ACC Empanels 36 Senior Officers At Joint Secy-Level in the Centre, IAS Brij Mohan Mishra & Harsh Mangla Among those Empanelled

In a significant move to enhance administrative capacity across ministries, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the empanelment of 36 officers for Joint Secretary or equivalent posts in the Government of India. The decision was finalized on Friday, September 19, 2025, and spans multiple services, reflecting the government’s commitment to cross-sectoral expertise and policy leadership.

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Officers from Diverse Cadres to Join Top Policy Roles

The empanelled officers belong to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS), and various other central services including railways, audit, statistics, postal, defence, and finance. Their appointment is expected to support India’s growing focus on digital governance, infrastructure expansion, tax reforms, public service delivery, and regulatory modernization.

Full List of Empanelled Officers:

1. Mr. Brij Mohan Mishra (IAS:2008:AGMUT)
2. Mr. Harsh Mangla (IAS:2008:JH)
3. Mr. Abhijit Sudhakar Bangar (IAS:2008:MH)
4. Mr. B John Tlangtinkhuma (IAS:2008:MN)
5. Mr. Rajesh Kumar (IAS:2008:UP)
6. Mr. Anurag Agarwal (IPS:1998:AM)
7. Ms. Sonal V Misra (IPS:2000:TN)
8. Mr. Vinod Tanwani (IRS-IT:1998)
9. Mr. Pashupati Nath Pandey (IRS-C&IT:1994)
10. Mr. Prabhjeet Singh Gulati (IRS-C&IT:2002)
11. Ms. Ruchita Vij (IRS-C&IT:2004)
12. Mr. Manoj Kumar Gangey (IRTS:2000)
13. Ms. Neeti Sarkar (IRAS:1995)
14. Ms. Deepa Chawla (IRAS:1998)
15. Mr. Zaigham Ali Khan (IRAS:1999)
16. Ms. Amrita Darpan Jain (IRAS:2001)
17. Mr. Anand Kumar (IRAS:2001)
18. Mr. Manish Chandra (IRPS:1999)
19. Mr. Rakesh Tyagi (IRPS:2000)
20. Ms. Vinita Verma (IRPS:2000)
21. Mr. Vishwanath Jagtap Goraksha (IRPS:2001)
22. Mr. Ashok Maurya (IRSSE:1993)
23. Mr. Sandeep Kumar (IRSSE:1997)
24. Mr. Binay Kumar Jha (IRSME:1998)
25. Mr. Rajnish Kumar (IRSME:1998)
26. Mr. Vinod Kumar (IRSME:1998)
27. Mr. Saurabh Shukla (IA&AS:2005)
28. Mr. V M V Nawal Kishore (IA&AS:2005)
29. Mr. V Srinivasa Venkatanathan (IA&AS:2005)
30. Ms. M G Jayasree (ISS:1998)
31. Ms. N R Visalatchy (IPoS:2002)
32. Ms. Shipra Sharma (IPoS:2002)
33. Mr. Vivek Kumar Daksh (IPoS:2002)
34. Mr. Amiya Kumar Das (IOFS:1998)
35. Mr. Anil Ranga (IOFS:1998)
36. Ms. Sukhgeet Kaur (IOFS:2000)

Boosting Institutional Capacity Across Sectors

These empanelments are expected to result in strategic appointments across ministries such as Finance, Commerce, Defence, Home Affairs, Railways, Personnel, and Rural Development. Officers at the Joint Secretary level are instrumental in designing, implementing, and monitoring national flagship programmes like PM Gati Shakti, Jal Jeevan Mission, Make in India, Digital India, and Viksit Bharat 2047.

A Step Towards Future-Ready Governance

The inclusion of officers from services such as IRAS, IRSME, IA&AS, ISS, IOFS, and IPoS demonstrates the government’s intent to harness domain-specific talent for specialized policymaking. With the public sector playing a crucial role in India’s long-term growth trajectory, this move supports the broader push toward bureaucratic modernization, digital transformation, and policy innovation.

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