Bharathiar University here has felicitated its first woman IAS officer, who has taken charge as District Collector in Maharashtra, recently.
C Vanmathi, trained in Anna IAS Academy in the university had secured 152nd rank in All India Civil Services examinat1ion conducted by UPSC.
After completion of her basic and IAS Phase I and II training at Lalbhadur Shastri National Academy of Administration at Mussorie, Dehradoo on June 10, she has been allotted Maharastra State cadre.
In appreciation, the university organized a felicitation function at the campus, in which Vice Chancellor, A Ganapathi and Academy Coordinator M Padmanabhan, presented a memento to Vamnathi, being the first woman IAS candidate from the University, an official release said.