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	'''Chokila Iyer''' is an [[Indian ~~foreign service]] officer~~ and [[India]]'s first female [[Foreign Secretary (India)\|foreign secretary]]~~. She took charge on 14~~ March 2001 ~~replacing Mr. [[Lalit Mansingh]]~~. She is a 1964 ~~Batch Officer, a native~~ of ~~Darjeeling and earlier headed~~ the ~~Indian [[diplomatic mission\|mission]] in~~ [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Chokila Iyer takes charge \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2001/03/14/stories/01140009.htm \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=13 March 2001}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="b">{{cite web\|url=http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?210681\|title=At Home On Foreign Affairs\|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook Magazine]]\|date=15 January 2001\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121213316/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?210681\|archivedate=21 January 2011\|access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref>		'''Chokila Iyer''' is an Indian diplomat and civil servant who served as [[India]]'s first female [[Foreign Secretary (India)\|foreign secretary]] from March 2001 to June 2002. She is an Indian Foreign Service officer of the 1964 batch and served as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Chokila Iyer takes charge \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2001/03/14/stories/01140009.htm \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=13 March 2001}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="b">{{cite web\|url=http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?210681\|title=At Home On Foreign Affairs\|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook Magazine]]\|date=15 January 2001\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121213316/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?210681\|archivedate=21 January 2011\|access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref>

	==~~After foreign services~~==		==Post-diplomatic career==

	===National Commission for Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes===		===National Commission for Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes===

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{{Infobox Officeholder
| name = Chokila Iyer
| image =
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| birth_place = [[Darjeeling]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| occupation = Civil Servant ([[Indian Foreign Service]])
| education = [[University of North Bengal]]
| spouse = G.C. Iyer
| children = 1
| office = 23rd [[Indian Foreign Secretary]]
| term = March 14, 2001 - 29 June 2002| predecessor = Mr. [[Lalit Mansingh]]
|successor = [[Kanwal Sibal]]}}

'''Chokila Iyer''' is an [[Indian foreign service]] officer and [[India]]'s first female [[Foreign Secretary (India)|foreign secretary]]. She took charge on 14 March 2001 replacing Mr. [[Lalit Mansingh]]. She is a 1964 Batch Officer, a native of Darjeeling and earlier headed the Indian [[diplomatic mission|mission]] in [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Chokila Iyer takes charge |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2001/03/14/stories/01140009.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=13 March 2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="b">{{cite web|url=http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?210681|title=At Home On Foreign Affairs|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook Magazine]]|date=15 January 2001|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121213316/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?210681|archivedate=21 January 2011|access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref>

==After foreign services==

===National Commission for Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes===
Iyer, after retiring from Foreign Secretary post, worked as vice chairperson of National Commission for Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes. Former [[Chief Justice of India]] [[Jagdish Sharan Verma|J.S. Verma]] was heading the commission, which had started functioning in October 2008.

===New Broadcasting Standards Authority===
On February 19, 2009 Iyer was appointed as the member of the New Broadcasting Standards Authority. The authority was commissioned to implement a code of ethics and broadcasting standards for broadcasts by news channels in the country. She was given the membership, under the "eminent persons" category. to set up to enforce the code of ethics and broadcasting standards for news channels.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chokila Iyer appointed NBS Authority member |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/6KoWiyngCBjyyWUFrL8jKL/Chokila-Iyer-appointed-NBS-Authority-member.html |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=19 February 2009 |language=en}}</ref>

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