Overview

• She died at her residence in Chennai on September 24.
• She was 55 and is survived by two daughters.
• Family members said she had been receiving treatment for an illness for the past three months.
• She was serving as Secretary of the Energy Department after earlier leading the Health Department during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• A 1997-batch IAS officer and medical doctor, she served in Bihar and Jharkhand and held senior posts across multiple Tamil Nadu departments as leaders including Chief Minister M. K. Stalin offered condolences.