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nGirijanVaidyanathan is the Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu Government. She was appointednthe Chief Secretary when Income Tax department had raided the houses andnchamber of previous CS Mr. Rama Mohan Rao. Unlike Mr. Rao, Girija is widelynregarded as an honest officer who gives very high values to work ethics. She isnalso seen as an officer who has never took any side in the power tussle betweennDMK and AIADMK. Her appointment was little bit shocking as neither OPS nornSasikala was inclined for her. However, she was admired by late Jayalalitha fornher performance, particularly the way she had implemented Comprehensive HealthnInsurance Scheme, a pet project of Jayalalitha.
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nDr. Girija hadnalso done wonder while being the Secretary of Education Department. She is a nonnonsense officer who always demands utmost performance from her juniors.
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nProfile ofnGirija Vaidyanathan
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nGirija was bornnin Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu. Her father name is S. Venkitaraman, who was thenGovernor of RBI for two years and considered as one of the most clear thinkingneconomists that India has ever seen. Girija has always been a bright studentnthroughout her career. After completing B. Sc. Honors in Physics, she tooknadmission in IIT – Madras from where she did Ph. D in Health Economics. It wasnher father who suggested her to go for Civil Services. She appeared in the examnin 1980 and cracked UPSC Civil Services with good rank. She got IAS with hernhome state as cadre.
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nEver sincenbecoming an IAS, Girija has always remained in lime light for her good work.nShe is among very few officers in Tamil Nadu who are admired by both DMK andnAIADMK politicians. However, it must be noted here that she was also side linednfor few times.
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nHusband andnFamily of Girija Vaidyanathan
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nGirija hasnalways been quite popular in Tamil Nadu and adjoining states because of hernstupendous service records. However, it is quite unfortunate that there is nonpersonal information about her is available on the public forum. In fact, wencouldn’t find any mention of her husband and her children anywhere. If you arenprivy of any such information, please share that in the comment section fornfuture readers.
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nGirija is the brother – in – law of SVe Shekhar, the BJP leader, who was recently in news for sharing a post on Facebook with vulgar comments against women journalists.
nGirija is the brother – in – law of SVe Shekhar, the BJP leader, who was recently in news for sharing a post on Facebook with vulgar comments against women journalists.
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