R. K. Mathur

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R. K. Mathur
Chief Secretary of Tripura
Personal details
Born
Radha Krishna Mathur

(1953-11-25) 25 November 1953 (age 70)
Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndia Indian
Spouse
Poonam Mathur
​
(m. 1980)​
ChildrenPurvi Mathur, Prasun Mathur
Alma materIIT Kanpur
IIT Delhi
International Center for Promotion of Enterprises
OccupationRetired IAS officer

Radha Krishna Mathur (born 25 November 1953) is a retired Indian

Chief Secretary of Tripura.[5][6]

Education

Mathur is a

IIT Delhi.[5][6] He also holds an MBA degree from International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE), Ljubljana, Slovenia.[6]

Career

As an IAS officer

Apart from serving as the

Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Secretary, Special Secretary in Ministry of Defence, Development Commissioner in Ministry of Textiles, and as the Chief Enforcement Officer in Ministry of Textiles in the Union Government.[5][6]

Mathur also served as the

Information and Broadcasting.[5]

Chief Secretary of Tripura

RK Mathur was appointed as the Chief Secretary of

Chief Minister of Tripura in December 2003,[5] he assumed the office of the Chief Secretary of the state on 22 December 2003 and demitted it on 22 October 2006,[5] serving as the state's top bureaucrat for almost three years.[5]

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Secretary

Mathur was appointed as the

Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in November 2011,[5] he assumed the office on 9 November 2011 and demitted it on 30 September 2012.[5]

Defence Production Secretary

Mathur was appointed as the

Union Defence Production Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in September 2012,[5] he assumed the office on 1 October 2012 and demitted it on 24 May 2013.[5]

Radha Krishna Mathur, as Defence Secretary, inspecting the Guard of Honour at the commissioning of ICGS Rajveer.
Radha Krishna Mathur (extreme-left) with the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Robin K. Dhowan (center-right) during the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Directorate of Naval Design (DND).

Defence Secretary

Mathur was appointed as the Union Defence Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in May 2013 for a fixed tenure of two years.[5][7][8][9] He assumed the office of Defence Secretary on 25 May 2013 and demitted it and simultaneously superannuated from the service on 24 May 2015.[5][6]

Chief Information Commissioner

Swearing-in ceremony of R.K. Mathur as Chief Information Commissioner, in New Delhi

RK Mathur was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner of India (CIC), heading the Central Information Commission (CIC), by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on 18 December 2015.[2][3][4] He took oath as the Chief Information Commissioner on 5 January 2016. He retired from the post on 24 November 2018.[10][11][12]

Lieutenant Governorship (2019 - 2023)

Radha Krishna Mathur was appointed to be the first Lieutenant Governor of

B D Mishra
succeeded him.

References

  1. ^ "Ensure CIC is free from govt interference".
  2. ^ a b Yadav, Shyamlal (19 December 2015). "R. K. Mathur set to be new Chief Information Commissioner". The Indian Express. New Delhi. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "R. K. Mathur appointed as CIC". The Hindu. New Delhi. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Former defence secretary R. K. Mathur appointed new CIC". The Times of India. New Delhi. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Radha Krishna Mathur - Executive Record Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Chief Information Commissioner - Shri Radha Krishna Mathur (Profile)". Central Information Commission of India. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  7. ^ "RK Mathur appointed as defence secretary". The Times of India. New Delhi. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  8. HT Media Ltd
    . 24 May 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  9. ^ "RK Mathur appointed as Defence Secretary". NDTV. New Delhi. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  10. ^ "RK Mathur takes oath as new CIC". The Hindu. New Delhi. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Former Defence Secretay RK Mathur takes oath as new CIC". The Economic Times. New Delhi. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Ex-def secy RK Mathur takes oath as new CIC". India Today. New Delhi. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Radha Krishna Mathur to be LG of Ladakh: All you need to know about him". India Today. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by
None
Union Territory created
 Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh
31 October 2019 - Present 		Incumbent

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