09-16-2005, 01:03 PM
Oily Mani Shankar Aiyar in pickle over rejecting DPE names for board directors
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Petroleum minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Thursday that his ministry had not rejected any names proposed by the department of public enterprises (DPE) for selection of non-official directors on the boards of navratana and mini-navratana PSUs under the ministry.
In a press statement, Mr Aiyar also said that the list of names forwarded by his ministry is a âsupplementary listâ of 33 names for the consideration of the search committee. While agreeing that the names included in the list comprises of majority of Congressmen and women, Mr Aiyar said, âAny consideration of additional list of names will, of course, be in accordance with the standard procedures prescribed. Moreover the search committee will, of course, be guided by the prescribed criteria while considering these names.â
Interestingly, petroleum secretary, SC Tripathiâs letter to DPE does mention that the names in the list being forwarded are that of persons ârecommendedâ as non-official directors in the corporations indicated against their names. DPE was also asked to convene a fresh meeting of the search committee to consider the names forwarded at the behest of the petroleum minister.
As per the statement, âIt is they (Congressmen and women) who have asked to be considered for appointment as directors of oil PSU boards.â Whether the search committee eventually recommends their names or not depends on whether their bio-datas match the prescribed criteria. If it does not, then they would not be recommended for appointment, the minister said.
He also clarified that the list forwarded to DPE also includes names of ex-bureaucrats like the former deputy governor, RK Gupta; ex-finance secretary, PG Mankad; Teri DG RK Pachauri; ex-secretary, fertilisers ministry, Arvind Varma; former secretary, Planning Commission, NC Saxena; ex-secretary, MP Bezbaruah; ex-DG, Avinash Chandra; former chief secretary, Assam, PK Bora; and professionals like Vineet Nayar (Mahindra BT CEO); and Rajiv Chandrashekhar (ex-MD, BPL).
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Petroleum minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Thursday that his ministry had not rejected any names proposed by the department of public enterprises (DPE) for selection of non-official directors on the boards of navratana and mini-navratana PSUs under the ministry.
In a press statement, Mr Aiyar also said that the list of names forwarded by his ministry is a âsupplementary listâ of 33 names for the consideration of the search committee. While agreeing that the names included in the list comprises of majority of Congressmen and women, Mr Aiyar said, âAny consideration of additional list of names will, of course, be in accordance with the standard procedures prescribed. Moreover the search committee will, of course, be guided by the prescribed criteria while considering these names.â
Interestingly, petroleum secretary, SC Tripathiâs letter to DPE does mention that the names in the list being forwarded are that of persons ârecommendedâ as non-official directors in the corporations indicated against their names. DPE was also asked to convene a fresh meeting of the search committee to consider the names forwarded at the behest of the petroleum minister.
As per the statement, âIt is they (Congressmen and women) who have asked to be considered for appointment as directors of oil PSU boards.â Whether the search committee eventually recommends their names or not depends on whether their bio-datas match the prescribed criteria. If it does not, then they would not be recommended for appointment, the minister said.
He also clarified that the list forwarded to DPE also includes names of ex-bureaucrats like the former deputy governor, RK Gupta; ex-finance secretary, PG Mankad; Teri DG RK Pachauri; ex-secretary, fertilisers ministry, Arvind Varma; former secretary, Planning Commission, NC Saxena; ex-secretary, MP Bezbaruah; ex-DG, Avinash Chandra; former chief secretary, Assam, PK Bora; and professionals like Vineet Nayar (Mahindra BT CEO); and Rajiv Chandrashekhar (ex-MD, BPL).
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