Background
Nirmala Joshi, née Kusum, was born on 23 July 1934 in a Brahmin family as the eldest of the ten children at Regmi Village, Syangja, Nepal.
Nirmala Joshi, née Kusum, was born on 23 July 1934 in a Brahmin family as the eldest of the ten children at Regmi Village, Syangja, Nepal.
After taking over the charity following Mother Teresa’s death in 1997, Nirmala expanded the organisation’s reach to 134 countries by opening centres in nations such as Afghanistan, Israel and Thailand. Life and Her father was an officer of the British Indian Army until the nation"s independence in 1947. When she was one year old, her father brought the family to India.
At that time, she learned of Mother Teresa"s work and wanted to share in that service.
Joshi completed a Master"s degree in Political Science and then went on to secure a doctorate degree in law from the University of Calcutta. She was one of the first Sisters of the institute to head a foreign mission when she went to Panama.
Her term as Superior General ended on 25 March 2009, and she was succeeded by German born Sister Mary Prema Pierick. Death
Joshi died on 23 June 2015 in Kolkata from a heart ailment.
Many leaders of India expressed their condolences in media, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.