Memoirs Of A Civil Servant

Author : Barbara Hosking
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781785903564

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Exceeding My Brief by Barbara Hosking Pdf

From the tragic massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, to signing the Treaty of Rome when Britain entered the Common Market, Barbara Hosking was there. This is the story of a Cornish scholarship girl with no contacts who ended up in the corridors of power. It is also the very personal story of her struggle with her sexuality as a bewildered teenager, and as a young woman in the 1950s, a time when being gay could mean social ostracism. Born during the General Strike in 1926, Barbara Hosking worked her way through London's typing pools in the 1950s to executive posts in the Labour Party, then to No. 10 as a press officer to Harold Wilson and Edward Heath. Between working on a copper mine in the African bush, pioneering British breakfast television and negotiating the complexities of government, hers has been a life of breadth and bravery. Looking back at the age of ninety-one, this is Barbara Hosking's unheard-of account of the innermost workings of politics and the media amid the turbulence of twentieth-century Britain.

Author : Dharmavīra
Publisher : Delhi : Vikas Publishing House
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Civil service
ISBN : UCAL:B3697566

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Memoirs of a Civil Servant by Dharmavīra Pdf

Author : Dharma Vira
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:917041951

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Memoirs of a Civil Servant by Dharma Vira Pdf

Author : Mathew Joseph
Publisher : One Point Six Technologies Pvt Ltd
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789354388095

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THE ASPIRANT: Memoirs of a Monk Turned Civil Servant by Mathew Joseph Pdf

If you do not become what you once aspired to become, does it matter? ‘The Aspirant’ looks for an answer to this perennial question. It is the story of a young man who once wanted to become a Carmelite monk, but ended up becoming a monk of a different order - a civil servant. The disillusionment with the way monastic life was practiced, made him take this new direction. The journey ahead as a bureaucrat in CAG’s institution took the author to many places across the globe and caused him to meet several people – ordinary people with extraordinary stories – and those stories add extra layers to this memoir. And all through his life’s varied voyages, a part of him remained as a monk. ‘The Aspirant’ attempts to demystify two venerable institutions - the church and the bureaucracy - with a tinge of irreverence but without an iota of malice.

Author : Bob Stone
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0742527654

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Confessions of a Civil Servant by Bob Stone Pdf

Confessions of a Civil Servant is filled with lessons on leading change in government and the military. Bob Stone based the book on thirty years as a revolutionary in government. It comes at a time when the events of 9-11 are sharpening America's demands for government at all levels that works.

Author : Javid Chowdhury
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9788184757224

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The Insider's View by Javid Chowdhury Pdf

In this illuminating memoir Javid Chowdhury shares his varied experiences over four decades in the IAS: the years in training when he imbibed the service’s ethos and values; his initiation into the rural universe as the District Development Officer and the District Magistrate; and further on, to his handling of the infamous Bank Securities and Jain Hawala scams as Director of Enforcement and Union Revenue Secretary. With a light pen, Chowdhury describes the changing social profile and attitudes of entrants to the higher civil services; the nepotism, in many garbs, that he encountered as Establishment Officer; and the stranger-than-fiction tortuous investigations of crimes. He also offers his nuanced reflections on the dubious legacy Gujarat acquired as a result of the communal carnage in 2002. Chowdhury further examines how policymaking within government came to be whittled away under the neo-liberal theology, with key scrutiny being left to external expert think tanks and ad hoc groups. As a consequence, he perceives that public accountability came to be inordinately diffused, resulting in the roller-coaster governance that we witness today. Sharp and insightful, replete with telling anecdotes and amusing sketches of icons, colleagues and ministers, The Insider’s View is a compelling portrait of the author, a self-confessed welfare socialist, besides being an X-ray of the innards of the bureaucracy.

Author : Gordon Robertson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1123797743

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Memoirs of a Very Civil Servant by Gordon Robertson Pdf

Author : Robin Gupta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Civil service
ISBN : 8129123738

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And what Remains in the End by Robin Gupta Pdf

Author : Mahesh Prasad
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0230636470

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No, Minister by Mahesh Prasad Pdf

The bard wrote: The course of true love never ran smooth . The same is true of this book. It is the memoirs of a civil servant who followed the path of rectitude. This is an interesting autobiographical account full of anecdotes and the author s persona

Author : Akhter Husain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1527255891

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Memoirs Of A Very Civil Servant by Akhter Husain Pdf

Author : Kamal Siddiqui
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Bangladesh
ISBN : 9849144939

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In One Life by Kamal Siddiqui Pdf

Author : Dr G G Saxena
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-24
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9789355626349

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No Dream Is Too Big : Memoirs of a Civil Servant by Dr G G Saxena Pdf

A riveting journey of an IAS officer that unfolds between the pages of the book. Be it the difficult posting in Andaman and Nicobar or critical handling in Delhi Administration, the book is raw and relatable for readers everywhere. It takes you through the decision making process of a seasoned bureaucrat who formulated policies, advised political leaders, guided subordinates while serving the public at large.

Author : Jagdish Khattar
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789351181972

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Driven by Jagdish Khattar Pdf

An epic triple treat—stories from a civil servant, corporate captain and businessman Jagdish Khattar has had an astonishingly diverse career, a trained lawyer who became an IAS officer. He was an agent of change in Uttar Pradesh through his roles as district magistrate, and head of the cement and transport corporations. He also helmed India’s Tea Board in London and played a key role in the steel ministry. Elevated to the post of MD with Maruti Udyog, a firm that was on the verge of a steep decline, Khattar braved labour unions, foreign competition, and politicians as he led Maruti to a very successful IPO. Finally, at the age of sixty-five, Khattar turned entrepreneur with Carnation, India’s first multi-brand car sales and servicing network. Driven spreads across a sweeping national canvas from drought-hit villages to the Shakespearean intrigues of politicians and bureaucrats. Written with flair and liberally peppered with frank anecdotes, it is filled with lessons about leadership, friendships, jugaad-style innovation, resilience, and values.

Author : Quentin Crisp
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1997-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0141180536

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The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp Pdf

A comical and poignant memoir of a gay man living life as he pleased in the 1930s In 1931, gay liberation was not a movement—it was simply unthinkable. But in that year, Quentin Crisp made the courageous decision to "come out" as a homosexual. This exhibitionist with the henna-dyed hair was harrassed, ridiculed and beaten. Nevertheless, he claimed his right to be himself—whatever the consequences. The Naked Civil Servant is both a comic masterpiece and a unique testament to the resilience of the human spirit. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : B D Pande
Publisher : Speaking Tiger Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9354471587

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In the Service of Free India Memoir of a Civil Servant by B D Pande Pdf

Description In the decades following 1947, as the tallest national leaders were building a new India, they were supported by a band of idealistic civil servants fiercely committed to the country's Constitution and its people. Among these remarkable officers was Bhairab Datt Pande, a young man from the Himalayan district of Kumaon, who joined the Indian Civil Service in 1939. Over almost forty years as civil servant, and later as governor, he played an important role in the country's administration, and interacted with leaders like Indira Gandhi (as cabinet secretary during the Emergency), Morarji Desai and Jyoti Basu. His memoir- which, respecting his wish, is being published posthumously-is a fascinating record of his own life and that of India in the half century after Independence. Pande chronicles several landmark events and initiatives that he either participated in or witnessed. He helped increase food-grain allotment to the state as food commissioner of Bihar in the early 1950s and drew up a new famine code as land reforms commissioner. His work in the Community Development programme some years later still has important lessons for today's Panchayati Raj institutions. After retirement, he was governor of West Bengal during the resurgence of Naxalism in the early 1980s, and of Punjab in 1983- 84-a tragic and turbulent year in the history of the state and the nation. Pande chose to resign as governor rather than carry out unconstitutional orders. His compelling narration of the behind-the-scenes events and negotiations leading up to the Anandpur Sahib Resolution and Operation Bluestar is of great value. Engaging and inspiring in equal measure, this memoir is both a fascinating record of an extraordinary life and an important and revealing historical document.