Thiruvananthapuram Collector Navjot Khosa, Palakkad Collector Mrunmai Joshi, Afsana Parveen (Kollam) and Divya S Iyer (Pathanamthitta)

It's a first: 10 out of 14 districts in Kerala to have women collectors

The Federal
25 Feb 2022 11:15 AM GMT (Updated:2022-02-25 11:21:58)

With Dr Renu Raj taking charge as the Collector of Alappuzha, 10 out of the 14 districts in Kerala will have women collectors — for the first time in the state’s history,

Dr. Renu Raj will take charge as the Collector of Alappuzha from March

According to reports, two out of the three nominees who bagged the Revenue Department’s Best Collector awards are also women. Thiruvananthapuram Collector Navjot Khosa and Palakkad Collector Mrunmai Joshi have won the Best Collector Award.

The other women collectors of Kerala are Haritha V Kumar (Thrissur), Divya S Iyer (Pathanamthitta), Afsana Parveen (Kollam), Sheeba George (Idukki), Dr. PK Jayasree (Kottayam), Bhandari Swagat Ranveer Chand (Kasaragod) and Dr. A Geetha (Wayanad).

List of women collectors in Kerala