Chokila Iyer [SEP] country of citizenship
Chokila Iyer
Chokila Iyer is India's first female Foreign secretary. She took charge on 14 March 2001 replacing Mr. Lalit Mansingh. She is a 1964 Batch Officer, a native of Darjeeling and earlier headed the Indian mission in Ireland.
After Foreign Services.
After Foreign Services National Commission for Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes.
Iyer, after retiring from Foreign Secretary post, worked as vice chairperson of National Commission for Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes. Former Chief Justice of India J.S. Verma was heading the commission, which had
Enlightenment Magazine", Fall/Winter 1990
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