Indian Administrative Services (IAS) is the most reputed Civil Services Examination in India. It is a dream job for every Indian, whether a male or a female. In earlier times in India, females were not allowed to have education, so primarily no Indian woman dared to prepare for the IAS examination. A lady from Kerala named Anna Rajam Malhotra was the first woman in Independent India to qualify for IAS. It is time to have some useful information about her through some sets of 10 points below.
Ten Lines on Anna Malhotra
Set 1
1) Anna Malhotra was born on 17th July 1927 in the Kerala state of India.
2) Her parents were Ottavelil O. A. George and Anna Paul.
3) She completed her 12th from Providence Women’s College in Calicut.
4) After that, she earned a bachelor from Malabar Christian College in Calicut.
5) She pursued Masters in English Literature from the University of Madras in 1949.
6) Anna Malhotra joined the Indian Civil Service in the year 1950.
7) As a Civil Servant, she opted for Madras cadre.
8) She had married to Ram Narain Malhotra.
9) Anna Malhotra was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1989.
10) She died on 17th September 2018 at the age of 91.
Set 2
1) Anna Rajam Malhotra is the complete name of Anna Malhotra.
2) She was the granddaughter of Pailo Paul, a Malayali author.
3) She had passed the Civil Services Exam in the year 1950.
4) She was the first female IAS Officer of Independent India.
5) Anna was also the first woman to get a position in the Secretariat of India.
6) Her husband R.N. Malhotra was the 17th Governor of RBI (Reserve Bank of India).
7) She had worked in Madras under the Chief Minister C. Rajagopalachari.
8) Union Public Service Commission called Anna an inspiration for them to employ more females in the field.
9) After her retirement, Anna Malhotra joined the Hotel Leela Venture Ltd. as a director.
10) During her recruitment, Anna was asked to choose a different post, but she stood with IAS.
Anna was in charge of the 1982 Asian Games held in Delhi. She had assisted Rajiv Gandhi in the Asiad project in 1982. Anna also had the privilege of traveling to eight states with Indira Gandhi to understand the food production pattern. Anna Malhotra is an inspiration for all of us, and we hope her motivational story should be taught for many years in India.