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{{Short description|Indian civil servant}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = R. K. Tiwari
| image = Shri Rajendra Kumar Tiwari.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Rajendra Kumar Tiwari
| office = [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] <br> [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| bodyclass =
| predecessor = [[Anup Chandra Pandey]]
| successor = [[Durga Shanker Mishra]]
| term_end = 30 December 2021
| term_start = 30 August 2019
| birth_name = Rajendra Kumar Tiwari
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|02|04|df=y}}<ref name=profile/>
| birth_place = [[Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]]<br> [[University of Sussex]]
| occupation = [[IAS officer]], [[Civil servant]]
| relatives = [[D.K. Tiwari]] (brother)<ref>{{cite news |title=कार्यवाह मुख्य सचिव बने राजेंद्र तिवारी; गांव की रामलीला में निभाते थे लक्ष्मण का रोल, 2 भाई भी हैं आईएएस |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/uttar-pradesh/jhansi/news/up-news-lucknow-story-of-chief-secretory-rajendra-kumar-tiwari-01631555.html |publisher=[[Daily Bhaskar]] |date=September 1, 2019 |location=[[Mahoba]] |language=Hindi}}</ref>
| spouse = Dr. Archana Tiwari<ref>{{cite news |title=CS Tiwari takes covid vaccine, asks people to follow |url=https://firstindia.co.in/news/uttar-pradesh/Cs-tiwari-takes-covid-vaccine-asks-people-to-follow |publisher=[[First India News Rajasthan|First India]] |date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
}}
'''Rajendra Kumar Tiwari''' (born February 4, 1963), commonly known as '''R. K. Tiwari''' is a retired Indian [[civil servant]] and [[Indian Administrative Services]] officer of [[Uttar Pradesh]] cadre from the 1985 batch.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Subhash |title=RK Tiwari's long tenure to dash dream |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/rk-tiwaris-long-tenure-to-dash-dreams-of-many/articleshow/74148511.cms |publisher=[[The Times of India]] |date=February 15, 2020}}</ref> He served as the [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] from 30 August 2019 to 30 December 2021, succeeding [[Anup Chandra Pandey]].<ref name=indiatoday>{{cite news |last1=Shukla |first1=Nilanshu |title=Rajendra Kumar Tiwari takes charge as acting UP chief secretary |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rajendra-kumar-tiwari-takes-charge-acting-up-chief-secretary-1594026-2019-09-01 |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=September 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Abhishek |title=इस एक परिवार के तीनों बेटे हैं अलग-अलग राज्यों में मुख्य सचिव, सीएम योगी ने दी इन्हें भी बड़ी जिम्मेदारी |url=https://www.patrika.com/mahoba-news/3-brothers-are-chief-secretary-of-different-states-cm-yogi-gives-post-5038362/ |publisher=[[Patrika.com]] |date=September 1, 2019 |language=Hindi}}</ref>

== Education ==
He did his primary education from Government Intermediate College Lalitpur, then completed his graduation in [[B.Tech]] from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]]. He also holds a [[master's degree]] in Arts from the [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref name=profile>{{cite news |title=Rajendra Kumar Tiwari: IAS Posting Detail |url=http://niyuktionline.upsdc.gov.in/ias-posting-detail.htm?26 |work=Upsdc.gov.in |date=2021}}</ref>

== Career ==
Tiwari joined [[Indian Administrative Service]] as an officer in 1985. He has served in several bureaucratic positions for the [[Government of India]] and the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]], including [[Joint Secretary]] to the [[Government of India]] in the [[Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers' Welfare|Ministry of Agriculture And Co-operation]]. He has served previously in various departments in the [[Uttar Pradesh government]] like higher and secondary education, industrial development, agriculture, infrastructure, commercial tax, labour, IT and electronics etc.<ref name=profile/>

He was the additional [[Chief secretary (India)|chief secretary]] home in the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] and has also served as [[District Magistrate and Collector]] in [[Agra district|Agra]], [[Sultanpur district|Sultanpur]] and [[Mirzapur district|Mirzapur]] in the past.<ref name=profile/>

In August 2019, he was appointed as 53rd [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of the [[Uttar Pradesh government]] by CM [[Yogi Adityanath]] and served the office till 30 December 2021.<ref name=indiatoday/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tiwari |first1=Harish |title=Why did Yogi Adityanath opt for RK Tiwari as chief secretary for Uttar Pradesh? |url=https://www.mynation.com/india-news/srinagar-drdo-builds-500-bed-hospital-in-just-17-days-qul2wc |publisher=My Nation |date=February 15, 2020}}</ref> Before his appointment as the CS, he was serving as the Commissioner (Agriculture Production) of [[Uttar Pradesh government|UP government]]. He also held the additional charge of UP chief secretary after the retirement of [[Anup Chandra Pandey]] in September 2019. He retired from the services in February 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Agriculture production commissioner Rajendra Kumar Tiwari gets additional charge of UP chief secretary |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/agriculture-production-commissioner-rajendra-kumar-tiwari-gets-additional-charge-of-up-chief-secretary/story-Ubco0Mc5Tn0khGQFx2GDNI.html |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=September 1, 2019}}</ref>

''[[The Print]]'' reports him to be one of the UP's powerful civil servants in CM [[Yogi Adityanath]]'s government.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dhingra |first1=Sanya |title='Mini CM', 'super CM', troubleshooter IAS officer — the power centres in Yogi's UP |url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/mini-cm-super-cm-troubleshooter-ias-officer-the-power-centres-in-yogis-up/521284/ |publisher=[[The Print]] |date=October 12, 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Alumni of the University of Sussex]]
[[Category:Indian Administrative Service officers]]
[[Category:Chief secretaries of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Uttar Pradesh]]

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