Radha Krishna Mathur

Radha Krishna Mathur
Radha Krishna Mathur
Chief Information Commissioner of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 January 2016
Preceded by	Vijai Sharma
Defence Secretary of India
In office 25 May 2013 – 24 May 2015
Preceded by	Shashi Kant Sharma
Succeeded by	G. Mohan Kumar
Defence Production Secretary of India
In office 1 October 2012 – 24 May 2013
Preceded by	Shekhar Aggarwal
Succeeded by	G.C. Pati
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Secretary of India
In office 9 November 2011 – 30 September 2012
Chief Secretary of Tripura
In office 22 December 2003 – 22 October 2006
Personal details
Born	Radha Krishna Mathur (1953-11-25) 25 November 1953 (age 64) Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Residence	Delhi
Alma mater	IIT Kanpur IIT Delhi International Center for Promotion of Enterprises
Occupation	Retired IAS officer

Radha Krishna Mathur (born 25 November 1953) is a retired 1977 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre and is the current Chief Information Commissioner of India (CIC). Mathur 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.

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 (ICPE), Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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 (Finance), Principal Secretary (Agriculture), Principal Secretary (Rural Development), 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.