M.N. Vijayakumar is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He belongs to the Karnataka cadre. He has served in Karnataka for the last 25 years. And he is only one of three IAS officers, of the 200 or so working in Karnataka, who has filed his assets and liabilities.
That€™s the good news. The bad news is that Vijayakumar, currently of the Principal Secretary grade, has been transferred six times in six months during the
H.D. Kumaraswamy regime.
From September 2006 to February 2007, Vijayakumar has sat on a different seat in a different office in a different capacity€”each time for €œreporting serious corrupt practices by senior officers€.
His wife,
Jayashree J.N., has now launched a spirited, even brave,
campaign on the web that throws light on how the IAS folk deal with €œblack sheep€ in their midst and how they use the convenient alibi of €œdisobedience€ to quell debate, discussion and action.