Nitika Pawar is a 2012 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the AGMUT cadre. She secured All India Rank 18 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2011. Hailing from Haryana, she holds a B.Tech degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Maharshi Dayanand University. Prior to joining the civil services, she worked as an engineer. As of April 2023, she has been appointed as the Deputy Financial Advisor (Deputy Secretary level) in the Border Security Force (BSF), Chandigarh, under the Ministry of Home Affairs.