Shekhar is a 2004 batch IAS officer. 

Raj Shekhar is currently posted as the Secretary of Agriculture in Uttar Pradesh. He was previously the Divisional Commissioner of Kanpur

Shekhar is a 2004 batch IAS officer. He has also held the following positions:

• District Magistrate of Lucknow
• Managing Director of the Uttar Pradesh State Road

Shekhar was transferred as part of a bureaucratic reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. The Yogi Adityanath led government transferred five IAS officers. IAS Lokesh M was made the new commissioner of Kanpur.

Kanpur’s Divisional Commissioner IAS Rajshekhar has been transferred and posted as Secretary Agriculture. IAS Lokesh M was made the new commissioner of Kanpur.

In a big bureaucratic reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath led government has transferred and posted 5 IAS officers. 1990 batch IAS officer Deepak Kumar who is serving as Additional Chief Secretary of Basic and Secondary Education, has been given additional charge of ACS Finance.

While 1989 batch IAS officer Prashant Trivedi who was current ACS Finance has been removed, after his name surfaced in Ayush scam. He has been made the chairman of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation.

Kanpur’s Divisional Commissioner and 2004 batch IAS officer Raj Shekhar has been transferred and posted as Secretary Agriculture. IAS Lokesh M was made the new commissioner of Kanpur.

While 2006 batch IAS officer Hrishikesh B Yashod has been appointed as Saharanpur commissioner. He was awaiting posting after returning from Maharashtra on deputation.

Masoom Ali Sarwar, Managing Director of Pradeshik Cooperative Federation (PCF), has been made Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. Sanjay Kumar, who was removed from this post and kept waiting, has been posted as Managing Director, State Cooperative Federation.

Its is worth mentioning here that alleged Ayush scam took place during the first term of the Yogi Adityanath government, where IAS Prashant Trivedi posted as Principal Secretary in Ayush department. The High Court has ordered the CBI investigation.