THE Centre on Monday appointed 22 officers as union joint secretaries, the highlight of this round being the appointment of eight 1999 batch IAS as JS for the first time. Two PMO officers of 1999 batch — V Sheshadri of Telangana cadre and B Navnit of Tamil Nadu cadre, will now be joint secretary-ranked officers. Further, the officers of the batch are roped in for some key ministries including cabinet secretariat, petroleum and information and broadcasting. Here is the full list of 22 new joint secretaries:
