(THE NEWSMAN OF INDIA.COM)
New Delhi, March 10: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the empanelment of several Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers for holding Additional Secretary (AS) or equivalent positions at the Centre.

The empanelment includes officers from various cadres and batches, signifying their elevation to key leadership roles in the central government. The approved officers are as follows:

Empanelled Officers for AS/AS Equivalent Positions

1. Vishal Gagan (Odisha, 1998)
2. Hirdesh Kumar (AGMUT, 1999)
3. Navdeep Rinwa (Uttar Pradesh, 1999)
4. Puneet Yadav (West Bengal, 1999)
5. Diwakar Nath Misra (Assam-Meghalaya, 2000)
6. S. Suresh Kumar (Andhra Pradesh, 2000)
7. Solomon Arokiaraj (Andhra Pradesh, 2000)
8. Jitendra Srivastava (Bihar, 2000)
9. N. Saravana Kumar (Bihar, 2000)
10. Anand Singh (Kerala, 2000)
11. P. Hemalatha (Karnataka, 2000)
12. V. Ponnuraj (Karnataka, 2000)
13. Niranjan Kumar Sudhansu (Maharashtra, 2000)
14. Piyush Singh (Maharashtra, 2000)
15. Abhijit Sinha (Nagaland, 2000)
16. Manju Rajpal (Rajasthan, 2000)
17. D. Anandan (Sikkim, 2000)
18. Deepak Agarwal (Uttar Pradesh, 2000)
19. Manmeet Kaur Nanda (West Bengal, 2000)

Empanelled Officers for AS Equivalent Positions

1. Sonal Mishra (Gujarat, 1997)
2. Manish Thakur (Assam-Meghalaya, 1998)
3. Indra Mallo (Maharashtra, 1999)
4. Arun Kumar Sinha (Manipur, 1999)
5. Shunchonngam J. Chiru (Tamil Nadu, 1999)

The empanelment process is a crucial step in administrative appointments, paving the way for these officers to take on higher responsibilities in policy-making and governance at the Centre.