Lok Sabha Question No. 3485 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Recruitment of Staff for Promotion of Tourism
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: KIRIT SOMAIYA, ANIL SHIROLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3485 ANSWERED ON 08.08.2016

## RECRUITMENT OF STAFF FOR PROMOTION OF TOURISM

## 3485. DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA:

SHRI ANIL SHIROLE:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry has posted officers abroad for promotion of tourism;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof region-wise and post-wise;
- (c) whether most of the offices of the Ministry are not functioning due to not filling up the said posts;
- (d) the  details  of  vacant  posts  in  these  offices,  period-wise  and post-wise; and
- (e) the details of steps taken to fill up these vacant posts along with the time by which this is proposed to be done?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) & (b): Yes, Madam. A statement indicating office-wise and postwise details of officers posted in 14 overseas India Tourism offices is at Annexure-I.
- (c): At present, the India Tourism offices, Beijing and Johannesburg  have  no  officer  on  regular  basis  and  it  is  being managed  by  the  officers  posted  at  India  Tourism,  Singapore  and India Tourism, Dubai, respectively.
- (d): A statement indicating the details of vacant posts in overseas India Tourism offices is at Annexure-II.

## (e): The  present  status/action  taken  so  far  to  fill  up  the  vacant posts is as under:-

- (i) The Ministry of Tourism has initiated actions for amendment of existing Recruitment Rules for the posts of Deputy Director General/Regional Director and Assistant Director General/Director. The third party evaluation  on  the  performance  of  the  Overseas  India Tourism offices has been completed. Selection  process  has  been  completed  for  the  post  of Assistant  Director,  India  Tourism,  Frankfurt  and  the
- (ii) officer is awaiting a visa.

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ANNEXURE-I

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a) & (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3485 ANSWERED ON 08.08.2016 REGARDING RECRUITMENT OF STAFF FOR PROMOTION OF TOURISM.

Details  of  officials  posted  in  Overseas  India  Tourism  offices  (as  on 02.08.2016)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Officer & Designation                                          | Name of the India Tourism offices   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|         1 | Shri R. K. Sunani, Assistant Director.                                     | London                              |
|         1 | Smt. N. Vaishnavi, Tourist Information Officer/ Information Assistant.     | London                              |
|         2 | Shri Pravir Chakraborty, Assistant Director.                               | Paris                               |
|         2 | Shri Sandeep Shukla, Tourist Information Officer/ Information Assistant.   | Paris                               |
|         3 | Shri U. S. Mishra, Assistant Director (Accounts).                          | Frankfurt                           |
|         3 | Sh. Jitendra Jadhav, Assistant Director.                                   | Frankfurt                           |
|         3 | Shri R. K. Dhawan, Private Secretary.                                      | Frankfurt                           |
|         4 | Shri Anil Oraw, Director.                                                  | Toronto                             |
|         4 | Shri Siddharth Bodwal, Tourist Information Officer/ Information Assistant  | Toronto                             |
|         5 | Sh. C. Gangadhar, Assistant Director.                                      | Milan                               |
|         6 | Sh. I. R. V. Rao, Assistant Director.                                      | Dubai                               |
|         7 | Shri Sunil Kumar Lal Gond, Assistant Director.                             | New York                            |
|         7 | Sh. Ishrat Alam, Tourist Information Officer/ Information Assistant.       | New York                            |
|         8 | Shri P. L. Pereira, Tourist Information Officer/ Information Assistant.    | Amsterdam                           |
|         9 | Smt. Bidisha Sengupta, Assistant Director.                                 | Tokyo                               |
|        10 | Smt. Sandhya Haridas, Assistant Director.                                  | Los Angeles                         |
|        11 | Smt. Kanchan K Kukreja, Assistant Director.                                | Sydney                              |
|        11 | Shri S. P. Nirbhavane, Tourist Information Officer/ Information Assistant. | Sydney                              |
|        12 | Shri R. K. Suman, Assistant Director.                                      | Singapore                           |

India Tourism offices Beijing and Johannesburg are being managed by the  officers  posted  at  India  Tourism,  Singapore  and  India  Tourism, Dubai, respectively.

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ANNEXURE-II

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3485 ANSWERED ON 08.08.2016 REGARDING RECRUITMENT OF STAFF FOR PROMOTION OF TOURISM.

Details of posts presently vacant in overseas India Tourism offices.

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Post and Office       | Vacant since   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|----------------|
|         1 | Regional Director, IT, New York   | 09.04.2014     |
|         2 | Regional Director, IT, Frankfurt  | 01.04.2016     |
|         3 | Regional Director, IT, Sydney     | 09.04.2014     |
|         4 | Regional Director, IT, Tokyo      | 02.04.2011     |
|         5 | Regional Director, IT, Dubai      | 03.04.2014     |
|         6 | Director, IT, Los Angeles         | 10.03.2014     |
|         7 | Director, IT, London              | 24.05.2013     |
|         8 | Director, IT, Amsterdam           | 25.05.2014     |
|         9 | Director, IT, Paris               | 01.08.2014     |
|        10 | Director, IT, Singapore           | 29.05.2012     |
|        11 | Director, IT, Johannesburg        | 01.04.2016     |
|        12 | Director, IT, Beijing             | 10.03.2015     |
|        13 | Assistant Director, IT, Frankfurt | 10.06.2016     |

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