30-yr-old becomes 1st visually-challenged woman IAS officer
Thirty-year-old Pranjal Patil has become the first visually-challenged woman IAS officer in India as she joined her posting as Assistant Collector in Kerala's Ernakulam district last week. The Maharashtra resident had lost her eyesight when she was six-years-old and faced difficulty in her initial academic years. In 2016, she secured 773 rank in the UPSC exam in her first attempt.