1st Woman IAS Officer from Mishing Tribe appointed as Chief Secy of Arunachal

ProMASS News Bureau: Mar 9, 2016:

Shakuntala Doley Gamlin, a 1984- batch IAS officer, has been appointed Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh replacing Ramesh Negi. Negi, who is also from the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories cadre of 1984 batch, has been transferred to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, a Union Home Ministry notification said yesterday.

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Before her new appointment, Gamlin, first woman IAS officer from the Mishing tribe of Assam, served as Principal Secretary (Power) in New Delhi. She is the daughter of former Assam MP Lalit Kumar Doley and wife of former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin.