Chitra Vijayan assumes office as Corporation Commissioner

Chitra Vijayan, the newly appointed Corporation Commissioner of Madurai.
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Chitra Vijayan, the newly appointed Commissioner of Madurai Corporation, assumed office on Monday. Prior to this post, she served as the Joint Director of e-Governance/ Joint Chief Executive Officer of Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency.

A 2019 batch IAS officer, Ms. Vijayan is the first woman to serve as the Commissioner of the civic body since it became a Corporation in 1971. She succeeds C. Dinesh Kumar, who has been posted as Collector of Krishnagiri district.