Railway electrical engineer appointed as director in higher education dept; Govt approves cadre change of 2016 batch IAS

Ms Smita Srivastava, 1997 batch Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE), has been appointed as director in the department of higher education. Her appointment will be for a period of five years under the Central Staffing Scheme. In another development, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the cadre change of 2016 batch Manipur cadre IAS...

Full list of 48 officers empanelled as GoI joint secretary; Some belong to 1985 batch, some 1997!

IN THE last couple of days, the Central Government announced the empanelment of as many as 48 officers belonging to IAS, IPS, Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers, Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) and Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) as joint secretary to Government of India (GoI). And they belong to as old as 1985 batch and as new as 1997 batch. Significantly, as 17 officers belonging to 1985 batch Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers get empanelled as joint secretaries, many of their IAS batch-mates were appoined as GoI additional secretaries. Here is the full list of 48 newly-empanelled JS: