UP cadre IAS Radha Chauhan to be new CEO of GeM SPV

New Delhi: The 1988 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS Ms S Radha Chauhan will be the first Chief Executive Officer of newly set up special purpose vehicle named Government e-Marketplace (GeM SPV).

The GeM SPV has been set up to provide an end-to-end online marketplace for Central and state government ministries and departments, Central and state public sector undertakings (CPSUs and SPSUs), autonomous institutions and local bodies, for procurement of common use goods and services in a transparent and efficient manner. The cabinet in April had approved the setting up of GeM SPV.

Ms Chauhan, a GoI joint secretary-level officer. is currently serving as president and CEO of NeGD which is an independent business division (IBD) within Media Lab Asia, a section 8 company under the ministry of electronics and information technology.

Prior to that she was a joint secretary in the department of school education and literacy under the ministry of human resource development (2011-15).

In Uttar Pradesh, she held some important posts such as divisional commissioner in Agra and Meerut, commissioner in Ghaziabad and additional CEO of Noida development authority, and deputy chief executive of Greater Noida Development Authority.

She also served as district magistrate in UP districts like Bulandshahr and Pilibhit.

Ms Chauhan is a law graduate, according to the records available with DoPT.