R. K. Mathur
Radha Krishna Mathur is a retired Indian IAS officer and Indian bureaucrat, who served as the 1st Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh from 2019 to 2023. He retired as the Chief Information Commissioner of India in November 2018. Mathur had retired as the India's Defence Secretary, two years after being appointed to the post on 25 May 2013. He was also the Defence Production Secretary of India, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Secretary of India and the Chief Secretary of Tripura.
Education
Mathur is a Bachelor of Technology in mechanical engineering from IIT Kanpur, Master of Technology in Industrial Engineering from IIT Delhi. He also holds an MBA degree from International Center for Promotion of Enterprises, Ljubljana, Slovenia.Career
As an IAS officer
Apart from serving as the Union Defence Secretary, RK Mathur served in various key positions for both Union and Tripura governments, like as the Chief Secretary of Tripura, Principal Secretary, Principal Secretary, Principal Secretary, Resident Commissioner of Tripura, Commissioner of Revenue, Commissioner of Panchayats, CEO of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, and as the District Magistrate and Collector of West Tripura district in the Tripura Government, and as the Union Defence Production Secretary, 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.Mathur also served as the Private Secretary, on separate occasions, to Ministers of External Affairs and Information and Broadcasting.
Chief Secretary of Tripura
RK Mathur was appointed the Chief Secretary of Tripura by the Chief Minister of Tripura in December 2003, he assumed the office of the Chief Secretary of the state on 22 December 2003 and demitted it on 22 October 2006, serving as the state's top bureaucrat for almost three years.Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Secretary
Mathur was appointed the Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet in November 2011, he assumed the office on 9 November 2011 and demitted it on 30 September 2012.Defence Production Secretary
Mathur was appointed the Union Defence Production Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet in September 2012, he assumed the office on 1 October 2012 and demitted it on 24 May 2013.File:Defence Secretary RK Mathur, and CNS Admiral RK Dhowan during the Golden Jubilee celebration of the DND.JPG|thumb|300x300px|Radha Krishna Mathur with the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Robin K. Dhowan during the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Directorate of Naval Design.