A TALE OF FIRSTS

It is heartening that Vini Mahajan has been appointed the first woman chief secretary of Punjab. But, the HT report mentioned that she was the first woman IAS officer to be appointed as deputy commissioner in the state. This is factually incorrect. GK Sekhon became the first woman deputy commissioner when she was posted in Kapurthala in the 1970s. Dr Amarjit Singh Gill,

Amritsar