Tanushree Debbarma | |
Office: | Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) |
Deputy Director General | |
Term Start: | Dec 2021 |
Term End: | Present |
Office1: | Science, Technology and Environment Department Government of Tripura |
Title1: | Secretary |
Term Start1: | Jul 2021 |
Term End1: | Dec 2021 |
Office2: | Revenue Department Government of Tripura |
Title2: | Secretary |
Term Start2: | Mar 2020 |
Term End2: | Dec 2020 |
Office3: | Finance Department Government of Tripura |
Title3: | Secretary |
Term Start3: | Jan 2020 |
Term End3: | Oct 2020 |
Office4: | Tribal Welfare and Elementary Education Government of Tripura |
Title4: | Director |
Term Start4: | Jun 2019 |
Term End4: | Dec 2019 |
Office5: | KUIDFC (Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corp. Ltd) |
Title5: | Joint Managing Director |
Term Start5: | Dec 2016 |
Term End5: | Sep 2018 |
Office6: | Information Technology and BiotechnologyGovernment of Karnataka |
Title6: | Director |
Term Start6: | Jun 2014 |
Term End6: | Dec 2016 |
Office7: | District Administration, Khowai, Government of Tripura |
Title7: | District Magistrate and Collector |
Term Start7: | Dec 2011 |
Term End7: | May 2014 |
Alma Mater: | IIT Delhi |
Blank1: | Religion |
Data1: | Hinduism |
Tanushree Debbarma is the first woman Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer in Tripura, India. She was the first woman from Tripura to pass the IAS exam.[1] She secured fourth place in the civil service examination in the ST category in 2006. She studied at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and received an offer from a multi-national IT firm but turned it down to prepare for the Civil Services Examination IAS exam.
Debbarma was in the Government of Karnataka until 2020 as the Director of Tribal Welfare with additional roles of Director of Elementary Education and State Project Director, National Education Mission (Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan). She has now been transferred and appointed secretary to the Government of Tripura.[2]
She now holds the additional posts of Secretary of Industries and Commerce (Information and Technology) and member of Tripura Sales Tax Tribunal and VAT Tribunal in the state administration of Tripura.[3] During the COVID-19 Pandemic lockdown, she was one of the officials from the Government of Tripura engaged in bringing back people stranded in other states.[4]