Forest Research Institute Deemed University in Dehradun has never been headed by an academic. All its V-Cs are officers from the Indian Forest Services.
From a physics grad heading home ministry to an English scholar in agriculture, 49 of 57 secretary-level IAS officers in posts at odds with their educational qualification.
Experts weigh in on the PMO's proposal that services and cadres should be allocated after civil services entrants complete their three-month foundation course.
The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Together with the IFS and IAS you should also have added Gen V.K. Singh, former Chief of Army Staff, who has had the ignominy of being demoted from the Ministry of External Affairs to Roads and Highways.
I see this as a disturbing trend for two reasons.Firstly, it is indicative of a dearth of talent in the BJP. Imagine having 352 MPs and not being able to find a Foreign Minister!! Secondly, which is even more dangerous, if the bureaucracy and defence services are taking a sharp right turn they can never fulfill their constitutional duty with equanimity.
Will JS would be real EA or Modi would hog or hug all limelight, and Shankarji would remain a minister for rescue of Indians in overseas.
Together with the IFS and IAS you should also have added Gen V.K. Singh, former Chief of Army Staff, who has had the ignominy of being demoted from the Ministry of External Affairs to Roads and Highways.
I see this as a disturbing trend for two reasons.Firstly, it is indicative of a dearth of talent in the BJP. Imagine having 352 MPs and not being able to find a Foreign Minister!! Secondly, which is even more dangerous, if the bureaucracy and defence services are taking a sharp right turn they can never fulfill their constitutional duty with equanimity.
Among the former bureaucrats, Jaishankar got a prize portfolio