New Delhi: In a significant administrative development, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the empanelment of 41 officers from multiple services, batches, and cadres for appointments at the Joint Secretary or Joint Secretary equivalent level in the Government of India.
The empanelment, cleared on April 21, 2026, enables these officers to be considered for senior policymaking roles at the Centre, marking an important milestone in their careers.
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Officers from Multiple Services Empanelled
The empanelled officers belong to a diverse set of services, including the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax), Central Secretariat Service (CSS), Indian Railway services, and the Indian Audit and Accounts Service.
Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
- Vikrant Pandey (2005: GJ)
- Neha Bansal (2010: AGMUT)
Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax)
- Sheodan Singh Bhadoriya (2000)
- Krishna Gopal Goyal (2003)
- Neetika Bansal (2003)
- Vivek Sharma (2003)
- Bharat Bhushan Garg (2004)
- K C Selvamani (2004)
- Prajna Paramita (2004)
- Rishpal Bedi (2004)
Central Secretariat Service (CSS)
- Anita Tripathi (SSGSL: 2020)
- Ashish V Gawai (SSGSL: 2020)
- G S Chitra (SSGSL: 2020)
- Jitendra R Gaikwad (SSGSL: 2020)
- Shobana Pramod (SSGSL: 2020)
- Anandi Venkateshwaran (SSGSL: 2021)
- Jitender K Mehan (SSGSL: 2021)
- Kanwar M S Khalsa (SSGSL: 2021)
- Pavenash Kumar Sharma (SSGSL: 2021)
Indian Police Service (IPS)
- Vikas Kumar Arora (1998: HY)
- Sajid Farid Shapoo (1998: MP)
- Ratn Sanjay Katiyar (1998: BH)
- Deepak Kumar Kedia (1999: AM)
- Tarun Kumar (2000: KL)
- Praveen Kumar (2001: UP)
- Najmul Hoda (2001: TN)
- Sidhartha Shashni (2003: KL)
- Amit Kumar Singh (2003: TN)
- N Gnanasambandan (2004: AGMUT)
- P Karunakaran (2004: AGMUT)
- Sonal Mohan Agnihotri (2004: HP)
- Irshad Wali (2004: MP)
- C Mageswari (2004: TN)
Indian Railway Services
Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS)
- Bikram Singh Gill (2005)
- Deepa Kotnis (1999)
Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS)
- Anurag Pateria (2005)
- M Yelvender Yadav (2005)
- Swarna Ramesh Babu (2005)
Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS)
- Satish Sethi (2000)
- Shailesh Kumar Jakhotiya (2003)
- Kartikaye Mathur (2004)
Significance of Empanelment
Empanelment at the Joint Secretary level is a crucial step in the career progression of civil servants. It makes officers eligible for senior leadership roles in central ministries and departments, where they contribute to policy formulation and implementation at the national level.
The move reflects the government’s ongoing efforts to bring experienced officers from diverse services into key decision-making positions.
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