Govt of India expected to appoint Chairman for National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) by December 2016. Justice V Eshwaraiah's term expired in September this year. NCBC has all the powers of a civil court. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shri Akhil Agrawal, General Manager, Central Railway takes over charge as Director General, (Signal & Telecom), Railway Board. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1979 batch IRSEE officer MC Chauhan (GM, Kolkata Metro) takes over the additional charge of GM, South Eastern Railway (SER). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ten IRTS officers (1990 batch) empanelled for holding Jt Secretary level posts in Govt of India. They are: Shiv Kumar Prasad, Prabhakar pranai, Deepak Kumar Jha, Archana Srivstava, B Prashanth Kumar, Shailendra Kumar Sharma, Sanjay Goel, V R Lenin, Om Prakash and Sanjay Tripathi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Shatrughan Singh (IAS:1983:UD) is set to apply for VRS. Having approved by the Govt of India & Uttarakhand Govt he will take take charge as CIC in Uttarakhand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sanjay Kumar (IAS:1992:NL) is expected to be appointed as Joint Secretary in Govt of India. Nagaland Govt is reported to have given the NoC for central deputation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ms Ira Joshi (IIS:1984) has been empanelled for holding Jt secretary level posts in Government of India. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M S Srikar (IAS:1999:KN) has been empanelled for holding Jt Secretary level posts in Govt of India. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saroj Kumar (IDAS:1986) has been empanelled for holding Jt Secretary level posts in Govt of India. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twelve IRAS officers (1987 batch) have been empanelled for holding Jt Secretary level posts in Govt of India. They are: Tanu Chandra, Ajai Mathur, Niva Singh, P Sivaram Prasad,