Kiran Dhingra

Ms. Dhingra joined the Indian Administrative Services in 1975and is currently the Secretary at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in the Government of India. Over the course of 24 years, Ms. Dhingra’s work experience has spanned fields ranging from land revenue management, finance, public works, tourism to areas like transport, rural development, human resource development, agriculture, urban development and housing. Ms. Dhingra was closely involved in the implementation of the Affordable Housing Scheme, involving the construction of 1 million affordable houses, which got the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs in February this year.