As many as 36 Joint Secretary rank officers have freshly been promoted and posted as Additional Secretary which includes 18 IAS officers of 1985 batch. 54 IAS officers of 1985 batch have recently been empanelled to be posted in the rank of Additional Secretary. All 36 appointments are as follows:
Name & Cadre
Posted as
Appointed (newly) as
Nikhilesh Jha (IAS:84:MN)
In Manipur
MD, National Water Mission (WRRD&GR)
Ms Preeti Madan (IES:81)
JS, Minority Affairs
Member Secy, NCW (Women Commission)
R Subramanyam (AP)
JS, Rural Dev
Addl Secy, Higher Education (HRD)
J R Krishna Rao (IAS:85:BH)
JS, Defence Prodn
Dept of Ex Serviceman Welfare (MoD)
Arun Kr (IAS:83:AM)
JS, Mines
Addl Secy, Social Justice & Emp (MoSJE)
Usha Sharma (IAS:85:RJ)
ADG, Tourism
Addl Secy, Dept of ARPG
Ms Surina Ranjan (IAS:85:HY)
JS, Defence
Addl Secy, Dept of Defence Production
Sunil Kr Singh (IAS:83:BH)
In Bihar
AS&FA, Dept of Agri Research & Education
Yogendra Tripathy (IAS:85:KN)
JS&FA, HRD
CMD, FCI
Bhagwati P Pandey (IAS:83:UK)
AS&FA, Commerce
Addl Secy, Ministry of Power
S K Krishna (IAS:85:AM)
JS, Disinvestment
AS&FA, Petroleum & NG
Dr M M Kutty (IAS:85:UT)
JS, MoEF&CC
Addl Secy, MoEF&CC
Upendra Pd Singh (IAS:85:OR)
JS, Petroleum
Addl Secy, Petroleum (Post upgraded)
Deepak Kr (IAS:84:BH)
AS, Labour & Emp
DG, ESIC
H L samariya (IAS:85:TG)
JS, Fertilizer
Addl Secy, Labour & Emp
Sailesh (IAS:85:AM)
JS, MHA
Addl Secy, MHA
Sanjeev Ranjan (IAS:85:TR)
JS, Defence
AS&FA, Road Transport & Highways
J K dadoo (IAS:83:UT)
JS, Commerce
Addl Secy, Commerce
Sameer Sharma (IAS:85:AP)
JS, Urban Dev.
Addl Secy, Urban Dev. (Post upgraded)
P K Dash (IRS IT:82)
DG, CEC
AS&FA, MoEF&CC
Arun Goel (IAS:85:PB)
JS, Revenue
Vice Chairman, DDA