Are you referring to Dr JC Almeida, also Development Commissioner of Goa post-1961? FN ᐧ
On Wed, 1 Sept 2021 at 09:24, Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not so sure you are right. This, by his wife. > > Quote > > The year was 1963. Goa after Liberation. My husband Alban Couto was chosen > by the Central Government to help with the transition from Salazar’s > dictatorship to a modern democratic state. It was an extraordinary time, > personally and professionally. His work was eulogized decades later: “He > planned and executed the transition from the Portuguese to the Indian > systems of administration in a manner characterized by equanimity and > prudence. It was the smoothest transition ever from a dictatorial > free-economy regime to a democratic order. He was, at that point in time, a > firm believer in guided economy.” > > This eulogy did not describe the disruption in the lives of the > population. While Alban was immersed in complex administrative issues which > streamed into political and personal problems, I had to deal with the > social side as he was at first also Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor, > in addition to his main designation as Development Commissioner. Unquote > > If he was with the Bihar cadre, one must note that in the IAS you are > rarely assigned to your home state cadre in his case AGMUT. Remember he did > not enter the IAS through the regular route. He was absorbed into it. > > Roland. > > > > > On Aug 31, 2021, at 8:59 PM, Frederick Noronha < > fredericknoron...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > There is some mix-up here. Alban Couto was an IAS officer from the Bihar > > Cadre, if I'm not mistaken. FN > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- September 2021 | Frederick Noronha. 784 Saligao 403511 Goa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | M (after 2pm) +91 9822122436 Twitter @fn 1 2 3 4 | ---------------------------------------- 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | <fredericknoron...@gmail.com>fredericknoron...@gmail.com <https://youtube.com/c/frederickfnnoronha> 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | Books. Words. Photos. Wikipedia. Networks. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | PHOTOS: https://flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ <https://youtube.com/c/frederickfnnoronha> 26 27 28 29 30 | VIDEOS: https://youtube.com/c/frederickfnnoronha -------------------------------------------------------------------