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ACC approves Empanelment of 39 IPS Officers for Key Posts

In a significant development on Tuesday, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) granted approval for the empanelment of more than 39 IPS officers to assume important positions at the Centre.


Details of the Empanelment:

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Out of the 39 officers approved, four belong to the 1994 batch, while one officer each hails from the 1991 and 1993 batches, respectively.

Read more: MHA Initiates Bureaucratic Overhaul: 59 IAS and IPS Officers Transferred


Notably, a substantial number of officers—33 to be precise—are from the 1995 batch. Among them, 30 officers were empanelled for holding Additional Director General (ADG) or ADG Equivalent posts at the Centre.

Key Appointments Include


Additional Director General (DG) or ADG Equivalent

  • Rajeev Krishna (IPS: 1991: UP)
  • Yogesh Gupta (IPS: 1993: KL)
  • A. Ravi Shankar (IPS: 1994: AP)
  • Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal (IPS: 1994: TN)
  • Raja Srivastava (IPS: 1994: UP)
  • Abdul Ghani Mir (IPS: 1994: UT)
  • A. Y. V. Krishna (IPS: 1995: AM)
  • Munna Prasad Gupta (IPS: 1995: AM)
  • Jag Mohan (IPS: 1995: BH)
  • Sushil Mansing Khopde (IPS: 1995: BH)
  • Satinder Pal Singh (IPS: 1995: HP)
  • Venugopal N. (IPS: 1995: HP)
  • Sandeep Khirwar (IPS: 1995: HY)
  • Sanjay A. Lathkar (IPS: 1995: JH)
  • S. Suresh (IPS: 1995: KL)
  • Umesh Kumar (IPS: 1995: KL)
  • Naval Bajaj (IPS: 1995: MH)
  • A. Sai Manohar (IPS: 1995: MP)
  • Yogesh Deshmukh (IPS: 1995: MP)
  • Padmakar S. Ranipse (IPS: 1995: OR)
  • Amit Prasad (IPS: 1995: PB)
  • Kapil Dev (IPS: 1995: PB)
  • Biju George Joseph K. (IPS: 1995: RJ)
  • Vinayak Vineet (IPS: 1995: SK)
  • Puneet Rastogi (IPS: 1995: TR)
  • Deepam Seth (IPS: 1995: UK)
  • Amrendra Kumar Sengar (IPS: 1995: UP)
  • Anupam Kulshreshtha (IPS: 1995: UP)
  • Ashok Kumar Singh (IPS: 1995: UP)
  • Ravi Joseph Lokku (IPS: 1995: UP)
  • Vijay Bhatiya (IPS: 1995: UP)
  • David Lalrinsanga (IPS: 1995: UT)
  • Devesh Chandra Srivastava (IPS: 1995: UT)
  • Satish Shriramaji Khandare (IPS: 1995: UT)
  • Shiv Darshan Singh (IPS: 1995: UT)
  • Tsewang Namgyal Kalon (IPS: 1995: UT)

Additional Director General ADG Equivalent

  • Pankaj Kumar Darad (IPS: 1995: BH)
  • Meenakshi Sharma (IPS: 1995: MP)
  • Rajesh Kumar (IPS: 1995: UT)

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