Govt curtails senior officer's tenure in NTRO

The tenure of a senior officer in National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), a technical intelligence agency, was today restricted by over two years, without citing any reasons.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the proposal for restricting central deputation tenure of Ashwani Kumar Sonik, a 1986 batch officer of Indian Railway Personnel Service, as Controller (Administration) and Joint Secretary in the NTRO for a period up to March 31, 2016, instead of a period up to June 10, 2018, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training said without giving any reason.
In another order, the ACC has reiterated its earlier decision of restricting central deputation tenure of Narendra Bhooshan, working as Mission Director, National Food Security Mission (NFSM), up to July 10, 2016.

It has been observed that the ACC had earlier taken a conscious decision to restrict the tenure of appointment of Bhooshan to the post pending formulation of recruitment rules. The ACC has accordingly approved reiteration of its earlier decision that extension of his central deputation period be restricted up to July 10, next year, the order said.
Bhooshan, a 1992 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, was appointed to the post in June this year.
The NFSM was launched in October 2007 and it envisages additional production of 25 million tonnes of food grains during 12th Five Year Plan -- 2012-17.

The ACC has approved appointment of IFS officer Thanglura Darlong as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in South Asian University here for three years.

Darlong is a 1988 batch Indian Foreign Service officer.
The South Asian University has been established by eight member nations of South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC)--India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The university, which started its operations from the academic year 2010, offers post-graduate and doctoral programmes in various disciplines including development economics, computer science, biotechnology, mathematics, sociology, international relations and law.