Dr U K Sen IRS (Customs & Excise) That was towards the end of February, 1968. The taxi slowly climbed past Library Bazaar, a sleepy area in the city of Mussoorie. I could sense a kind of stillness as it trudged its way towards the Academy. Chunks of ice could be seen […]
Rathi Vinay Jha IAS Ugadi was a festival my mother always celebrated in Mysore, where I spent my childhood. It heralded each new year with the bitter taste of fresh sprigs of neem flowers tempered with coconut and sweetened by jaggery, which taught us to anticipate and accept the combination of bitterness and sweetness […]
B. K. Saha IAS I was a keen photographer then and had been doing my own enlargements (black and white) since 1958. Dawra was in charge of Culture which included the photo processing lab (dark room). He had a budget of Rs. 150 for this was looking for photographers from among us who could get […]
Surendra Bhargava IRS (Income tax) At the time of selection to Revenue Service, I was lean and thin, weighing 100 lbs. However, I believed the popular perception that Income tax department can ‘fatten’ anyone! May be that’s why I had gladly jumped at the option. Jokes apart, my father, who was with the state government […]
Dr. P.D. Shenoy IAS Bodos are the plainland tribals settled on the upper valley of the Brahmaputra river in Assam. Their region is very backward compared to the rest of Assam. There are four airports in Assam, viz., Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Jorhat and Tezpur, but none in the Bodo inhabited area. There was no college […]
Adhip Chaudhury IAS “Time”, they say, “flies”. Today, I am convinced that time does not merely fly but flies at the speed of light. 14th July, 1967 is yet etched so fresh in my mind. That was the D-day on which I joined the Indian Administrative Service at the National Academy of Administration (NAA). […]
S. Bagga IAS APOLOGY “A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns … No! I tell you! The way is to the destructive element submit yourself, and […]
Probir Sen IAS “Their shoulders held the sky suspended; They stood, and earth’s foundations stay; What God abandoned, these defended And saved the sum of things for pay.” These memorable lines of A E Houseman, were a favorite of RCVP Noronha, Administrator nonpareil, and to my mind, the finest civil servant of his […]
Vijay Nambiar IFS Three snatches of memories stretching across fifty years, encompassing a lifetime in the service of the Government of India: Circa July 1967. On the lawns of Hotel Charleville at the Academy, the latest batch of probationers foregather in their black “bandgallahs” and colourful sarees, for their first formal banquet under […]
Gourisankar Ghosh IAS We arrived Dehradun by Howrah-Doon Express in June 1967. We were possibly the largest group from Calcutta ever joining the IAS and other allied services! Next morning with many stories of the strictness of legendary Director Pimputkar, we started our journey to Mussoorie. We entered the Academy gate and stood in […]
