As many as four IPS officers of batch 1986 have been empanelled for the Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Govt of India. Accordingly,
- Jawahar Lal Tripathi (Uttar Pradesh cadre)
- K. N. Tiwari (Madhya Pradesh cadre)
- Prabhat Ranjan Deo (Haryana cadre)
- V. H. Rao Deshmukh (Jharkhand cadre)