The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Saturday (08.03.2025) approved the empanelment of 24 IAS officers for Additional Secretary and Additional Secretary equivalent level posts at the Centre.
Additional Secretary/ Additional Secretary Equivalent Posts:
- Mr. Vishal Gagan, 1998-batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre
- Mr. Hirdesh Kumar, 1999-batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre
- Mr. Navdeep Rinwa, 1999-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre
- Mr. Puneet Yadav, 1999-batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre
- Mr. Diwakar Nath Misra, 2000-batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre
- Mr. S Suresh Kumar, 2000-batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre
- Mr. Solomon Arokiaraj, 2000-batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre
- Mr. Jitendra Srivastava, 2000-batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre
- Mr. N Saravana Kumar, 2000-batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre
- Mr. Anand Singh, 2000-batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre
- Ms. P Hemalatha, 2000-batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre
- Mr. V Ponnuraj, 2000-batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre
- Mr. Niranjan Kr. Sudhansu, 2000-batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre
- Mr. Piyush Singh, 2000-batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre
- Mr. Abhijit Sinha, 2000-batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre
- Ms. Manju Rajpal, 2000-batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre
- Mr. D Anandan, 2000-batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre
- Mr. Deepak Agarwal, 2000-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre
- Ms. Manmeet Kaur Nanda, 2000-batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre
Additional Secretary Equivalent Posts:
- Ms. Sonal Mishra, 1996-batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre
- Mr. Manish Thakur, 1998-batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre
- Ms. Indra Mallo, 1998-batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre
- Mr. Arun Kumar Sinha, 1999-batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre
- Mr. Shunchonngam J Chiru, 1999-batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre
The empanelment allows these officers to take up key responsibilities at the Centre, further strengthening governance at the national level.
