New Delhi: The Centre has empanelled 53 officers from various services and batches for holding Joint Secretary or equivalent-level posts in the Government of India. The empanelment was announced on Monday, November 2, 2026.
The officers belong to multiple central services, including the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes), Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax), various Railway services, Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Indian Civil Accounts Service, Indian Statistical Service, Indian Economic Service, Indian Telecommunications Service and Indian Trade Service.
The list includes officers from the 1997 to 2006 batches, with a large number belonging to the 2006 batch.
Service-Wise List of 53 Empanelled Officers
Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes) – IRS (C&IT)
Ten officers from the 2006 batch of IRS (Customs and Indirect Taxes) have been empanelled for Joint Secretary-level posts.
- Akshay Joshi (IRS-C&IT: 2006)
- Arvind Kumar (IRS-C&IT: 2006)
- Ashok Kumar (IRS-C&IT: 2006)
- Gaurav Singh (IRS-C&IT: 2006)
- Gautam Wahi (IRS-C&IT: 2006)
- K. Kalimuthu (IRS-C&IT: 2006)
- K. Padmavathy (IRS-C&IT: 2006)
- Kotraswamy M (IRS-C&IT: 2006)
- P. Vinitha Sekhar (IRS-C&IT: 2006)
- Senthil Nathan S (IRS-C&IT: 2006)
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Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) – IRS (IT)
Six officers from the 2006 batch of IRS (Income Tax) have been empanelled.
- Abhishek Kumar (IRS-IT: 2006)
- Kalpana Singh (IRS-IT: 2006)
- Priyanka Singh (IRS-IT: 2006)
- Richa Rastogi (IRS-IT: 2006)
- Rukmani Attri (IRS-IT: 2006)
- Surabhi Sharma (IRS-IT: 2006)
Indian Railway Services
The empanelment includes officers from several Railway services.
Indian Railway Service of Engineers (Civil) – IRSE
- Rajiv Kumar Tanwar (IRSE-Civil: 2004)
Indian Railway Stores Service – IRSS
- Sanjeev Verma (IRSS: 2003)
- Akash Deep (IRSS: 2006)
- Ankur Srivastava (IRSS: 2006)
- Dilip Gupta (IRSS: 2006)
- Rajendra Solanki (IRSS: 2006)
Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers – IRSME
- Kapil Jambhulkar (IRSME: 2006)
- Shoorvir Singh Chauhan (IRSME: 2006)
- Tarun Kumar (IRSME: 2006)
- Vivek Varshney (IRSME: 2006)
Indian Railway Accounts Service – IRAS
- Mohammad Faisal (IRAS: 2006)
- Prateek Kumar Singh (IRAS: 2006)
- Pratima Tripathi (IRAS: 2006)
Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers – IRSEE
- Santosh Kumar Rajula (IRSEE: 2006)
Indian Railway Personnel Service – IRPS
- Timothy Tajonang Gonmei (IRPS: 2001)
- Ravi Kumar (IRPS: 2006)
Indian Audit and Accounts Service – IA&AS
Two officers from the 2006 batch of IA&AS have been empanelled.
- Deepna Gokulram (IA&AS: 2006)
- Priya Parikh (IA&AS: 2006)
Indian Civil Accounts Service – ICAS
- Anjana Vashishtha (ICAS: 2005)
Indian Statistical Service – ISS
Five officers from the Indian Statistical Service have been empanelled.
- Raj Kumar Gautam (ISS: 2001)
- Akhilesh Kumar (ISS: 2006)
- Kanishk Kant Srivastava (ISS: 2006)
- Kedar Nath Verma (ISS: 2006)
- Rajeev Kumar (ISS: 2006)
Indian Economic Service – IES
- Rose Mary K. Abraham (IES: 2006)
Indian Telecommunications Service – ITS
Ten officers from the 1997 batch of the Indian Telecommunications Service have been empanelled.
- Ashok Kumar (ITS: 1997)
- Mehul R. Joshi (ITS: 1997)
- Neeraj Naruka (ITS: 1997)
- Rakesh Shrivastava (ITS: 1997)
- Ritu Pande (ITS: 1997)
- Sandeep Arya (ITS: 1997)
- Sumit Mishra (ITS: 1997)
- Vijay Agarwal (ITS: 1997)
- Y. Sreenivasa Rao (ITS: 1997)
- Yashwant Kumar (ITS: 1997)
Indian Trade Service – ITrS
Two officers from the Indian Trade Service have been empanelled.
- Rakesh Kumar (ITrS: 2005)
- Lokesh H. D. (ITrS: 2006)
Empanelment Across Multiple Central Services
The empanelment brings together officers from a wide range of organised central services, including revenue, railways, accounts, statistics, economics, telecommunications and trade.
The officers have been empanelled for consideration for Joint Secretary or equivalent-level positions in the Government of India. Empanelment does not, by itself, mean that an officer has been appointed to a specific ministry or department.
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