Raghaw Sharan Pandey

R. S. Pandey
MLA of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
2015–2020
Preceded byPrabhat Ranjan Singh
Succeeded byRam Singh
ConstituencyBagaha
Chief Secretary, Government of Nagaland
In office
2000–2004
Secretary, Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
In office
2008–2010
Interlocutor, Naga Peace Talks
In office
2010–2013
Founder of Valmiki Vikas Manch
In office
2015–incumbent
Personal details
Born (1950-01-15) 15 January 1950
Champaran, Bihar
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseRaka Pandey
Residence(s)Bagaha, West Champaran/ Patna /New Delhi
Alma materPatna University
OccupationSocial Worker, Politician

R. S. Pandey is a politician and a former Indian Administrative Service officer (batch of 1972 and retired in 2010). He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from December 2013 - October 2019, and a special invitee member of the BJP National Executive since March 2015. He has been a senior bureaucrat having held key positions across central and Nagaland state government administration.

R. S. Pandey has been Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Secretary, Ministry of Steel, and Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Government of India. He also held the position of Chief Secretary, Government of Nagaland. After retirement on 31.1.2010, he was appointed, in February 2010 by the Government of India as the Interlocutor and Government of India Representative for Naga Peace Talks (2010-2013).

He is also the founder, chairperson and managing trustee of Valmiki Vikas Manch (VVM), an NGO which he founded in 2015 with the purpose of furthering socio-economic development particularly in the Champaran region in "Bihar".