new delhi at least three of the nine candidates selected for joint secretary posts through lateral entry are already working with the government or government entities the government is yet to issue appointment orderslast june the government had invited applications for 10 posts of joint secretaries in different ministries under its lateral entry scheme in a bid to attract talent from public and private sectorstoi has learnt that suman prasad singh who has been selected for the road transport and highways ministry is working as a project director of nhai at kochi sources said he was recently shifted from ahmedabad and he had joined nhai in 2015 after working in damodar valley corporation besides being a civil engineer he has an mba in finance from iit kharagpur and has completed his masters in national law school of india university bangalorebhushan kumar who has been selected for the shipping ministry is working as a general manager with the lng unit of gujarat state petroleum corporation which is indias only state governmentowned oil and gas company an alumni of i k gujral punjab technical university kumar is head of shipping business development and corporate departments he had earlier worked as manager projects of petronet lng limited from 2004 to 2015sujit kumar bajpayee who has been selected by the upsc for joint secretary post is currently working as a senior manager environment at the governmentowned nhpc which is under the administrative control of water resources ministry he holds a doctorate in environment sciences sources said he was one of the key officials from nhpc who had been interacting with the environment ministry officialsother than this three kakoli ghosh selected for agriculture ministry is a senior functionary at uns food and agriculture organisation and presently posted in rome rajeev saksena who has been chosen for department of economic affairs is currently working as the director economic and infrastructure at the saarc development fund amber dubey a partner in kpmg india has been selected for civil aviation ministry the details of other candidates were not availableall the selected candidates will be appointed for three years and the government can also extend the contract to up to five years to ensure that highly professional persons find the job lucrative each of them will get a salary of rs 144 lakh to rs 218 lakh per month and would also get allowances and facilities as applicable to equivalent level in the central government