Shakuntala Gamlin

Shakuntala Doley Gamlin is a 1984-batch Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre IAS officer. She is presently serving as Secretary, Dept. of Empowerment of Person With Disabilities, Govt. of India. She also served as Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh. She is the first lady IAS from North East to reach a Secretary level post in central ministry. She is the first female IAS officer from Mishing tribe of Assam.

Shakuntala Gamlin
Secretary, Dept.of Empowerment of Person With Disabilities
Personal details
Born (1961-03-23) 23 March 1961
Assam, India
NationalityIndian
Spouse(s)Jarbom Gamlin
Children3
FatherLalit Kumar Doley
Occupation Indian Administrative Service Officer

Early life and education

Gamlin was born on 23 March 1961. She hails from Assam and is the youngest of the seven children of former Assam MP, Lalit Kumar Doley. She has done her Bachelor's in History from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi. She did her Post Graduation in Sociology from Delhi School of Economics.[1]

Career

In her career spanning over 30 years, has worked in several positions in both State and Union governments. Initially she was appointed as Director of Tourism in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[2] Starting from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh to the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Gamlin has worked in various capacities. She has also worked on Central deputation with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.[3] In 1996 she was appointed as the Deputy Commissioner in Municipal Corporation of Delhi, since then she has held positions in various offices at Union and State level positions in Delhi.[2] In January 2015 she was appointed as Chairperson of Delhi Transco Limited. She has also been assigned the responsibilities of Principal Secretary (Power) and Principal Secretary (Industries), Government of NCT of Delhi, Chairperson of Indraprastha Power Generation Company Limited & Pragati Power Corporation Limited and CMD of Delhi Power Company Limited. On May 15, 2015 she was appointed as the Chief Secretary by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, which led to confrontation with Aam Aadmi Party led State Government.[2]

In the year 2002, she was a member of the Indian Delegation for the Eighth Session of the Conference of Parties for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. She has attended the training given by World Bank on Carbon Credit Calculations in clean energy products in USA. She has also been trained in Trade Policy and negotiation in Harvard University. She has been selected as the head of the National Tobacco Control Program and Non-Communicable Disease Program.[2]

Personal Life

She is the daughter of former Assam MP, Lalit Kumar Doley, and the wife of former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Jarbom Gamlin who is an alumnus of St. Stephen's College, New Delhi.[1]

References

  1. "Gamlin held in 'high esteem'". The Indian Express. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  2. "The Biography of IAS Officer Shakuntala Gamlin". The Web marked News. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  3. "Shakuntala Gamlin at the heart of Kejriwal-Jung turf war: All you need to know about Delhi's chief secy". Firstpost. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2017.


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