Radha Krishna Mathur To Be LG Of Ladakh: All You Need To Know About Him indiatoday.in

IAS officer Radha Krishna Mathur has been appointed the Lieutenant Governor of the union territory of Ladakh, the reorganisation of which will take effect from October 31, 2019.

Radha Krishna Mathur is a retired 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tripura cadre. Radha Krishna Muthur retired as the Chief Information Commissioner of India (CIC) in November 2018.

Radha Krishna Mathur has been the Union Defence Secretary, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Secretary of India and the Chief Secretary of Tripura. RK Mathur has also served as the Development Commissioner in Ministry of Textiles and the Chief Enforcement Officer in Ministry of Textiles in the Central government.

Apart from the Central government, the IAS officer has served the Tripura governments as the Chief Secretary of Tripura, Principal Secretary of Finance, and Principal Secretary of Agriculture.

RK Mathur was appointed as the Chief Secretary of Tripura in December 2003. In 2016, he was given the charge as the Chief Information Commissioner of India (CIC).

Meanwhile, IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu has been appointed as the Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).