TKA Nair launches marketing intelligence cell for SME

IT was not the usual intelligence gathering mechanism that home ministry or a section of PMO is familiar with. TKA Nair, one of the most powerful bureaucrats in the country and principal secretary to the Prime Minister of India inaugurated the marketing intelligence cell for micro, small and medium enterprises, set up by the national small industries corporation.

Such a cell was necessitated during this current era of globalization as patterns of fashions or tastes in the domestic and international market besides information about the trends in exports are getting changed now. These are vital inputs for making MSMEs aware about their marketing strategy which this cell would provide.

Dinesh Rai, secretary, MSME, chairman of NSIC Dr HP Kumar, M Raman, Director General (S&D), Madhav Lal, AS&DC (MSME) and other officers of the ministry and NSIC were present during the occasion.

Former UPSC chairman gets 3rd IOS life time achievement award

Vice President of India M Hamid Ansari presented the “3rd IOS Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr AR Kidwai, the former Governor of Bihar, West Bengal, Haryana and the former Chairman, UPSC. The award consists of Rs one lakh, a citation and a memento.

Action and Appointments

a) Kailash Chandra Joshi, has been appointed as an Additional Judge of the Rajasthan High Court.

b) Boregowda Sreenivase Gowda and Keralapura Nanjundaiah Keshavanarayana have been appointed as additional judges of the Karnataka High Court for a period of two years.