New Delhi, Feb 28: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the empanelment of 41 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers for appointment to Secretary-level posts in the Government of India.
Among those empanelled at the Secretary level are Rohit Kansal, a 1995-batch officer of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir cadre, and H. Rajesh Prasad, currently Chief Secretary of Chandigarh and formerly posted in J&K.
The list also includes senior officers such as Keshav Kumar Pathak (1990 batch, Bihar cadre), S. Gopalakrishnan (1991 batch, Tamil Nadu cadre), and Surendra Kumar Bagde (1993 batch, Maharashtra cadre).
In a separate order, the ACC approved the empanelment of 28 IAS officers as Additional Secretaries at the Centre. The list includes Mandeep Bhandari and Sarita Chauhan, both officers of the erstwhile J&K cadre.
