ANNA RAJAM MALHOTRA

Jan. 28, 2019

India’s first woman IAS officer after Independence, Anna Rajam Malhotra, died at the age of 91.

About:

  • She joined the civil services in 1951 and opted for the Madras cadre.

  • She served in the Madras State under then Chief Minister C. Rajagopalachari and at the Central government.

  • She also successfully executed the construction of India’s first computerised port Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru Port) in Mumbai as its chairperson.

 

Source : The Hindu