Qualifications, current posts and date of retirement of 51 IAS of 1985 batch empanelled as GoI additional secretaries

ON TUESDAY, the Centre released a long list of 51 IAS officers of 1985 batch who wereN empanelled for appointment as additional secretary at the Centre. Among those who made it included officers with PhD degree from America’s Cincinnati University and University of Minnesota and UK’s Prescott University, and MBA from IIM-Ahmadabad and UK universities. Here is the full list with their qualifications, current posting and date of retirement:

1. Sailesh, Assam cadre (MA in economics, diploma in business administration; currently JS in home ministry; Retirement: September 30, 2021)
2. MGVK Bhanu, Assam cadre (MSc in physics; Retirement: July 31, 2018)
3. Kumar Sanjay Krishna, Assam cadre (MSc in physics; currently joint secretary in department of disinvestment; Retirement: October 31, 2020)
4. Sameer Sharma, Andhra cadre (MSc in chemistry, PhD on globalization and urban development from University of Cincinnati USA, Currently joint secretary in urban development ministry; Retirement: November 30, 2021)
5. R Subrahmanyam, Andhra cadre (MA in political science; currently joint secretary in rural development ministry; Retirement: August 31, 2022)
6. Veena Ish, Andhra cadre (Post graduate in commerce; Currently special commissioner, Andhra Bhawan, New Delhi; Retirement: May 31, 2019)
7. Shashi Shekhar Sharma, Bihar cadre (MA in English; Currently commissioner in Saran division, Bihar; Retirement: August 31, 2018)
8. J Rama Krishna Rao, Bihar cadre (B Tech; Currently joint secretary in department of defence production; Retirement: February 28, 2019)
9. N Baijendra Kumar, Chhattisgarh cadre (Post Graduate in zoology; M Phil in environment science; Currently additional chief secretary to Chhattisgarh CM; Retirement: July 31, 2020)
10. Anil Gopishankar Mukim, Gujarat cadre (BCom; LLB; Currently principal secretary, health, Government of Gujarat; Retirement: August 31, 2020)
11. Atanu Chakraborty, Gujarat cadre (Engineer, MBA from UK; Currently Managing Director; Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd; Retirement: April 30, 2020)
12. Anand Mohan Tiwari, Gujarat cadre (MSc in zoology; Currently MD, Guj Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd, Vadodara; Retirement: June 30, 2019)
13. Girish Chandra Murmu, Gujarat cadre (MA in political science; Currently joint secretary in department of expenditure, Government of India; Retirement: November 30, 2019)
14. Ms Surina Rajan, Haryana cadre (MA and M Phil in economics; Currently joint secretary in the ministry of defence; Retirement: August 31, 2019)
15. P Raghavendra Rao, Haryana cadre (Mechanical engineer and MA in public service; Currently additional chief secretary, town and country planning, Government of Haryana; Retirement: May 31, 2020)
16. Prasanta Kumar Mahapatra, Haryana cadre (B Tech and MBA in finance; Currently chairman, Haryana Minerals Ltd; Retirement: September 30, 2018)
17. Amit Khare, Jharkhand cadre (MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad; Retirement: September 30, 2021)
18. Sudhir Tripathi, Jharkhand cadre (LLB, MBA from Queensland, Brisbane; Currently Deputy Election Commissioner; Retirement: September 30, 2018)
19. Krishan Ballabha Agarwal, Jammu and Kashmir cadre (BE from IIT-Roorkee and LLB from Delhi University; Currently joint secretary in health ministry; Retirement: January 31, 2019)
20. Ajay Kumar, Kerala cadre (B Tech in electronics, PhD in business administration from Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA; Currently joint secretary in department of information and technology; Retirement: October 31, 2022)
21. Inder Jeet Singh, Kerala cadre (MA in economics and PhD in demography; Currently joint secretary in department of science and technology; Retirement: August 31, 2021)
22. N Sivasailam, Karnataka cadre (Mechanical Engineer and post graduation in social policy and planning, UK; Currently additional chief secretary in public enterprise department, Government of Karnataka; Retirement: April 30, 2020)
23. Pradeep Singh Kharola, Karnataka cadre (M Tech; Currently Managing Director, Metro Rail Corporation Ltd, Bangalore; Retirement: September 30, 2021)
24. Yogendra Tripathi, Karnataka cadre (Graduate in electrical engineer and diploma in behavioral science; Currently joint secretary in department of school education and literacy; Retirement: January 31, 2022)
25. Sanjay Bhatia, Maharashtra cadre (Graduation in mechanical engineering and MBA; Retirement: July 31, 2020)
26. Ms Kavita Gupta, Maharashtra cadre (PG in physics, M Tech in behavioral science from IIT-Delhi; Master in international law; PhD in Prescott University, UK; Currently Additional DG, Foreign Trade, DGFT; Retirement: September 30, 2020)
27. Ramnganing Muivah, Manipur cadre (MA in history, MBA from Birmingham University, UK, Currently principal secretary to Manipur’s transport department; Retirement: February 28, 2019)
28. Vipin Kumar Saxena, Odisha cadre (MA in economics; Currently Special Resident Commissioner, Odisha Bhawan, New Delhi; Retirement: November 30, 2018)
29. Upendra Prasad Singh, Odisha cadre (Graduation in mechanical engineering; Currently joint secretary in ministry of petroleum; Retirement: October 31, 2022)
30. Surendra Nath Tripathi, Odisha cadre (MA in political science and MBA; Currently joint secretary in MSME; Retirement: January 31, 2020)
31. Arun Goel, Punjab cadre (Post graduation in mathematics and development economics and diploma in development studies from Churchill College University of Cambridge; Retirement: December 31, 2012)
32. Chhabilendra Roul, Punjab cadre (MA in economics and MBA from UK; Currently principal secretary in Government of Punjab; Retirement: December 31, 2020)
33. Satish Chandra, Punjab cadre (BE in electrical and electronics; Retirement: September 30, 2020)
34. Ms Kalpana Mittal Baruah, Punjab cadre (PG in chemistry, LLB, MBA in finance; Currently Resident Commissioner, Punjab Bhavan; Retirement: November 30, 2020)
35. Badri Narain Sharma, Rajasthan cadre (Post Graduate in commerce; Currently joint secretary in ministry of power; Retirement: July 31, 2019)
36. Kiran Soni Gupta, Rajasthan cadre (Post Graduate in sociology and LLB; Currently textile commissioner in Mumbai under union ministry of textiles; Retirement: June 30, 2020)
37. Madhukar Gupta, Rajasthan cadre (BE in electrical engineering and LLB; Currently joint secretary in department of public enterprises; Retirement: September 30, 2020)
38. Ms Usha Sharma, Rajasthan cadre (BSc in chemistry; Currently additional director general (tourism), Retirement: June 30, 2023)
39. Ms Pushpa Subrahmanyam, Telangana cadre (MA in political science; Currently joint secretary in ministry of textiles; Retirement: January 31, 2022)
40. Heera Lal Samariya, Telangana cadre (Graduate in civil engineering; Currently joint secretary in department of fertilizer; Retirement: September 30, 2020)
41. Rajeev Ranjan, Tamil Nadu cadre (PG in public policy and MBA; Currently Managing Director in Roads and Bridges Development Corporation; Retirement: September 30, 2021)
42. C Chandramouli, Tamil Nadu cadre (Post Graduate in international affairs; Currently Registrar General of India (RGI); Retirement: September 30, 2020)
43. Sanjeev Ranjan, Tripura cadre (B Tech, MBA, PG in national security, PhD on information telecommunication from IIT-Delhi; Currently joint secretary in ministry of defence; Retirement: January 31, 2023)
44. Anup Wadhawan, Uttaranchal cadre (MA and PhD in economics, Currently joint secretary in department of financial services; Retirement: June 30, 2021)
45. Ranjendra Kumar Tiwari, UP cadre (B Tech in electrical engineering; Retirement: February 28, 2023)
46. Bhupendra Singh, UP cadre (MA in political science; Retirement: December 31, 2019)
47. Deepak Trivedi, UP cadre (MSc in physics; Retirement: April 30, 2021)
48. Ms Shalini Prasad, UP cadre (BA in political science; Retirement: November 30, 2022)
49. Ms Anita Bhatnagar Jain, UP cadre (PG in sociology and PhD in tourism and urban studies; Currently joint secretary in ministry of home affairs; Retirement: November 30, 2019)
50. Arun Goyal, AGMUT cadre (PG in economics and MBA; Currently posted in Mizoram; Retirement: August 31, 2019)
51. MM Kutty, AGMUT cadre (PG in rural development and PhD in agriculture; Currently joint secrerary in environment ministry; Retirement: April 30, 2020)