Kolkata: In a major shift towards redressing gender disparity, West Bengal has emerged as the state with the maximum number of IAS officers.
West Bengal currently boasts of 84 women IAS officers with roles ranging from Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) to District Magistrates (DMs). Perhaps not surprising in a state with the longest-serving woman Chief Minister in the country.
Many of the female officers are currently at the bureaucratic helm of key departments, including Education, Health, Industry and Social Welfare.
On a seniority basis, some leading women bureaucrats from West Bengal include:
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IAS Roshni Sen (1993 batch) is currently serving as ACS Fisheries, Aquaculture, Aquatic Resources & Fishing Harbour Development, along with additional charge of ACS, Environment
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IAS Nandini Chakraborty (1994 batch) serving as PS, Home & Hill Affairs with additional charges as PS, Parliamentary Affairs and PS, Tourism
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IAS Sanghamitra Ghosh (1997 batch) serving as PS, Women & Child Development and Social Welfare Department
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IAS Vandana Yadav (1998 batch) serving as PS, Industry, Commerce & Enterprises with additional charge as MD of WBIDC
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IAS Neelam Meena (1998 batch) serving as PS, Consumer Affairs
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IAS Choten Dhendup Lama (1999 batch) serving as PS, Tribal Development
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IAS Manmeet Kaur Nanda (2000 batch) serving as JS, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, GoI
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IAS Smaraki Mahapatra (2002 batch) serving as Secretary, Food Processing Industries and Horticulture
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IAS Archana (2002 batch) serving as Secretary in Animal Resources Development
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IAS Smita Pandey (2005 batch) as Secretary, Public Enterprises & Industrial Reconstruction
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IAS Antara Acharya (2006 batch) serving as Secretary, PWD
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IAS Rashmi Kamal (2006 batch) serving as Secretary, Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs
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iAS Moumita Godara Basu (2007 batch) serving as Secretary, Health & Family Welfare
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IAS V Lalithalakshmi (2008 batch) serving as Secretary, Capacity Building Commission with additional charge as CEO of Karmayogi Bharat under the Department of Personnel & Training
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IAS Mukta Arya (2008 batch) serving as DM of Hooghly
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IAS Sarmishtha Das (2008 batch) serving as MD of Benfish under the Fisheries Department
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IAS Dipika Sanyamath (2009 batch) serving as Secretary, Agriculture
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