Ms.Radha Singh - Profile
Ms. Radha Singh has retired from Indian Administrative Service. Prior to retirement, she was holding the position of Secretary, Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of India. She has 41 years' experience in public service, in several areas including rural and agricultural development, water resources, public finance and institution building. In her capacity as Agriculture and Cooperation Secretary, she also headed various national and international organizations as Board Member/ Chairperson. In her long public career, she has held many high level policy and managerial positions in the Government of India. These included Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Additional Secretary/ Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources, Director General of the National Water Agency and positions in the Economic Affairs Department and field assignments. She had worked with the World Bank in Washington, DC, U.S.A. as an Institutional Specialist Consultant in several other capacities for six years (1993-1998). Presently, Ms. Singh is Agriculture Advisor to Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Trustee and the Secretary of the Rajendra Bhawan Trust, New Delhi, a charitable organization in memory of the first President of the India. She is also an Independent Director on the Board of Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Development.