[CA] Girija Vaidyanathan

Ms. Girija Vaidyanathan was appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu

·       45th Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu

·       In Tamil Nadu, the post of Chief Secretary is from 1940

·       She was the brain behind the program of Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme

·       She will be retiring from the post in 2019

·       She is the fourth woman to be the Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu

1)   Lakshmi Pranesh (Karnataka born)

2)   S. Malathi (Tamil Nadu born)

3)   Sheela Balakrishnan (Kerala born)

4)   Girija Vaidyanathan (Tamil Nadu born)