The Central government has empanelled eight officers belonging to Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA and AS) for holding posts of joint secretary or JS-equivalent at the Centre. All belong to 1996 batch. Here is the full list of the newly-empanelled joint secretaries:
1. Anjali Singh
2. Purushottam Tiwary
3. Vimalendra Anand Patwardhan
4. Pravindra Yadav
5. Tanuja Mittal
6. Anita Shah Akella
7. Anim Cherian
8. Ritika Bhatia