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Teaotia appointed FSSAI chairperson; Takes over from interim chair Sudan
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Monday, 21 January, 2019, 15 : 00 PM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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 Rita Teaotia assumed the office of chairperson, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on November 28, 2018. She took over from interim chair Preeti Sudan, who was secretary, ministry of health, and given additional charge of the country’s apex food regulator upon the retirement of Ashish Bahuguna.
Teaotia joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in the year 1981 and served in the districts of Panchmahal and Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
Subsequently, she worked in the energy sector as managing director, Gujarat Industries Power Company Ltd, and secretary, energy, Government of Gujarat.
Between 2003 and 2007, she worked as joint secretary in the ministry of health and family welfare, Government of India, focussing on food safety, drug control administration and national disease control programmes.
From 2012 to 2015, Teaotia worked in the ministry of telecommunications and information technology, Government of India, in the areas of telecommunications policy and governance. In this capacity, she has worked on standards, telecom manufacturing and telecom policy.
Over a career spanning 35 years, she has worked extensively in both policy making and practise in varied sectors, including energy, health, rural development, IT (information technology) and telecommunications.
Teaotia worked as commerce secretary in the ministry of commerce and industry between July 2015 and July 2018, before joining the apex food regulator.
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