Shri. Alok Tiwari is an IAS officer and a Joint Secretary at the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Gol. He holds a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur, an M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Ph. D. from the IIT Delhi. He represents the Government of India on the Board of National Investment and Infrastructure fund Trustee Limited, National Land Monetization Corporation Limited and India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited. In the past, he has discharged several governmental roles, including Joint Magistrate, Meerut; Chief Development Officer, Lucknow; District Magistrate & Collector of Kannauj, Mathura and Kanpur. He has also served as the Special Secretary to the Hon'ble Governor & Government of Uttar Pradesh (Finance Department); Special Secretary and Additional Chief Electoral Officer, U.P. Election Department; Deputy Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, GoI. He has served as the Deputy Secretary in the Department of Financial Services, GoI. Additionally, he has served as the Private Secretary to the Hon'ble Defence Minister, Government of India.