Tanushree Debbarma | |
|---|---|
| Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) | |
| Assistant Director General | |
| In office Dec 2021 – Present | |
| Science, Technology and Environment Department Government of Tripura | |
| Secretary | |
| In office Jul 2021 – Dec 2021 | |
| Revenue Department Government of Tripura | |
| Secretary | |
| In office Mar 2020 – Dec 2020 | |
| Finance Department Government of Tripura | |
| Secretary | |
| In office Jan 2020 – Oct 2020 | |
| Tribal Welfare and Elementary Education Government of Tripura | |
| Director | |
| In office Jun 2019 – Dec 2019 | |
| KUIDFC (Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corp. Ltd) | |
| Joint Managing Director | |
| In office Dec 2016 – Sep 2018 | |
| Information Technology and Biotechnology Government of Karnataka | |
| Director | |
| In office Jun 2014 – Dec 2016 | |
| District Administration, Khowai, Government of Tripura | |
| District Magistrate and Collector | |
| In office Dec 2011 – May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | IIT Delhi |
| Religion | 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
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]