Rachel Chatterjee

Background

She was born to K.J Chandy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and was raised in a Syrian Christian family.

Career

She did her M. A. in English and a diploma in Journalism. She joined the Indian Administrative Services in 1975 and was allotted to the Andhra Pradesh Cadre. They have two children.

She has worked for more than thirty as a bureaucrat at different places and has been a district collector in three different districts.

District Collector of Anantapur District(1983-1984). Commissioner of Municipal Corporation Of Hyderabad (1992-1993).

Chairman & Managing Director for Associated Press Transco. Principal Secretary to Department of Medial & Health.

Principal Secretary to Department of Social Welfare.

Director, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India (1984-1985).

Achievements

• The Government of Canada awarded her the Lester Pearson Fellowship at the University of Ottawa.