{{Short description|Indian civil servant}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Hari Sharma |image = <!--If this is specified, "image" should not be.--> |alt = |caption = | office = Member, Union Public Service Commission | term_start = 22 May 1967 | term_end = 22 May 1973 |1blankname1 = {{nowrap|Chairman}} |1namedata1 = K. R. Damle<br />Ranadhir Sarkar<br />Akhlaqur Kidwai | predecessor = | successor = | office2 = Secretary to Government of India (UT) in Ministry of Home Affairs | term_start2 = 1965 | term_end2 = 1967 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = 4th Lieutenant Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu | term_start3 = 12 December 1964 | term_end3 = 23 February 1965 | predecessor3 = M. R. Sachdev | successor3 = K. R. Damle |birth_date = 1910 |death_date = 1987 |alma_mater = |children = }}
'''Hari Sharma''' (1910–1987) was an Indian career civil servant who formerly served as Member of Union Public Service Commission and Secretary to Government of India (UT) in Ministry of Home Affairs during the terms of Home Ministers Gulzarilal Nanda, Indira Gandhi and Yashwantrao Chavan.
He was a member of Imperial Secretariat Service and later Central Secretariat Service officer.
==Early life and education== Hari Sharma was born in British India and had degrees in Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws.
==Career== He joined the Imperial Secretariat Service during British rule in India and later merged into Central Secretariat Service. He served as Foreign and Political Minister in Patiala State from 1947–48 and was a member of Major States Negotiating Committee, 1947.<ref name="18 UPSC">{{cite web |title=18th Report of UPSC |url=https://www.upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/NO-18_67-68_0.pdf |work=Union Public Service Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630171016/https://www.upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/NO-18_67-68_0.pdf |accessdate=30 June 2020|archive-date=2020-06-30 }}</ref> He was later appointed adviser to Government of India's Delegation to United Nations Security Council in 1948.<ref name="18 UPSC"/>
He was appointed Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of States from 1950-51<ref name="18 UPSC"/> and later appointed Minister in Government of Rajasthan and then adviser and counsellor to Rajasthan Government, 1951–54.<ref name="18 UPSC"/>
He was later appointed Joint Secretary to the Government of India in Ministry of Home Affairs in 1955<ref name="18 UPSC"/> and served in this post until 1959.<ref name="18 UPSC"/> He was later promoted as Additional Secretary to the Government of India (1959–63) and later served as Special Secretary (1964–65). He was later appointed Secretary to the Government of India (Union Territories) in Ministry of Home where he served from 1965 to 1967.<ref name="18 UPSC"/>
He also served as Lieutenant Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu and Member of Union Public Service Commission.<ref name="18 UPSC"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{portal|Biography|India}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200630171016/https://www.upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/NO-18_67-68_0.pdf 18th Report UPSC] (Archived) Union Public Service Commission * [https://www.upsc.gov.in/list-former-chairmen-and-members-commission List of former Chairmen and Members of Commission] Union Public Service Commission * [https://rajbhavan.goa.gov.in/former-governor-generals List of former Governors of Goa] Raj Bhavan, Goa
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Hari}} Category:1910 births Category:Indian civil servants Category:Indian government officials Category:Central Secretariat Service officers Category:Members of Union Public Service Commission Category:People from Uttar Pradesh Category:1987 deaths