Annapurna Mishra

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Annapurna Mishra
Mayor, East Delhi Municipal Corporation
Assumed office
2012
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byAnju Kamalkant
ConstituencySonia Vihar

Annapurna Mishra[1] is the first Mayor of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation.[2][3] She is the first to occupy the office of mayor after the creation of three new local bodies in New Delhi after the municipal elections in 2012. She represents the Sonia Vihar neighborhood in East Delhi as a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party.

Early life and education[edit]

Ph.D in Hindi literature from Meerut Tenure: Second term from Sonia Vihar ward Hails from: Devariya, MP Background: From a family of govt employees. Joined politics in her 20s and rose through the ranks.

Career[edit]

Her work She launched a ‘tree plantation drive’ and plans to plant one lakh saplings. She has instructed officials to come up with a list of chargesheeted employees so that they are not posted on sensitive posts. In June, she organised a ‘Dengue, Malaria Prevention Month’ EDMC was the first corporation to organise camps for the recovery of property tax.[4] Her son Activist Kapil Mishra was a prominent member of Aam Aadmi Party and MLA from Karawal Nagar who has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 17 Aug 2019. She has three daughters, her younger daughter Devsena Mishra is an independent writer and IT leader.

References[edit]

  1. "New Mayor for east Delhi civic agency". News Track India. IANS. 1 May 2012.
  2. "BJP fields women mayors in three corporations in Delhi". India Today. 27 April 2012.
  3. "Meera elected Mayor of New Delhi Municipal Corporation". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)