Shri U.S. Jha has taken over as Chairman & Managing Director of Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd. (RCF) with effect from 1st August 2005. Prior to this, Shri Jha held the charge of Director (Marketing) since March 1999. During this period he has introduced several innovative measures to improve services to the farmers. He also takes keen interest in common causes of fertilizer industry. He was also holding additional charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(MFL), Chennai for 15 months from June 2001 to September 2002.

A postgraduate in Physics from the Patna University Shri Jha taught Physics for a year in Patna University, he joined Indian Railway Traffic Service in 1974. He held various operational posts in the Railways having deep insight into logistics of major commodities like coal, steel, raw materials, cement, oil, fertilizers transported by Railways. Prior to joining RCF, he held the charge of Executive Director (Freight Marketing) in the Ministry of Railways where he was responsible for freight marketing for entire Indian Railways.

Outside Railways, he has had five and half year's stint as Joint Commissioner in the Department of Fertilizers, Government of India where he was incharge of fertilizer imports, shipping and distribution of fertilizers in the entire country. He held this post from 1990 to 1995 and had varied experience in different facets of fertilizer production and distribution. He was closely associated with policy measures taken by the Government in the wake of de-control of phosphatic and potassic fertilizers to arrest sharp distortion in the balanced use of fertilizer.

Both within Railways and outside Railways he has attended several workshops, seminars and conferences within the country and outside. He has also read a number of papers on these fora. He has been on the Board of several fertilizer and railway companies.