In a significant step to strengthen administrative capacity across ministries, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has cleared the empanelment of 36 officers for appointment as Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India. The decision, finalised on September 19, 2025, spans a wide spectrum of services, underscoring the government’s push for cross-sectoral expertise and policy leadership.
The empanelled officers represent the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS), as well as central services including railways, audit, statistics, postal, defence, and finance. Their induction is expected to contribute significantly to India’s priorities in digital governance, infrastructure growth, tax reforms, public service delivery, and regulatory modernisation.
Full List of Empanelled Officers
- Brij Mohan Mishra (IAS:2008:AGMUT)
- Harsh Mangla (IAS:2008:JH)
- Abhijit Sudhakar Bangar (IAS:2008:MH)
- B John Tlangtinkhuma (IAS:2008:MN)
- Rajesh Kumar (IAS:2008:UP)
- Anurag Agarwal (IPS:1998:AM)
- Sonal V Misra (IPS:2000:TN)
- Vinod Tanwani (IRS-IT:1998)
- Pashupati Nath Pandey (IRS-C&IT:1994)
- Prabhjeet Singh Gulati (IRS-C&IT:2002)
- Ruchita Vij (IRS-C&IT:2004)
- Manoj Kumar Gangey (IRTS:2000)
- Neeti Sarkar (IRAS:1995)
- Deepa Chawla (IRAS:1998)
- Zaigham Ali Khan (IRAS:1999)
- Amrita Darpan Jain (IRAS:2001)
- Anand Kumar (IRAS:2001)
- Manish Chandra (IRPS:1999)
- Rakesh Tyagi (IRPS:2000)
- Vinita Verma (IRPS:2000)
- Vishwanath Jagtap Goraksha (IRPS:2001)
- Ashok Maurya (IRSSE:1993)
- Sandeep Kumar (IRSSE:1997)
- Binay Kumar Jha (IRSME:1998)
- Rajnish Kumar (IRSME:1998)
- Vinod Kumar (IRSME:1998)
- Saurabh Shukla (IA&AS:2005)
- V M V Nawal Kishore (IA&AS:2005)
- V Srinivasa Venkatanathan (IA&AS:2005)
- M G Jayasree (ISS:1998)
- N R Visalatchy (IPoS:2002)
- Shipra Sharma (IPoS:2002)
- Vivek Kumar Daksh (IPoS:2002)
- Amiya Kumar Das (IOFS:1998)
- Anil Ranga (IOFS:1998)
