Mugdha Sinha joins as Managing Director at ITDC
An IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, Ms Mugdha Sinha has assumed the charge of Managing Director at India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. She is currently serving as Director General (Tourism) in the Ministry of Tourism.
Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India vide OM No. EON.PSU-6/1/2019 dated 28.04.2025 has informed that the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Ms. Mugdha Sinha, IAS (RJ:99), Director General (Tourism), Ministry of Tourism as Managing Director (MD), India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd, Ministry of Tourism in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary to the Government of India, the company stated in the regulatory filing.
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Ms. Sinha has assumed the charge of the post of Managing Director, ITDC today on 28.04.2025. With this appointment, the composition of the Board will be as under:
i. Ms. Mugdha Sinha, IAS, Managing Director
ii. Sh. Lokesh Kumar Agarwal, Director (Finance)
iii. Sh. Rajesh Rana, Director (Commercial & Marketing)
iv. Ms. Ranjana Chopra, IAS, Government Nominee Director
v. Dr. Manan Kaushal, Independent Director
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Before her role as Director General in the Ministry of Tourism, she served as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, where she led the GLAM Division and successfully organised three major events in 2023.
She has previously been the Managing Director of Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) and Managing Director of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), Rajasthan where she has also worked across the domains of Food and Consumer Affairs, Science & Technology and Culture.
As Director General of Jawahar Kala Kendra (JKK) she conceptualized the Astro Night Sky Tourism—an initiative that gained national popularity and led to the declaration of Hanle in Ladakh as India’s first Dark Sky Reserve.
Academically accomplished, Ms. Sinha is an alumna of Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of California, Berkeley, USA. She has received multiple accolades, including the Ford Foundation Scholarship, the NET-JRF Fellowship, and the Manorama Desai Award for Best Student in History. In 2020 she was declared the ELSA Change Maker of the Year, and more recently she was honoured with the ‘Raja Kakil Dev Sawai Jaipur’ Award in 2024 for her pioneering work in culture.
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