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RADHIKA JHA (born on 9 December 1976 in Allahabad) is an IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre and is currently situated in the state's capital, Dehradun. She is Additional Secretary (Higher Education), Director General School Education1 and has previously held various important positions in the State which included District Magistrate (Tehri)2, Additional Secretary (Urban Development), Project Director Asian Development Bank3, Additional Secretary (Higher Education)4.

She is an alumnus of Lady Shri Ram College and has previously worked as a Tata Administrative Services (TAS) officer in various managerial positions in the Tata group companies which include Tata Steel and Tata Teleservices.

1. Education

Radhika has done her undergraduation from Lady Shri Ram College and also has a master's in industrial psychology from Delhi University. She has done her schooling from St. Mary's Convent Allahabad.

Radhika has been a meritorious student and an ardent debater throughout her college and school life, winning prestigious awards such as [President's Medal Lady Shri Ram]. She has appeared on various television programmes in mid 1990s interviewing politicians like Sushma Swaraj, T.N. Seshan and Najma Hebdullah.

After completing her post-graduation, Radhika joined Tatas as a TAS officer which she quit after qualifying for the IAS in 2002. She was overall ranked 15th and 2nd amongst women in India in the batch of 2002. She continued to pursue her creative interest at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy in Mussorie during her IAS training.

2. Career

"The scope of work for an IAS officer in the country is immense and much diversified. You start off as a sub-divisional magistrate and go on to man government departments — health, education, technology etc, and then move to nodal co-ordination as secretary. This kind of a work profile is unmatched in the country. The challenges it entails makes it the most interesting career possible."http://www.hindustantimes.com/hteducation/greatcareers/running-india/article1-465555.aspx

3. Personal life

Radhika was born to Satya Premi (ex-civil servant and now Director, Jeevan Jyoti Group of Hospitals) and Raj Laxmi Shukla (social worker). She is married to Nitesh Kumar Jha, who is also an IAS officer of 2002 batch of Uttarakhand cadre and has a daughter, Ira Gayatri Jha, and son, Kushagra Aditya Jha. [She has a younger sister who is a professor in Delhi University and a younger brother who is corporate lawyer based in London.]