Maharashtra first woman SEC Neela Satayanarayan falls to Covid
Thursday - July 16, 2020 11:33 am ,
Category : INDIA
Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) Multi-faveted personality and retired IAS officer Neela Satayanarayan - who created history as the first woman State Election Commissioner - succumbed to Covid-19 at a private hospital, official sources said here on Thursday.An IAS officer of the 1972 batch, Satyanarayan, 71, held many important posts in the state government and finally crowned her 42-years: of bureaucratic service with the post SEC.Besides, she was a prolific poet, writer, singer, composer and music director who had composed songs for scores of Marathi films and a couple of Bollywood movies.She had been admitted to a private suburban hospital a few days ago for Corona treatment and breathed her last early today.
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