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First visually-impaired woman IAS officer takes charge as Sub-Collector

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM :

PRANJAL Patil, India’s first visually challenged woman IAS officer on Monday took charge as Sub-Collector of hiruvananthapuram. A warm reception was arranged to welcome her as she took over from former collector B Gopalakrishnan. She served as an assistant collector in Ernakulam for a year in 2018 before taking charge here. “I am feeling extremely glad and proud after taking this charge.

As I start working I will be able to know more about the district and would plan better for it. I expect support and co-operation from my fellow members and people of Trivandrum,” Patil said while speaking to media. Patil, who hails from Ulhasnagar in Maharashtra, lost her eye-sight at the age of six.