
Ms Radha S Chauhan, Chairperson, Capacity Building Commission
Ms. S. Radha Chauhan is a seasoned civil servant with 36+ years of leadership across public policy, fiscal governance, institutional reform, and digital transformation. She is 1988 Batch IAS officer of UP Cadre (Retd.). She is a former Secretary of the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) and Founding CEO of Government eMarketplace (GeM), the world’s largest public procurement portal. She has demonstrated a track record in executive oversight, cross-sectoral policy design, governance modernisation, ESG-linked reforms, and stakeholder engagement at national and international levels. She is recognised for visionary leadership in India’s digital public infrastructure — Aadhaar, eDistrict, UMANG, and GeM. She is also an Architect of “Mission Karmayogi”, India’s digital HR transformation platform for civil servants.