P. Amudha | |
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 P. Amudha in 2019 | |
| Principal Secretary of Home, Prohibition and Excise, Government of Tamil Nadu | |
| Chief Minister | M. K. Stalin |
| Minister | S. Muthusamy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Amudha Periasamy 19 July 1970 Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Indian civil servant |
P. Amudha is an Indian civil servant, a 1994 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre who is currently working as Home Secretary in the Tamilnadu government. Along with Home Affairs portfolio, she is looking after Prohibition and Excise department too. [1] Prior to this position, she was working as Principal Secretary, Rural development and Panchayat Raj. [2] She has been called back to her parent cadre from her duty as Additional Secretary in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for a period of fourteen months. She was working as a professor of Public Administration at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand before her deputation in PMO.[3][4] She was the executive director of the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women under Tamil Nadu Government and has worked as a program officer with the United Nations Children's Fund for Water and Sanitation. She has worked in fifteen different departments under Government of Tamil Nadu.[5] She is known for her penchant for being on the field and taking bold decisions.[6]
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- ^ "Women's Day Special: Exclusive interview with P Amutha, IAS". dtNext.in. 8 March 2019. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Go-to officer heals wounds at Karunanidhi's funeral". Deccan Chronicle. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2020.