116 signatories:

1. Anita IAS Former Secretary, Department of Social Justice Agnihotri (Retd.) Empowerment, GoI 2. Salahuddin IAS Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Rajasthan Ahmad (Retd.) 3. S.P. Ambrose IAS Former Additional Secretary, Ministry of Shipping & (Retd.) Transport, GoI 4. Anand Arni R&AW Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, GoI (Retd.) 5. G. IAS Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Balachandhran (Retd.) Bengal 6. Vappala IPS Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, GoI Balachandran (Retd.) 7. Gopalan IAS Former Special Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal Balagopal (Retd.) 8. Chandrashekh IAS Former Secretary, Coal, GoI ar (Retd.) Balakrishnan 9. Rana Banerji R&AW Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat (Retd.) (R&AW), GoI 10 T.K. Banerji IAS Former Member, Union Public Service Commission . (Retd.)

11 Sharad Behar IAS Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh . (Retd.)

12 Aurobindo IAS Former Member, Board of Revenue, Govt. of Odisha . Behera (Retd.)

13 Madhu IFS Former Ambassador to Portugal . Bhaduri (Retd.)

14 K.V. Bhagirath IFS Former Secretary General, Indian Ocean Rim . (Retd.) Association, Mauritius

15 Meeran C IPS Former DGP, Bureau of Police Research and . Borwankar (Retd.) Development, GoI

16 Ravi IAS Former Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, GoI . Budhiraja (Retd.)

17 Sundar Burra IAS Former Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra . (Retd.)

18 Maneshwar IAS Former Principal Secretary, Home, Govt. of Punjab . Singh Chahal (Retd.) 19 R. IAS Former Principal Secretary, Transport and Urban . Chandramoha (Retd.) Development, Govt. of NCT of Delhi n 20 K.M. IAS Former Cabinet Secretary, GoI . Chandrasekhar (Retd.)

21 Rachel IAS Former Special Chief Secretary, Agriculture, Govt. of . Chatterjee (Retd.) Andhra Pradesh

22 Kalyani IAS Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of West . Chaudhuri (Retd.) Bengal

23 Gurjit Singh IAS Former Financial Commissioner (Revenue), Govt. of . Cheema (Retd.) Punjab

24 Anna Dani IAS Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of . (Retd.) Maharashtra

25 Vibha Puri IAS Former Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GoI . Das (Retd.)

26 P.R. Dasgupta IAS Former Chairman, Food Corporation of , GoI . (Retd.)

27 Nitin Desai Former Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of . Finance, GoI

28 Keshav IAS Former Health Secretary, GoI . Desiraju (Retd.)

29 M.G. IAS Former Secretary, Govt. of Haryana . Devasahayam (Retd.)

30 Sushil Dubey IFS Former Ambassador to Sweden . (Retd.)

31 A.S. Dulat IPS Former OSD on Kashmir, Prime Minister’s Office, . (Retd.) GoI

32 K.P. Fabian IFS Former Ambassador to Italy . (Retd.)

33 Prabhu Ghate IAS Former Addl. Director General, Department of . (Retd.) Tourism, GoI

34 Arif Ghauri IRS Former Governance Adviser, DFID, Govt. of the . (Retd.) United Kingdom (on deputation) 35 Gourisankar IAS Former Mission Director, National Drinking Water . Ghosh (Retd.) Mission, GoI

36 Suresh K. IFS Former Director General, Indian Council of Cultural . Goel (Retd.) Relations, GoI

37 S. Gopal IPS Former Special Secretary, GoI . (Retd.)

38 H.S. Gujral IFoS Former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Govt. . (Retd.) of Punjab

39 Meena Gupta IAS Former Secretary, Ministry of Environment & . (Retd.) Forests, GoI

40 Ravi Vira IAS Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India . Gupta (Retd.)

41 Wajahat IAS Former Secretary, GoI and former Chief Information . Habibullah (Retd.) Commissioner

42 Deepa Hari IRS . (Resigned)

43 Siraj Hussain IAS Former Secretary, Department of Agriculture, GoI . (Retd.)

44 Kamal Jaswal IAS Former Secretary, Department of Information . (Retd.) Technology, GoI

45 Najeeb Jung IAS Former Lieutenant Governor, Delhi . (Retd.)

46 Vinod C. IFS Former Additional Secretary, MEA, GoI . Khanna (Retd.)

47 Ajai Kumar IFoS(Retd. Former Director, Ministry of Agriculture, GoI . )

48 Brijesh Kumar IAS Former Secretary, Department of Information . (Retd.) Technology, GoI

49 Ish Kumar IPS Former DGP (Vigilance & Enforcement), Govt. of . (Retd.) Telangana and former Special Rapporteur, National Human Rights Commission 50 Sudhir Kumar IAS Former Member, Central Administrative Tribunal . (Retd.) 51 P.K. Lahiri IAS Former ED, Asian Development Bank & Former . (Retd.) Revenue Secretary, GoI

52 Subodh Lal IPoS Former Deputy Director General, Ministry of . (Resigned) Communications, GoI

53 S.K. Lambah IFS Former Special Envoy of the . (Retd.)

54 B.B. Mahajan IAS Former Secretary, Deptt. of Food, GoI . (Retd.)

55 Harsh Mander IAS Govt. of Madhya Pradesh . (Retd.)

56 Amitabh IPS Former Director, Aviation Research Centre and . Mathur (Retd.) Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, GoI

57 Lalit Mathur IAS Former Director General, National Institute of Rural . (Retd.) Development, GoI

58 Aditi Mehta IAS Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of . (Retd.) Rajasthan

59 Shivshankar IFS Former Foreign Secretary and Former National . Menon (Retd.) Security Adviser

60 Sonalini IFS GoI . Mirchandani (Resigned)

61 Malay Mishra IFS Former Ambassador to Hungary . (Retd.)

62 Sunil Mitra IAS Former Secretary, Ministry of Finance, GoI . (Retd.)

63 Noor IAS Former Secretary, National Disaster Management . Mohammad (Retd.) Authority, Govt. of India

64 Avinash IPS Former Director General of Police, Govt. of Sikkim . Mohananey (Retd.)

65 Deb Mukharji IFS Former High Commissioner to Bangladesh and . (Retd.) former Ambassador to Nepal

66 Shiv Shankar IFS Former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom . Mukherjee (Retd.) 67 Gautam IFS Former Ambassador to Myanmar . Mukhopadhay (Retd.) a 68 Nagalsamy IA&AS Former Principal Accountant General, Tamil Nadu & . (Retd.) Kerala

69 T.K.A. Nair IAS Former Adviser to Prime Minister of India . (Retd.)

70 Surendra Nath IAS Former Member, Finance Commission, Govt. of . (Retd.) Madhya Pradesh

71 P. Joy IAS Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Chhattisgarh . Oommen (Retd.)

72 Amitabha IAS Former Secretary, Inter-State Council, GoI . Pande (Retd.)

73 Niranjan Pant IA&AS Former Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, . (Retd.) GoI

74 P. R. IPS Former Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Govt. of . Parthasarathy (Retd.) Maharashtra

75 Alok Perti IAS Former Secretary, Ministry of Coal, GoI . (Retd.)

76 R. IAS Former Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, GoI . Poornalingam (Retd.)

77 Rajesh Prasad IFS Former Ambassador to the Netherlands . (Retd.)

78 Sharda Prasad IAS Former Director General (Employment and . (Retd.) Training), Ministry of Labour and Employment, GoI

79 R.M. IAS Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra . Premkumar (Retd.)

80 T.R. IAS Former Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, . Raghunandan (Retd.) GoI

81 N.K. IAS Former Chairman, Staff Selection Commission, GoI . Raghupathy (Retd.)

82 V.P. Raja IAS Former Chairman, Maharashtra Electricity . (Retd.) Regulatory Commission 83 C. Babu IAS Former Secretary, GoI . Rajeev (Retd.)

84 K. Sujatha IAS Former Health Secretary, GoI . Rao (Retd.)

85 M.Y. Rao IAS . (Retd.)

86 Satwant IAS Former Secretary, Chemicals and Petrochemicals, . Reddy (Retd.) GoI

87 Vijaya Latha IFS Former Deputy National Security Adviser, GoI . Reddy (Retd.)

88 Julio Ribeiro IPS Former Adviser to Governor of Punjab & former . (Retd.) Ambassador to Romania

89 Aruna Roy IAS . (Resigned)

90 Manabendra IAS Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of West . N. Roy (Retd.) Bengal

91 K. Saleem Ali IPS Former Special Director, CBI, GoI . (Retd.)

92 Deepak Sanan IAS Former Principal Adviser (AR) to Chief Minister, . (Retd.) Govt. of Himachal Pradesh

93 G. Sankaran IC&CES Former President, Customs, Excise and Gold . (Retd.) (Control) Appellate Tribunal

94 S. Satyabhama IAS Former Chairperson, National Seeds Corporation, . (Retd.) GoI

95 N.C. Saxena IAS Former Secretary, Planning Commission, GoI . (Retd.)

96 A. Selvaraj IRS Former Chief Commissioner, Income Tax, Chennai, . (Retd.) GoI

97 Ardhendu Sen IAS Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal . (Retd.)

98 Abhijit IAS Former Secretary, Ministry of Culture, GoI . Sengupta (Retd.) 99 Aftab Seth IFS Former Ambassador to Japan . (Retd.)

10 Ashok Kumar IFoS Former MD, State Forest Development Corporation, 0. Sharma (Retd.) Govt. of Gujarat

10 Ashok Kumar IFS Former Ambassador to Finland and Estonia 1. Sharma (Retd.)

10 Navrekha IFS Former Ambassador to Indonesia 2. Sharma (Retd.)

10 Pravesh IAS Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Madhya 3. Sharma (Retd.) Pradesh

10 Raju Sharma IAS Former Member, Board of Revenue, Govt. of Uttar 4. (Retd.) Pradesh

10 Rashmi IAS Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Madhya 5. Shukla (Retd.) Pradesh Sharma 10 Padamvir IAS Former Director, LBSNAA, Mussoorie, GoI 6. Singh (Retd.)

10 Sujatha Singh IFS Former Foreign Secretary, GoI 7. (Retd.)

10 Tirlochan IAS Former Secretary, National Commission for 8. Singh (Retd.) Minorities, GoI

10 Jawhar Sircar IAS Former Secretary, Ministry of Culture, GoI, & former 9. (Retd.) CEO, Prasar Bharati

11 Parveen Talha IRS Former Member, Union Public Service Commission 0. (Retd.)

11 Thanksy IAS Former Additional Chief Secretary, Minorities 1. Thekkekera (Retd.) Development, Govt. of Maharashtra

11 P.S.S. Thomas IAS Former Secretary General, National Human Rights 2. (Retd.) Commission

11 Hindal Tyabji IAS Former Chief Secretary rank, Govt. of Jammu & 3. (Retd.) Kashmir

11 Jawed Usmani IAS Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of & 4. (Retd.) former Chief Information Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh 11 Ashok Vajpeyi IAS Former Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi 5. (Retd.)

11 Ramani IAS Former Director General, YASHADA, Govt. of 6. Venkatesan (Retd.) Maharashtra