As many as 176 IAS officers of 2016 batch have been posted as Assistant Secretary in the Ministries/Department of Govt of India. The officers are: Vivek H P(AGMUT) and Nitin Sangwan(Gujarat) posted in the Dept of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances; Bashrat Qayoom(Jharkhand), Ashish Tiwari(MP) and Vaibhav Choudhary(WB) posted in the Dept of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmer’s Welfare ; Ayush Garg(AM) and Shalini Duhan(Gujarat) posted in the Dept of Animal Husbandry, Dairy & fisheries; Kirthi Chekuri(AP) and Rahul Dev(CG) posted in the Dept of Border Management; Vishal Singh(Odisha), Kavita Meena(UP) posted in the Ministry of Civil Aviation; Yogesh Vijay Kumbhejkar(MH), Badhwant Santosh(TG), Alankrita Pandey(WB) posted in the Ministry of Coal; Preeti Yadav(MP), Divya Jyoti Parida(OD), Chandramohan Garg(UP), Shaikh Ansar(WB) posted in the Dept of Commerce; Elambahavath K(Tamil Nadu), Aneesh Dashgupta(WB), Priyanka Ala(TG), Gandharwa Rathore(WB) posted in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; Vinay Goel(KL), Shanya Ari(TN), Narendra Singh Bhandari(UK) posted in the Ministry of Culture; Eesha Priya(KL), Rohit Ashva Singh Tomar(RJ), Anapurna Garg(UP) posted in the Dept of Defence; Saloni Rai(AGMUT), Ram Krishna Chitur(AM), Abhinav Shivam(NL) posted in the Dept of Defence Production; Shridhar Chamakuri(AP), Vishu mahajan(TN), Vivek Dattatraya Bhasme(WB) posted in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Shashvat Saurabh(AGMUT), Vipin Kumar Jain(UP), Om Prakash Birla(GJ), Asif K Yusuf(KL), C B Adithya Senthil Kumar(TN) and Sumanth Shahy(WB) posted in the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation; Gaurav Benal(MP), Ajit Kumar Verma(NL), Pravinya P(TG), Sandeep Kuamr Ghosh(WB) posted in the Dept of Economic Affairs; Kumar Abhishek(AGMUT), Anand O(AP), Lokesh Mishra(Bihar), Rahul Narwal(HY), Kirodi Lal Meena(MP) posted in the Ministry of Electronics & INformation Technology; Mahesh Kumar Ravirala(AP), Mukul Kumar Gupta(Bihar) posted in the Dept of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities; Ravi Mittal(CG), Mohd Iqramoola Sharif(KN), Sidheshwar Baliram Bondar(OD), Satyaprakash(UP) posted in the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate change; Vijay Prakash Meena(BH), Vinay Kumar Langey(CG) posted in the Dept of Expenditutre; Hanumanth Kondiba Zenbaga(TG), Jitin Yadav(WB) posted in the Dept of Fertilizers; Bhavya Verma(GJ), Vishal Sagar(JH), Abhinav Goel(MH) posted in the Dept of Financial Services; Ravi Prakash(BIhar), Devi Lal Gujarat), Swapnil G Vankhede(MH), Dept of Food & Public Distribution; Darshan H V(KN), Manju(RJ), Shweta Agarwal(WB) posted in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; Najuk Kumar(AGMUT), Venkateshwar Salijamala(AP), Rahul Tukarama Pandey(KN), Jasmeet Singh Sandhu(RJ), Ankur Lather(UP), Neha Meena(UK) posted in the Dept of Health & Family Welfare; Sailesh Kumar(UP) posted in the Dept of Youth Affairs; Kishore KshisagarLakshman(AGMUT); Narendra Kumar Shah(AM), Anshul Agarwal(Bihar), Amit Kumar Sharma(HP), Khumanthem Diana Devi(Manipur), Amit Pal(UP) posted in the Ministry of Women & Child Development; Vipin Garg(Gujarat), Shashank Pratap Singh(NL), Jitesh V Patil(TG) posted in the Minsitry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation; Rahul Bhanudas Mali((NL), Kumar Harsh(UP) posted in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; Athar Amir UI Shafi Khan(RJ), Prathamesh Kumar(UP) posted in the Ministry of Tourism; Shrikanth H S(TN), Shashank Tripathi(UP) posted in the Ministry of Textiles; Saravanan S (TN), Vivek Kumar(WB) in the Dept of Telecommunication; Jatin Lal (HP), Saurabh Katiya(MH) posted in the Dept of Sports; Ms. Megha Bhardwaj(JH), Dattatreya Bhanusahab Shinde(OD) and Sarneet Kaur Broca(UP) posted in the Dept of Social Justice & Empowerment; Viathinathan R(TN), Anuradha Pal(UK) posted in the Dept of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship; Amit Yadav(RJ), Abhishek Goyal(UP) posted in the Ministry of Shipping; Ms Varsha(Bihar), Garima Singh(jharkhand), Aaditya Dachalwal(Punjab), Inderjit Singh(UP), posted in the Dept of School Education & Literacy; Sh. Tejas Dilipbhai Parma(Gujarat), Rahul Kumar(HP); Karm Satyarthi(Jharkhand), Anupam Mishra(KL), Siddharth Jain(MP), Ajay Arora(Punjab); Amarpreet Kaur Sandhu(Punjab), Ghazal Bhardwaj(UP) posted in the Dept of Rural Development; Nitin Gaur(CG), Anandh K(KN), Anshul Gupta(MP), Ravindra Goswami(RJ) posted in the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways; BHoyar Harshal Narayanrao(KN), Arun K Vijayan(KL) posted in the Dept of Revenue; Harendra Narayana(MP), VIshal Kumar(TR) posted in the Ministry of Railways; Snehil KUmar Singh(Kerala), Jayati Singh(MP), Ranjeet Singh(TN), Anupam Shukla(UP) posted in the Ministry of Power; Artika Shukla(AGMUT), Chetan T S(AP), posted in the Dept of Posts; Anurag Chnader Sharma(HP), Kumar Ashirwad(MH) posted in the Dept of Pharmaceuticals; Yogesh Choiudhary(GUjarat), Manish Naranawaren Shankarrao(TN), Saurabh Gaharwar(UK) posted in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas; Ms. Akriti Sagar(KN), Pratap Singh(RJ), Amit Aasrey(UP) posted in the Dept of Personnel & Training; Abhishek Meena(HY), Shrikrishnanathan B Panchal(MH) and Sonakshi Singh Tomar(TR) posted in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj; Richie Pandey(BH), Shrikant Balasaheb Suse(J&K), Pankaj Ashiya(MH), Sidhharth Shiv Jaiswal(Tripura) posted in NITI Aayog; Simranjit Singh Kahlon(TN) and Harsimran Singh(WB), posted in the Ministry of New & Renewable Source of Energy; Gopi B(TG) and Bandana Pokhriyal(WB) posted in the Ministry of Mines; Ms. Tina Dabi(RJ) and Ashwini Kumar Panday(UP) posted in the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises; S Asker Ali(AGMUT),Misha Singh (Andhra Pardesh),Vaibhav Chaudhary(Bihar), Navnath K Gavhane(Gujrat) posted in the D/o Higher Education; Rakesh Kumar Minhas (AGMUT), Himanshu Mohan(Jharkhand), Pulkit Garg(Uttar Pardesh) posted in the M/o Home Affairs; Chandan Kumar (Jharkhand),Preeti Gehlot (Karnataka), Ashish Sangwan (Madhya Pardesh), Indu Jakhar(Maharashtra), Amit Kumar Panchal (Punjab),Valluru kranthi (Telangana), Atul vats (Uttar Pardesh) posted in the M/o Housing and Urban Affairs; Torul S Raveesh (Himachal Pardesh),Jitendra Dudi(Jharkhand),Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar (Karnataka), Poovitha S (Karnataka) posted in the D/o Industrial Policy and Promotion; Khatela Ravindra Dnyaneshwar (Gujrat),Charchit Gaur (Manipur), Abhishek Pandey (Uttar Pardesh)posted in the M/o Information and Broadcasting; Uday Kumar P (Telangana) posted in the D/o JusticePavankumar G Giriyappanavar (Tamil Nadu) ,Dhiman Barai (West Bengal) posted in the M/o Labour and Employment; Devansh Yadav (AGMUT), Swapnil Dinkar Pundkar (Andhra Pardesh), P Uday Praveen (Assam-Meghalaya),Anshul Kumar(Bihar) posted in the D/o Land Resources.