The Meghalaya government has condoled the demise of Parul Debi Das, first female IAS officer from Assam who also served the State in various capacities during her tenure here.
Parul Debi Das succumbed to COVID-19 at the Apollo Hospital in Guwahati on Monday. She was 71.
Born and brought up in Shillong, Parul Debi Das completed her schooling from the Loreto Convent.
She was an Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS officer of the 1975 batch and retired from service as the Additional Chief Secretary of Assam.
In Meghalaya, she had served as the Sub-Divisional Officer in Nongpoh, Director of Tourism, Joint Secretary of Education, Youth and Sports Department, Secretary Home (Police), Political Department as well as Special Secretary to the Governor of Meghalaya, Commissioner and Secretary Social Welfare, Cooperation, Relief and Rehabilitation Departments among many other departments till her services were placed at the disposal of the Government of Assam in 1995.
A special meeting of all the officers of the State along with the retired IAS officers was held today presided by Chief Secretary MS Rao.
The officers remembered Parul Debi Das as a person who displayed high professional standard and discharged her duties with sincerity of purpose and highest degree of efficiency. They said her friendly disposition and warmth made her popular not only with her colleagues but also with the public at large.
A two minute silence was also observed during the meeting.
