ACC empanels 30 IPS officers as ADG at the Centre

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Wednesday (March 11, 2026) approved the empanelment of 30 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers for appointment to the posts of Additional Director General (ADG) or equivalent at the Centre.

Of the total officers empanelled, 28 belong to the 1998 batch, while two officers are from the 1994 batch.

Additional Director General/Additional Director General Equivalent posts:

1. Mahesh Chandra Laddha (IPS:1998:AP)
2. Malothu Ramulu Naik (IPS:1998:BH)
3. Ratn Sanjay Katiyar (IPS:1998:BH)
4. Amit Kumar (IPS:1998:CG)
5. Patel Piyush Purusottam Das (IPS:1998:GJ)
6. Rajiv Ranjan Bhagat (IPS:1998:GJ)
7. Dinesh Kumar Yadav (IPS:1998:HP)
8. Vikas Kumar Arora (IPS:1998:HY)
9. Ashok Yadav (IPS:1998:KL)
10. Dinendra Kashyap (IPS:1998:KL)
11. H Venkatesh (IPS:1998:KL)
12. Pankaj Kumar Thakur (IPS:1998:KN)
13. Soumendu Mukherjee (IPS:1998:KN)
14. Rajesh Kumar (IPS:1998:MH)
15. Santosh Rastogi (IPS:1998:MH)
16. Anshuman Yadav (IPS:1998:MP)
17. Sajid Farid Shapoo (IPS:1998:MP)
18. S Dev Dutta Singh (IPS:1998:OR)
19. Nilabh Kishore (IPS:1998:PB)
20. Vikram Singh Mann (IPS:1998:TG)
21. Avi Prakash (IPS:1998:TN)
22. Vidya Jayant Kulkarni (IPS:1998:TN)
23. Arvinder Singh (IPS:1998:TR)
24. Rajesh Shriram Kamble (IPS:1998:TR)
25. Ajay Prakash Anshuman (IPS:1998:UK)
26. Piyush Mordia (IPS:1998:UP)

Additional Director General Equivalent posts:

27. Vineet Agarwal (IPS:1994:MH)
28. Sanjay Mathur (IPS:1994:TN)
29. Narendra Singh Bundela (IPS:1998:AGMUT)
30. Gopesh Aggarwal (IPS:1998:KL)