Nationality Indian Occupation Fire officer | Name Priya Ravichandran | |
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Alma mater Ethiraj College for Women, Jawaharlal Nehru University | ||
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Priya Ravichandran is the present divisional fire officer, Central Chennai City. She was one of the first female fire officers in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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- Women icons women achievers in personal and public lives priya ravichandran div fire officer chennai central women icons
- Without jayalalitha i wouldn t be here priya ravichandran at jfw excellence in civil service
- Early life and education
- Career
- Awards and honours
- References
Without jayalalitha i wouldn t be here priya ravichandran at jfw excellence in civil service
Early life and education
Priya completed her bachelor's degree in corporate secretariatship at Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai. She completed her Masters and M. Phil in Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. She began her service for the country as the Batch (TNPSC Group-1) Divisional Officer, Fire and Rescue Service-2003. She completed her Divisional Officer course at National Fire Service College, Nagpur, with distinction and underwent training at the Fire Service College, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, England.She is married to Ravichandran an IRS officer who is currently the Additional Director of International Taxation.
Career
Priya hosted the prestigious Team commander for the Republic Day parade Contingent for the year-2008 and 2009. She has been member of many government committees, including verifying the direct recruitment of Women Station Officers. She is a board member for the interview of the selected candidates in TNPSC. Prior to assuming office in Chennai she served the Coimbatore region.
Priya was among eight representatives selected from various departments in Government of India to visit Germany for studying industrial risk management.
In January 2012, she was severely injured in a fire in Kalasahal Heritage Structure, while attempting to rescue the victims.