Aishwarya Rutuparna Pradhan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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India's first openly transgender civil servant
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Place of Birth: Kandhamal district, Odisha, India
About Aishwarya Rutuparna Pradhan
- Aishwarya Rutuparna Pradhan (formerly Ratikanta Pradhan) (born 12 November 1983) is India's first openly transgender civil servant, working in the Odisha Financial Services (OFS) as a commercial tax officer.
- Pradhan successfully joined the OFS in 2010 as Ratikanta Pradhan.
- She legally changed her gender identity in 2015, after the Indian Supreme Court's 2014 ruling, recognising the transgender community as the third gender.
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