Rachna Shah will be officially taking charge as Secretary, Ministry of Textiles on 1st November 2022 after superannuation of UP Singh, Secretary Textiles on 31st October 2022.
An IAS officer of Kerala cadre and 1991 batch, Rachna is currently serving as Additional Secretary with the Department of Commerce.
Born in Uttar Pradesh, she is a post-graduate in Business Economics from Delhi University. She has experience of working in Ministries like Science and Technology, Corporate Affairs etc.
In a virtual meeting with Export Promotion Council (EPC), Union Textile, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal introduced Rachna Shah to the EPCs.
The Minister directed that Rachna Shah should visit the textile hubs in Surat, Noida, Tirupur-Coimbatore and others. In addition, applications proposed under PM Mitra around these hubs may also be visited for observation and recording response of the industry representatives.
