Ms. Alka Upadhyaya is currently serving as the Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (GOI). She has been an IAS officer since 1990. Earlier, she has served as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Rural Development, Director General of the National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency, CEO of the National Rural Livelihood Mission, and Director General of the Council for Advancement of Peoples’ Action & Rural Technology. She has been instrumental in the implementation & policy making of various rural development programs - Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, IT platforms for geospatial planning of rural roads & corroborating pre- & post-construction status using remote sensing technology etc.