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secretary, drinking water supply shantha sheela nair

Appropriately, Shantha Sheela Nair – Secretary, Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development – feels strongly about India’s water problems. A 1973-batch IAS...

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‘We took advantage of asignificant change in international perceptions’

Former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran belongs to the 1970 batch of the Indian Foreign Service. He served at the MEA as Joint Secretary,...

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Individual employees must be held accountable

From a humble background in Orissa, Satyanand Mishra is an IAS officer of the 1973 batch, Madhya Pradesh cadre. He has an MA...

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‘VENDORS MUST ENTER INTO INTEGRITY PACT WITH MINISTRY OF DEFENCE’

His background as Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Defence has come in handy for Central Vigilance Commissioner Pratyush Sinha, India’s topmost anti-corruption...

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‘THE EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE DOES NOT WORK IN INDIA’

Dr Pronab Sen,Chief Statistician and Secretary,Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

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‘The partyin power is invariably unhappy with us’

Election Commissioner SY Quraishi has never been afraid of challenges. An IAS officer of the Haryana cadre (1971 batch), he realized when he...

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‘SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT IS OUR MANTRA’

Eminent jurist BN Srikrishna entered private practice in Bombay High Court in 1967, specialising in labour and industrial law. Appointed additional judge of...

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‘Can India Progress Without UP Progressing?’

Appointed Cabinet Secretary on June 14,2004,BK Chaturvedi held the post till June 13,2007. An IAS officer of the 1966 batch (UP cadre), he...

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‘We’ throwing out the old system’

Vijayendra Nath Kaul joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1965 after securing a postgraduate degree in history from St Stephen’s College,Delhi.He was sent...

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I told PM, civil servants cannot be part-time travellers

gfiles:You have served the government for 37 years. How do you evaluate this period in terms of governance? Yogendra Narain: This has been...