Here is our mini list, our pick of the top ten central bureaucrats from various fields.
| No | Office | Name |
| 1 | National Security Advisor | Shivshankar Menon |
| 2 | Cabinet Secretary of India | Ajit Seth |
| 3 | Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha | S. Bal Shekar |
| 4 | Attorney General of India | Goolam Essaji Vahanvati |
| 5 | Comptroller and Auditor General of India | Shashi Kant Sharma |
| 6 | Solicitor General of India | Mohan Parasaran |
| 7 | Principal Scientific Adviser | R. Chidambaram |
| 8 | CBDT Chairman | Dr.Sudha sharma |
| 9 | Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations | Asoke Kumar Mukherji |
| 10 | Chairman, Railway Board | Arunendra Kumar |
| 11 | Foreign Secretary | Sujatha Singh |
| 12 | Union Home Secretary | Anil Goswami |
| 13 | Finance Secretary | Rajiv Takru |
