12 IAS officers (belonging to 1983, 1984 & 1985 batch) have been appointed as Additional Secretary in different ministries and departments in the Government of India. A glance:- S NO Name/Cadre Appointed as Vice  01 Asha Ram Sihag (IAS:84:HP) Secretary, UPSC (Laterally shifted from Defence) Vice Ashim Khurana (IAS:83:GJ) 02 Bhupendera Singh (IAS:85:UP) Chairman, National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority Injeti Srinivas (IAS:83:OR) 03 Udai Pratap Singh (IAS:84:JH) Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism Girish Shankar (IAS:82:BH) 04 Smita Nagaraj (IAS:84:TN) Director Genral (Acquisition), Ministry of Defence Asha Ram Sihag (IAS:83:HP) 05 Pawan Kumar Agarwal (IAS:85:WB) Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standard Authority Yudhvir Singh Malik (IAS:83:HY) 06 Kalpana Mittal Baruah (IAS:85:PB) Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat (SR) Navin Verma (IAS:82:BH) 07 Sumeet Jerath (IAS:85:AM) Additional Secretary & Financial Adivisor, M/o External Affairs Binoy Kumar (IAS:83:TG) 08 R Rajagopal (IAS:84:TN) Advisor, Inter State Council Secretariat Ashok Kumar Pavadia (IRTS:80) 09 Binoy Kumar (IAS:83:TG) DG, Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals Siddharth (IAS:83:WB) 10 Chhabilendra Roul (IAS:85:PB) Additional Secretary, Department of Agricutural Research & Educatuion R Rajagopal (IAS:84:TN) 11 M Gopal Reddy (IAS:85:MP) Additional Secretary, M/o Home Affairs JS post upgraded to Additional Secretary 12 Saraswati Prasad (IAS:85:AM) Additional Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation Joint Secy post upgraded to Addl Secy post