IAS 2024 Batch: 184 Officers Posted as Assistant Secretaries — Full List
Indian Bureaucracy News, New Delhi, March 20, 2026 | The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in its order dated March 16, 2026, has assigned 184 officer trainees of the 2024 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) to various Ministries and Departments of the Union government following the completion of their district training at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie. The officers have been designated as Assistant Secretaries for an eight-week period from May 4 to June 25, 2026.
According to the allocation list, the batch topper, Aditya Srivastava of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been posted to the DoPT, while Animesh Pradhan (Odisha), who secured the second rank, has been assigned to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Donuru Ananya Reddy (Maharashtra), ranked third, has been posted to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs have received the highest number of trainees, with seven officers each drawn from multiple cadres. Overall, 33 Ministries and Departments, out of a total of 49, account for nearly 80% of the total allocations, indicating a concentration of postings in key sectors.
Among specialised institutions, the NITI Aayog has been allocated five officer trainees: Ehteda Mufassir (Kerala), she secured All India Rank (AIR) 278 and holds a postgraduate degree in Economics; Khushhali Solanki (West Bengal), AIR 61 is a Civil Engineering graduate from NIT Surat; Kunal Rastogi (Uttar Pradesh), AIR 15, has a degree in Civil Engineering and a minor in Finance from BITS Pilani; Saurabh Sharma (Telangana), AIR 23, is an alumnus of IIT Delhi and a former McKinsey professional; and T Bhuvaneshram (Tamil Nadu), AIR 41, holds a B.Sc. degree in Physics.
Detailed list of depertment wise trainee officers is given below.
| Home Affairs – 07
Aniket Shandilya (Madhya Pradesh) |
Housing & Urban Affairs – 07 Divya Yadav (Himachal Pradesh) |
| Agriculture & Farmers Welfare – 06
Aakashdeep (West Bengal) |
Commerce – 06
Abhinav Jain (Karnataka) |
| Electronics & Information Technology – 06
Ajay Yadav (Bihar) |
Drinking Water & Sanitation – 06
Abhishek Pramod Tale (Gujarat) |
| Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade – 06
Ayushi Pradhan (Assam-Meghalaya) |
Health and Family Welfare – 06
Animesh Verma (Uttar Pradesh) |
| Women & Child Development – 06
Akshay Doshi (Chhattisgarh) |
Rural Development – 06
Harshita Sharma (Punjab) |
| Higher Education – 05
Kanchan Choudhary (Tamil Nadu) |
NITI Aayog – 05
Ehteda Mufassir (Kerala) |
| Power – 05
Anshul Hindal (Uttar Pradesh) |
Road Transport & Highways – 05
Aishwaryam Prajapati (Rajasthan) |
| School Education & Literacy – 05
Akash Agrawal (Madhya Pradesh) |
Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation – 05
Kparikshit (Bihar) |
| Defence – 04
Ashish Kumar (Madhya Pradesh) |
Economic Affairs – 04
Anmol Rathore (AGMUT) |
| Environment, Forest & Climate Change – 04
Amrutha S Kumar (Tamil Nadu) |
Social Justice and Empowerment – 04
Aparajita Aryan (Uttar Pradesh) |
| Telecommunications – 04
Navkiran Kaur (Madhya Pradesh) |
Corporate Affairs – 03
Akash Verma (Maharashtra) |
| Development of North Eastern Region – 03
Deepti Rohilla (West Bengal) |
Financial Service – 03
Shivam Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) |
| Food & Public Distributions – 03
Jatin Kumar (Bihar) |
Labour & Employment – 03
Harshita Singh (Uttarakhand) |
| Land Resources – 03
Ajay Moktan (Nagaland) |
Panchayati Raj – 03
Aradhana Chauhan (Rajasthan) |
| Personnel & Training – 03
Aditya Srivastava (Uttar Pradesh) |
Petroleum & Natural Gas – 03
Dharani M (Gujarat) |
| Pharmaceuticals – 03
Patil Vinay Sunil (West Bengal) |
Revenue – 03
Deepika Gautam (Tripura) |
| Shipping – 03
Carolyn Chingthianmawi (Telangana) |
Skill Development & Entrepreneurship – 03
Aditi Yadav (Rajasthan) |
| Sports – 03
Atul Singh (Gujarat) |
Textiles – 03
Farheen Zahid (Andhra Pradesh) |
| Tribal Affairs – 03
Anand Sharma (Jharkhand) |
Cooperation – 02
Choudhari Birju Gopal (Rajasthan) |
| Civil Aviation – 02
P K Sidharth Ramkumar (Maharashtra) |
Culture – 02
Kasturi Sha (Odisha) |
| Department of Expenditure – 02
Gurleen (Punjab) |
Fisheries – 02
Aditi Singhania (Haryana) |
| Fertilizers – 02
Chiranjeevi Naga Venkat Sahith Kanala (Andhra Pradesh) |
Information and Broadcasting – 02
Anushka Karnwal (Manipur) |
| Food Processing Industries – 02
Pragati Rani (Punjab) |
New and Renewable Energy – 02
Deepak Meena (West Bengal) |
| MSME – 02
Ayush Agrawal (Uttar Pradesh) |
Tourism – 02
Anshul Bhatt (Uttarakhand) |
| Youth Affairs – 02
Abhimanyu Malik (Punjab) |
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Indian Bureaucracy News wishes all the officers the very best.