Beela Rajesh (born 15 November 1969 in Thoothukudi District) is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer serving as the Secretary of Commercial Taxes and Registration who is predominantly known for been at the forefront of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[4]
Beela Rajesh | |
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| Secretary at the Commercial Taxes and Registration Department of State of Tamil Nadu | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2020[1] | |
| Health Secretary at the Department of Health and Family Welfare of State of Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 17 February 2019 – 12 June 2020[2] | |
| Preceded by | J Radhakrishnan[2] |
| Succeeded by | J Radhakrishnan[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1969[3] Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu |
Personal life
editBeela Rajesh was born on 15 November 1969 in Thoothukudi District and was based in Kottivakkam locality of Chennai since then. She was born in the already well influenced family, where her mother, Rani Venkatesan is a senior Congress leader and a former MLA while her father, L.N Venkatesan is a retired IPS Officer Director general of police.[4] Rajesh is a MBBS graduate from Madras Medical College and an IAS passout from the 1997 batch.
Her husband Mr. Rajesh Das IPS is accused of sexually harassing a woman Superintendent of Police in February. The incident allegedly happened when he and the woman officer were part of a security detail for the then Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami during an election campaign. [5]
Career
editIn February 2019, Beela Rajesh was appointed as Health Secretary at the Department of Health and Family Welfare of State of Tamil Nadu. Prior to taking charge as the Health Secretary, she served as Commissioner, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy for the state.[6] As a Health Secretary, Rajesh was instrumental in initiating Hospital Management Information System, under which patients data across Tamil Nadu would be digitised and stored in cloud for future reference and research purposes.[7] She played vital role in minimising the number of Dengue cases reported in the state in 2019.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Amid surge in COVID-19 cases, TN govt transfers health secretary Beela Rajesh; J Radhakrishnan returns". Times Now. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Beela Rajesh transferred as cases surge". The Economic Times. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Biodata of Ms Beela Rajesh". Single User platform Related To Employees Online (SUPREMO). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ a b Priyanka Thirumurthy (12 April 2020). "Who is Dr Beela Rajesh, and how is she handling the pandemic in Tamil Nadu?". The News Minute. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Former Tamil Nadu senior cop Rajesh das booked by CB-CID for sexual harassment of officer".
- ^ "IAS officer Beela Rajesh takes charge as new health secretary". The New Indian Express. 19 February 2019. Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ S. Vijay Kumar (4 November 2019). "Tamil Nadu to store patient data in cloud". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Fewer dengue cases reported this year, says Health Secretary". The Hindu. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2020.