Ms. Sandhya Venugopal Sharma is a 1995 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Tamilnadu cadre, and currently serves as Chairperson of TIDCO. She has held senior leadership roles at the State and Central Government levels, including central deputation with the Department of Space as Joint Secretary and later, Additional Secretary in Bengaluru (2019-2025). During her deputation to the Government of Karnataka, she served as State Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, leading a large multi-stakeholder programme supported by the Central and State Governments, the World Bank, DFID and UNICEF. In the Tamilnadu cadre, her assignments include Commissioner (Archives and Historical Research), Joint/Deputy Secretary and Controller roles in Commercial Taxes, Education and the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission and district-level postings as Sub Collector in Chengalpattu and Tindivanam.
