Divya Mittal is a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 2013 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre, and the founder of the political party Jan Neeti Bharat. An alumna of IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore, she worked as a derivatives trader with JP Morgan in London before returning to India to join the civil services.
As District Magistrate of Mirzapur, she became widely known for bringing piped drinking water to the remote hill village of Lahuriadah for the first time since Independence. She also served as DM of Sant Kabir Nagar and Deoria.
She resigned from the IAS on 30 August 2026 after 13 years of service. On 15 October 2026 she announced her new party, which plans to contest the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
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