CHANDIGARH, March 2 -- The appointments committee of the cabinet (ACC) has empanelled three Punjab cadre IAS officers from the 1994 and 1995 batches for appointment as secretaries or to secretary-equivalent posts in the central government.

According to an order issued by the ACC on Saturday, two 1995-batch officers, Dilip Kumar and Jaspreet Talwar, have been empanelled as secretaries while Alok Shekhar, a1994-batch officer, has been placed in the secretary-equivalent category. Dilip Kumar, who is on central deputation, is currently serving as director general, training, in the ministry of skills development and entrepreneurship.

He went on central deputation two months ago. Talwar and Shekhar are currently posted in the Punjab governmen...