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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Former Chief Secretary of Rajasthan}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Usha Sharma<br />
| office = [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] [[Government of Rajasthan]].<br />
| term_start = 31 Jan 2022<br />
| term_end = 31 December 2023<br />
| successor = [[Sudhansh Pant]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2024-01-01 |title=Sudhansh Pant appointed new chief secretary of Rajasthan |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sudhansh-pant-appointed-new-chief-secretary-of-rajasthan/article67694567.ece |access-date=2024-01-06 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
| governor = [[Kalraj Mishra]]<br />
| predecessor = Niranjan Kumar Arya (IAS)<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|06|26}}<br />
| birth_place = Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| education = B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry<br />
| occupation = [[Indian Administrative Service|Retired IAS Officer]]<br />
| office2 = [[Director General]] of [[Archaeological Survey of India]]<br />
| term_start2 = 2017<br />
| term_end2 = 2020<br />
| predecessor2 = Rakesh Tewari<br />
| successor2 = V.Vidyawati<br />
}}<br />
'''Usha Sharma''' (born 26 June 1963) is a retired [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS) officer who is former [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] [[Government of Rajasthan]].She is the second woman to hold this post, after Smt. Kushal Singh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Rajasthan State Portal - Chief Secretary |url=https://rajasthan.gov.in/ChiefSecretary.aspx |website=rajasthan.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Chief Secretaries |url=https://rajasthan.gov.in/FormerChiefSecretaries.aspx |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=rajasthan.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="The Times of India">{{Cite news |date=2022-02-01 |title=Usha Sharma is new Rajasthan chief secretary, becomes 2nd woman to hold post |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/usha-sharma-is-new-rajasthan-chief-secretary-becomes-2nd-woman-to-hold-post/articleshow/89259910.cms |access-date=2023-05-06 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Sharma is [[C. P. Joshi|CP Joshi’s]]( former Speaker, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly) sister-in-law.<ref name="The Times of India"/><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Usha Sharma was born on June 26, 1963, in Uttar Pradesh, India. She holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Chemistry.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
'''Indian Administrative Service'''<br />
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Sharma joined the Rajasthan cadre of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1985.<ref name="Correspondent">{{Cite news |date=2022-01-31 |title=Usha Sharma is Rajasthan Chief Secretary |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/usha-sharma-is-rajasthan-chief-secretary/article38355796.ece |access-date=2023-05-06 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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'''Director General of Archaeological Survey of India'''<br />
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In 2017, Sharma was appointed as the Director General of the [[Archaeological Survey of India|Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)]], an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on 22 July 2017. During her tenure, the ASI acquired a new headquarters building named Dharohar Bhawan, inaugurated by Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] in 2018. Sharma also oversaw the restoration of the Natamandap of Jagannath Temple in Odisha and the conservation of the Jagamohan of Sun Temple in Konark.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Usha Sharma is ASI director-general as Center does an official rejig |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/nation/2017/07/22/major-reshuffle-in-central-departments-35-oficers-new-posts.html |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=OnManorama}}</ref><br />
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'''Chief Secretary of Rajasthan'''<br />
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Sharma served as the Director General of the ASI until 2020 when the state government appointed her as the Chief Secretary of Rajasthan and served there till 31 December 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-01 |title=Sudhansh Pant appointed CS as Usha Sharma retires |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/sudhansh-pant-appointed-cs-as-usha-sharma-retires/articleshow/106430166.cms |access-date=2024-03-29 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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