Centre Empanels 65 IPS Officers for IG-Level Posts

This move comes as part of routine administrative restructuring and promotion procedures within the security and law enforcement apparatus of the country.

According to the official notification, eight of the empanelled officers belong to batches from 2003 to 2006, and have been listed as “initial leftover” candidates, while the remaining 57 officers are from the 2007 batch, and have been included under the “initial” category.

Officers From Earlier Batches Included

Among the senior officers from earlier batches who have now been empanelled are:

• Ajay Kumar Mishra (2003, UP)
• Vinay Kumar (2004, Bihar)
• Homkar Amol Vinukant (2004, Jharkhand)
• Prabhat Kumar (2004, Jharkhand)
• Kuldeep Dwivedi (2005, Jharkhand)
• Sidhartha Mohan Jain (2006, Bihar)
• Anup Kumar Sahoo (2006, Odisha)
• Shalabh Mathur (2006, UP)

57 Officers From 2007 Batch

The majority of the empanelled officers, however, are from the 2007 batch, representing a wide range of state cadres, including AGMUT, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, among others.

Notable names among the 2007 batch are:

• Vijay Kumar, Seju P Kuruvilla and Nupur Prasad (AGMUT cadre)
• Divya Mishra and Deepan Bhadran (Gujarat)
• Simardeep Singh and Naazneen Bhasin (Haryana)
• Sachin Kumar Atulkar and Ruchika Jain (Madhya Pradesh)
• Vikram Jeet Duggal (Telangana)
• S Xavier Dhanaraj and Anil Kumar Giri (Tamil Nadu)
• Nitin Tiwari, Amit Pathak and Deepika Tiwari (Uttar Pradesh)
• Syed Waquar Raza and Subrata Gangopadhyay (West Bengal)

This empanelment clears the way for these officers to be considered for central deputation in key ministries and departments, including the Ministry of Home Affairs, CBI, IB, NIA, CRPF, and other national security or policing roles.

Significance

The empanelment is a crucial career milestone for IPS officers, as it enables them to be appointed to top strategic and administrative positions at the national level. It also reflects the government’s ongoing efforts to bolster leadership across the central police forces and intelligence agencies.

The names were cleared following rigorous assessment of service records and recommendations by the central screening committee. The move is seen as part of broader cadre management reforms and efforts to ensure a steady pipeline of senior officers for leadership roles.