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New Delhi: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has given its approval for the appointment of 24 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers to hold Additional Secretary/ Additional Secretary Equivalent level posts at the Centre.
This move comes as part of the ongoing efforts to enhance leadership at the highest levels of the Indian bureaucracy.
List of Empanelled Officers
Additional Secretary (AS)/AS Equivalent:
- Vishal Gagan (IAS: 1998: Odisha)
- Hirdesh Kumar (IAS: 1999: AGMUT)
- Navdeep Rinwa (IAS: 1999: Uttar Pradesh)
- Puneet Yadav (IAS: 1999: West Bengal)
- Diwakar Nath Misra (IAS: 2000: Assam-Meghalaya)
- S. Suresh Kumar (IAS: 2000: Andhra Pradesh)
- Solomon Arokiaraj (IAS: 2000: Andhra Pradesh)
- Jitendra Srivastava (IAS: 2000: Bihar)
- N Saravana Kumar (IAS: 2000: Bihar)
- Anand Singh (IAS: 2000: Kerala)
- P Hemalatha (IAS: 2000: Karnataka)
- V Ponnuraj (IAS: 2000: Karnataka)
- Niranjan Kr Sudhansu (IAS: 2000: Maharashtra)
- Piyush Singh (IAS: 2000: Maharashtra)
- Abhijit Sinha (IAS: 2000: Nagaland)
- Manju Rajpal (IAS: 2000: Rajasthan)
- D Anandan (IAS: 2000: Maharashtra)
- Deepak Agarwal (IAS: 2000: Uttar Pradesh)
- Manmeet Kaur Nanda (IAS: 2000: West Bengal)
Additional Secretary Equivalent:
- Sonal Mishra (IAS: 1996: Gujarat)
- Manish Thakur (IAS: 1998: Assam-Meghalaya)
- Indra Mallo (IAS: 1998: Maharashtra)
- Arun Kumar Sinha (IAS: 1999: Manipur)
- Shunchonngam J Chiru (IAS: 1999: Tamil Nadu)
The decision underscores the government’s ongoing commitment to acknowledging and advancing competent IAS officers for key administrative roles at the Centre.
These empanelled officers are anticipated to contribute significantly to policy-making, governance, and the efficient functioning of the government.
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