkee (now, IIT Roorkee),
he completed National Management
Programme (NMP) from Management
Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon.
• Arun Jha
1981 batch IAS offi cer Arun Jha has
taken over as Secretary Tribal Affairs in
the Government of India.
• Smita purushottam
Smita Purushottam has been appointed
as the next Ambassador of India to
Switzerland. She is a 1980 batch IFS
officer.
• Achal Kumar Jyoti
Achal Kumar Jyoti has taken over the
charge as Election Commissioner of
India. Achal is a retired IAS offi cer of
Gujarat cadre.
• Binod Kumar Singh
1994 batch IPS offi cer of Uttar Pradesh
cadre Binod Kumar Singh has been
appointed as Offi cer on Special Duty
(OSD) to Rajnath Singh, Home Minister.
• Arun Shrivastava
Arun Shrivastava has taken over as
Managing Director and Chief Executive
Offi cer of Syndicate Bank
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maY 2015