A. K. Sharma

Arvind Kumar Sharma
Minister of Urban Development
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byAshutosh Tandon
Minister of Energy
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byShrikant Sharma
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Assumed office
31 January 2021
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Personal details
Born
Arvind Kumar Sharma

(1962-07-11) 11 July 1962
Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ResidenceLucknow
ProfessionIAS officer, Politician
WebsiteOfficial website

Arvind Kumar Sharma (born 11 July 1962) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh, former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and bureaucrat of 1988 batch. He is currently a Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh. Before joining politics, Sharma was an IAS officer from Gujarat Cadre of the 1988 batch. Sharma was an aide of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, with whom he had worked for 20 years. He was also CEO, Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board and has also managed multiple Vibrant Gujarat summits. He joined the Prime Minister's Office as a Joint Secretary in 2014 and was elevated to the Additional Secretary rank in 2017. In 2019, he moved out of the PMO to become a secretary in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises but took voluntary retirement in January 2021.