The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the empanelment of 15 IAS officers to hold Secretary and Secretary equivalent post in Govt of India. Of 15 IAS officers 07 were empanelled to hold Secretary or Secretary equivalent posts whereas 08 were empanelled to hold Secretary equivalent posts in Govt of India. They are: Secretary or Secretary equivalent: Binoy Kumar (Telangana:1983 Raghvendra Singh (West Bengal:1983) Nilam Sawhney (Andhra Pradesh:1984) Sanjay Agarawal (UP:1984) Sujit Gulati (Gujarat:1985) Inder Jit Singh (Kerala:1985) Surendra Nath Tripathi (Odisha:1985) Secretary equivalent: Braj Raj Sharma (J&K:1984) Jaideep Govind (MP:1984) Pritam Singh (Rajasthan:1984) Ruolkhumlien Buhril (Tamil Nadu:1984) Veena Ish (Andhra Pradesh:1985) P K Mahapatra (Haryana:1985) N Sivasailam (Karnataka:1985) Shalini Prasad (UP:1985)