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Association calling on the Hon'ble
chief Minister
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Tmt. Uma shankar (w/o our Chief
secretary) lighting the Kuthuvilakku on the occasion of Cultural
Nite on 1-3-2002. chief secretary and Office-bearers are looking on.
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A view of the audience on the
occassion
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EDITORIAL
Dear friends,
"Mullai" is here again after a prolonged silence of more than a
year. Your contributions are the life blood for this flower to bloom, and
sadly to say, your response has been lukewarm.
Despite
this, I am happy to say that we have been much more in touch with each other
than ever before, thanks to the e-group (ias-tn@yahoogroups.com)
we launched. Right from the Officer trainee at Mussoorie to the senior
most officer, have on at least one occasion sent those mails which have been a
mix of hilarious jokes, messages, Seasons' greetings, serious stuff and outright
junk. They have made us think, debate, sent us into peels of laughter, and
spare a thought for the departed soul. Currently 160 Officers including
retired Officers have been subscribed to the e-group. Whenever the
Association wants to convey an information to the Officers, it involves a lot of
cost, apart from the cumber-some clerical work involved. Even then, one is
not very sure whether the message has been received. In view of this
we request all Officers (serving & retired) of the TN cadre to subscribe to
the e-group by sending their email id to iastn@yahoo.com
But the
e-group can never be a substitute for a magazine, where it is creativity that
matters. this edition is due to the contributions by those few Officers
who chose to respond to our request. Our sincere thanks to each one of
them and an appeal to those who have not contributed to make up in the next
edition. The previous two editions were in the form of a family newsletter
and that tradition is being continued with contributions largely from spouses
and children.
The
Association called on the Hon'ble chief Minister some time back and promised our
best efforts in realizing her dream of making Tamil Nadu the No. I state
in the country. Needless to say, the TN Cadre with its hallowed image of
being one of the best in the country will certainly live upto her expectations.
Wishing you and your family all
prosperity!
(Santhosh Babu)
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Please email your contributions
to iastn@yahoo.com
The Picture on the title of
this page is from a painting by Tr. G. Bhujanga Rao
Join ias-tn@yahoogroups.com
by mailing your e-mail id to us.
Presidents
message
Friends,
This is my
first interaction with you after taking over as the President of our Association
through this forum, which has been inactive largely due to the lukewarm response
from you. Anyway better late than never, our editorial team has been able
to put together yet another edition of our own magazine. May I hope that
this will rejuvenate the creative energies of our fraternity.
The year
gone by had literally earth shattering implications for the world and for our
country.. The cancour of terrorism in its newest and deadliest form, left the
world in a tizzy and the western world understood the gravity of terrorism and
started empathizing with India. Then the unimaginable happened in
Gujarat. As if the fury of nature through a devastating earthquake was not
enough, communalism in a manmade situation raised its ugly head leaving a trial
of death and destruction unmatched in its fury and intensity. The embers
are still smouldering. Where are we going? Many a fact finding team
have come out with shocking stories of pure ineptitude to outright complicity in
the carnage by the Police and the Civil authorities. I believe there is a
lesson in this for us.
While this
is for us to ponder over, I am of the firm opinion that the Civil Servants
should strive hard and work according to the rules and laws of the land and
demonstrate to the people that the Civil Service is above any kind of bias,
political, religious or communal. It is the responsibility of the civil
Service to convey the message that it is committed to bringing about an
atmosphere of peace and communal harmony to enable the citizens of this country
to live in peace.
With best wishes to all,
n.Athimoolam (15/5/2002)
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Calling on
the Hon'ble Chief Minister
The TN IAS
Officers Association called on the Hon'ble Chief Minister on 19/3/2002.
Besides discussion other issues relating to Members of the Association, the
difficulties faced by Officers in getting admission for their children in
schools in Chennai was raised by Ms. Leena Nair and is being followed up.
The problem
faced by Junior IAS Officers regarding own housing in Chennai was brought to the
notice of the Hon'ble Chief Minister By Dr. Satyagopal. The Hon'ble Chief
Minister magnanimously agreed to look into the same sympathetically. As a
sequel to the discussion, certain particulars have been called for by the
Housing & Urban Development Department, to process the representation.
Officers desirous of seeking plot/own house in Chennai may kindly furnish the
information to the President positively before 30/5/2002. either by post or by
email. The list will be compiled and handed over to the Govt. in the
first week of June 2002. (The format for sending the application is
enclosed.) Kindly send the same by post to the President or email to iastn@yahoo.com.
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Kindly send your annual
subscription fee of Rs. 250/- at the earliest by cheque to "The Treasurer, Tamilnadu
IAS Officers Association."
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Celebrations!
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Executive Committee
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Welcome
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family joins the following members in their moments of happiness on the
occasion of their children's marriage
Tr. S. Rajaretinam
Tr. G.
Ramakrishnan
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President:
Tr. N. Athimoolam
Vice President: Tr. Christodas
Gandhi
Secretary :Tr. D. Chandrasekharan
Joint Secretary: Ms. Leena Nair
Treasurer: Tmt. Kannegi
Packianathan
Executive Committee members
P.A. Ramaiah,
Dr. Satyagopal,
Tr. T.s. Jawahar,
Tr. Pandian,
Tr. S. Ayyar,
Ms. Apoorva,
Dr. Santhosh Babu,
Dr.B. Chandramohan.
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we
welcome Officer-Trainees of the 2001 batch to Tamil Nadu
Dr. P. Umanath
T.N. Venkateshan
Rajendra Ratnoo
R. Lal Vena
We wish you a pleasant and interesting
district training!
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Keep in touch
Tr. Pavan Raina :
Resident Commissioner, TN House, New Delhi
Tr. Otem dai : Deputation
to Arunachal Pradesh
Tmt.R. Jaya : U.S
(Training) D.O.P.T, New Delhi
Tmt. Amudha :APO, UNICEF |
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Postings after
14.1.2002
| Tmt.Sheela
Balakrishnan |
Secretary I to Chief Minister |
| Tr. C.V.Shankar |
Secretary
II to Chief Minister |
| Dr.Arul Mozhi |
SS,chief
Ministers' Office |
| Dr.Senthil Kumar.P |
Collector, Dindugal |
| Tr.Thiagarajan |
Collector,
Tuticorin |
| Tr.Kumar Jayant |
Jt.
Transport Commr. |
| Tr.Rakesh Kumar Yadav |
Director, Sericulture, Salem |
| Tr.Ramakrishnan |
COMMISSIONER
ADW |
| Tr.P.R.Shampath |
Member
secy. CMDA |
| Tr.T.S.Jawahar |
J.S, B.C
& MBC Welfare |
| Tr.T.K.Ramachandran |
Director
SS & Raffles |
| Tr.Ashok Dongre |
OSD
(Compu) S & S |
| Tr.T.N.Ramanathan |
Commissioner,
Chennai Corporation |
| Tr.G.Santhanam |
OSD,O/o
spl. Commr.& commr. H.R & CE |
| Tr.Rajendra Kumar |
J.S.
(Public) |
| Tmt.Thangam
Sankaranarayanan |
Secretary, Transport |
| Tr.V.K.Jeyakodi |
CMA |
| Tr.M.Kalaivanan |
ED,TIDCO |
| Tr.Ravindra Kumar
Sharma |
Commissioner, Geology & Mining |
| Tr.A.Pannerselvam |
Commissioner
Govt.Data centre |
| Tr.Ashok Ranjan
Mohanty |
Secy.State election Commission |
| Dr.Paramjit Singh |
Addl.secy.E&F
Dept. |
| Tr.G.Sundaramoorthy |
Sub.Collr.Pollachi
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Food for thought
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Bygones
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Homage
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1.. Depute all IAS officers for the best
training in IT (compulsory)
2. Make Secretariat a paperless one.
3. Should IAS Probationers coming out of
LBSNAA be conferred with degree/diploma in Management/Public
administration?
4.The Phase II training at LBSNAA should
be cadre specific & conducted by faculty drawn from the cadre to which
the Probationer is appointed. |
" The Musical Nite on 1.3.02 was a
huge success once again.
" New office bearers of the TN IAS
Association takes charge.
"The association called on the
Hon'ble Chief Minister on 19.3.02 |
We pay our respectful homage to Tr.
Abdullah Sha, who was taken away at an early age. We also condole
the sad demise of the near & dear of our officers.
Tmt. Nagalakshmi W/o tr. Gowrishankar
Tmt. Lalitha w/o Tr. N.S. Palaniappan
Tr. Ranganathan F/O Tr. R. Santhanam
Tr. K.R. vairavanathan, F/O Tr. V.Pandian |
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Letters to the Editor
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"Mullai" is
coming out very well. Some light articles, may be relating to
bureaucracy, would make it more entertaning. Many senior officers
have a wealth of work-related anecdotes which we may perhaps tap. If
the ICS officers could write home based on their experiences, I am sure
their bam-boo-frame successors can come out with material for
"Mullai".
Meanwhile a suggestion
for e-group. This is for officers who are away from TN. We may be
away, but our heart still beats to hear news from home (As you said in
"Mullai"- "keep in touch") so couldn't interesting
items from the press - relating to government and governance - be sent to
e-group members. and hope postings of colleagues are also communicated to
e-group members.
Praveen Kumar 17/5/2002
I have receiving
"Mullai" regularly and I find it well edited and well
produced. Let me share some thoughts with you.
Your issue of May 2001
leaves one with a heavy heart as they confront one with the reality of the
retirement of two of our finest officers, PC Cyriac and Latika
Padalkar. They were known throughout their career for their
efficiency and integrity of the highest order. Let their tribe flourish.
Secondly, why don't you
allocate more space for the creative works of the children of officers?
while their comic strips are impressive, please encourage them to write
short articles, poems and the like.
equally welcome will be
the exposition of culinary art by officers wives (As also by certain
officers so inclined!)
Serving and retired
officers could usefully give accounts of their innovative experiments in
service which rode roughshod over the arcane rules and helped the poor and
needy. No doubt, such accounts may tend to be self serving, but I
hope that the concerned officers will keep the narration as objective as
possible. These anecdotes would encourage junior officers to see the
larger perspective of their work and give them the courage to get out of
the rut of the rules whenever the call of their larger responsibilities
beckons them to do so.
Yours sincerely,
S.Srinivasan (Retd. 1963
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