Gandhinagar (Gujarat): Gujarat cadre IAS officer Jayanti Ravi, currently serving as Principal Secretary in the state Health and Family and Welfare Department, has been appointed as Secretary, Auroville Foundation in Tamil Nadu, on deputation.
The Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet had approved Ravi's deputation on May 24.
The committee has approved the proposal of the Department of Higher Education to appoint Ravi at Auroville on deputation, said the order issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on Tuesday. Ravi, a 1991-batch IAS officer, will remain, Secretary, Auroville Foundation, for a period of "three years with effect from the date of assumption of charge of the post", it stated.
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Ravi, 53, a native of Chennai, holds a PhD in e-governance and an M.Sc in Nuclear Physics among other qualifications.
Jayanti Ravi was made the Collector of Panchmahal district in the year 2002. Since then, she has made important contributions in departments like the Department of Education, Rural Development. Jayanti Ravi a strict administrator, also knows 11 languages, had written many books in the Sanskrit language.
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She has also taken classical music training. She studied at Madras University and then at Harvard University.
(With agency inputs)
