Tanushree Debbarma

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Tanushree Debbarma is the first woman IAS Officer of Tripura. She was the first woman[1] from Tripura to pass the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) exam. She secured fourth place in the civil service examination in ST category in 2006. She had studied in IIT Delhi and received an offer from a multi-national IT firm but turned it down to prepare for the UPSC IAS exam.

Smt. Tanushree Debbarma[2] was in the Government of Karnataka until 2020 as the Director of Tribal Welfare with additional charges of Director of Elementary Education and State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan has now been transferred and posted as Secretary to the Govt. Of Tripura.[3]

She now holds the additional charge as Secretary of Industries and Commerce (Information and Technology) and Member of Tripura Sales Tax Tribunal and VAT Tribunal in the state administration of the Government of Tripura.[4] During the COVID-19 Pandemic lockdown, she was one of the official[5] from Govt. Of Tripura engaged in bring back people stranded in other states.

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  1. Deb Barman, Priyanka (24 January 2017). "5 women from Tripura who are making it big at the international arena!". The Northeast Today. Retrieved 25 March 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Tanushree Debbarma IAS transferred as Secretary to Tripura Govt". Indian Bureaucracy. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Smt. Tanusree DebBarma, IAS".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Correspondent (17 April 2020). "Tanushree Debbarma took charge of Revenue". Tripura Chronicle. Retrieved 25 March 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Tripura govt engages 7 officials to bring back people stranded in other states". Northeast Now. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)