Tag: Dilip Cherian

By Dilip Cherian The Centre’s latest appointment of 48 babus at the joint secretary level across ministries looks routine on ...

By Dilip Cherian If you thought turf wars in Delhi were messy, Tamil Nadu has just offered a tighter, sharper ...

By Dilip Cherian At what point does a staffing shortage become a governance failure? Madhya Pradesh may have already crossed ...

By Dilip Cherian There’s a familiar outrage cycle in India: a project stalls, costs spiral, and we instinctively reach for ...

By Dilip Cherian Delhi loves a vacancy, especially when it comes with a corner office and access to the Prime ...

By Dilip Cherian It’s telling that Punjab is still kicking the can down the road on appointing a regular Director ...

By Dilip Cherian For years, the civil services examination had a convenient loophole. Crack the exam, get into the IAS ...

By Dilip Cherian Scratch the surface of sarkari rules, and they quickly become about power, career pathways, and the familiar ...

By Dilip Cherian Three hours is barely enough time for a working lunch in New Delhi. Yet when UAE President ...

By Dilip Cherian Forget the slogans. The story isn’t about “opening the doors” to experts so much as about how ...