Dr. Renu Sharma

Dr. Renu Sharma is a distinguished retired Indian Administrative Service officer with 36 years of extensive experience in public administration, governance, and finance. She has rendered services in the NCT of Delhi, Mizoram, Goa, and the U.T. of Daman & Diu, across diverse domains including Finance, Taxation, Home, Transport, and Urban Development. She has also held senior leadership roles, including Secretary to the Chief Minister of Delhi. In addition, she served on Central deputation in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry as Director and Joint Secretary, and internationally as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of India, Brussels, covering Belgium, Luxembourg, and the European Union (2012–2015). She was empanelled as Secretary to the Government of India in 2021.

Dr. Sharma spent seven years in the North East, concluding as Chief Secretary of Mizoram (2021–2024). Her expertise in financial planning, budgeting, and urban infrastructure financing has been applied across sectors. Notable achievements include the introduction of helicopter services across Mizoram, facilitation of the state’s first railway line, and major urban initiatives in Delhi such as metro expansion, EV policy implementation, pollution control, and citizen-government partnership programs like Bhagidari.

Dr. Sharma’s academic credentials include a Ph.D. (2019) from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, Ecole Doctorale de Sciences Po, Paris (France) on ‘Accord de paix du Mizoram: conflit et resolution’ (The Mizoram Peace Accord: Conflict and Resolution). She also earned an M.A. and M.Phil in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University and a second Masters in Public Administration from L’Institut international d’administration publique, École nationale d’administration, Paris, along with a graduate degree from the University of Delhi.