Neha Prakash is a 2012 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Hailing from Patna, Bihar, she secured All India Rank 22 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2011. An alumnus of Notre Dame Academy, Patna, she completed her B.Tech in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, and pursued an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. Prior to joining the civil services, she worked with a multinational bank in Delhi. 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.