Shakuntala Doley Gamlin is a 1984-batch

Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It share ...

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- Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre IAS officer. She served as Secretary, Dept. of Empowerment of Person With Disabilities, Govt. of India. She also served as Chief Secretary of

. 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 Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

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

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from

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. She did her Post Graduation in Sociology from

Delhi School of Economics Delhi School of Economics (DSE), popularly referred to as "D School", is a Higher Educational Institution within the University of Delhi. The Delhi School of Economics is situated in University of Delhi's North Campus in Maurice Nagar. Establ ...

Career

In her career spanning over 30 years, she has worked in several positions in both State and Union governments. Initially she was appointed Director of Tourism in

Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India consisting of 572 islands, of which 37 are inhabited, at the junction of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The territory is about north of Aceh in Indonesia and separated ...

. 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

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. In 1996 she was appointed the Deputy Commissioner in

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, since then she has held positions in various offices at Union and State level positions in Delhi. In January 2015 she was appointed Chairperson of

Delhi Transco Limited Delhi Transco Limited (DTL), formerly Delhi Power Supply Company Limited (DPSCL) is the State Transmission Utility for the National Capital Territory of Delhi. It is responsible for the transmission of power at 220 kV and 400 kV level and for u ...

. 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 the Chief Secretary by

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, which led to confrontation with Aam Aadmi Party led State Government. 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 The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizi ...

Framework Convention on Climate Change. She has attended the training given by World Bank on Carbon Credit Calculations in clean energy products in

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. She has also been trained in Trade Policy and negotiation in

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. She has been selected as the head of the National Tobacco Control Program and

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Program.

Personal life

She is the daughter of former Assam MP, Lalit Kumar Doley, and was the wife of former

Chief Minister,

Jarbom Gamlin Jarbom Gamlin (16 April 1961 – 30 November 2014) was an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress political party in Arunachal Pradesh and briefly served as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. Early life Gamlin was b ...

who was an alumnus of St. Stephen's College,

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References

Living people Indian Administrative Service officers 1961 births {{India-bio-stub