India’s first woman IAS officer dead

Mumbai | Tuesday | 18th September, 2018

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more-inIndia’s first woman IAS officer after Independence, Anna Rajam Malhotra, who served in the Madras State under then Chief Minister C.

Rajagopalachari and at the Central government, died in Mumbai on Monday. Paying tributes to Ms.

Malhotra, retired Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer Santha Sheela Nair said: “She was a great lady and she was my role model. Interestingly, when she joined service, the rules said, “In the event of marriage, your service will be terminated.” However, the rules were changed thereafter. Malhotra, who served as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1985 to 1990. First computerised portShe also successfully executed the construction of India’s first computerised port Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru Port) in Mumbai as its chairperson..