# R. K. Mathur

Radha Krishna Mathur (born 25 November 1953) 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 (CIC) 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 (ICPE), 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 (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.
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 as 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 as the Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in November 2011, he assumed the office on 9 November 2011 and demitted it on 30 September 2012.

#### Defence Production Secretary

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

#### 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. He assumed the office of Defence Secretary on 25 May 2013 and demitted it and simultaneously superannuated from the service on 24 May 2015.

### Chief Information Commissioner

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. He took oath as the Chief Information Commissioner on 5 January 2016. He retired from the post on 24 November 2018.

## Lieutenant Governorship (2019 - 2023)

Radha Krishna Mathur was appointed to be the first Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh by the President of India on 25 October 2019. He formally sworn in on 31 October 2019 when the Union Territory of Ladakh came into existence. On 12 February 2023, B D Mishra succeeded him.