In the Government of India, IAS officers of 1987 batch are holding important posts. TV Somanathan is Cabinet Secretary while Tuhin Kanta Pandey is Finance Secretary; Vini Mahajan Drinking is Water & Sanitation Secretary; Leena Nandan is Environment & Forest Secretary; and Ajay Seth is Secretary Economic Affairs. On top of this Swagat Das, who is  Secretary Security is also a 1987 batch IPS officer. Protocol-wise, all the secretaries will have to address the Cabinet Secretary as 'Sir' in official meetings though privately they could call him by his first name.

TV Somanathan	TK  Pandey	Vini Mahajan	Leena Nandan	Ajay Seth