Joint Secretary Empanelment: 2002 & 2005 Batch Officers Dominate Latest Centre List Major Bureaucratic Movement: Centre Empanels Officers from 1997 to 2009 Batches for Joint Secretary Rank Officers Empanelled for Joint Secretary-Level Posts at Centre The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the empanelment of several officers from the IAS, IFoS, IIS, ISS, IDAS and Indian Railway Services for holding Joint Secretary and equivalent posts at the Centre. The empanelments cover Initial, First Review, Second Review and Leftover categories for batches from 1997 to 2009. *1997 Batch*Sampath Kumar, IAS (AM:1997) – Empanelled for Joint Secretary-equivalent post in First Review. *1998 Batch*V L Roui Kullai, IFoS (MN:1998) – Empanelled for Joint Secretary-equivalent post in First Review. *2000 Batch*M S Subramanya Rao, ISS (2000) – Empanelled in Second Review.Deepti Srivastava, ISS (2000) – Empanelled in First Review.Ravindra Kumar Verma, IRSEE (2000) – Empanelled as Initial Leftover. *2002 Batch – IIS Dominance*Himani Sarad, IIS (2002) – Initial EmpanelmentPadma Angmo, IIS (2002) – Initial EmpanelmentPankaj Pandey, IIS (2002) – Initial Empanelment *2003 Batch*Dharmendra Tewari, IIS (2003) – Initial EmpanelmentMukul Kumar Agarwal, IRSSE (2003) – Initial Empanelment, Deferred *2004 Batch*Vasvi Tyagi, IFoS (HY:2004) – Empanelled as Initial Leftover *2005 Batch – Largest Cohort (8 Officers)*Ambarish Barman, IDAS; Amit Gupta, IDAS; Murali Krishnan S, IDAS; Sandeep Thakur, IDAS; Harsh Kumar, IRSE; Hussain Khan, IRSE; Rajesh Mandloi, IRSE; Saurabh Mishra, IRSE – All Initial Empanelment. *2006 Batch*Manoj Kumar, IAS (JH:2006) – First Review *2008 Batch*Saurav Pahari, IAS (WB:2008) – First Review, Deferred *2009 Batch*Th. Chitra Devi, IAS (MN:2009) – Initial, Deferred Post navigation Rubio says Iran has lost ‘control’ of Hormuz:Houthis attack Aden airports, missile downed near Riyadh Israel to vote in 20 days:Netanyahu faces risk of defeat as Hamas attack reshapes politics, weakens left and marginalises Arab parties