Savita Kovind (born 15 April 1952) is a former Indian government servant who served as the former First Lady of India from 2017 - 2022. She is the wife of the
14th
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In relation to the word "four" (4), 14 is spelled "fourteen".
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President of India,
Ram Nath Kovind. She was Chief Section Supervisor in
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) ( d/b/a MTNL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited which is in turn under the ownership of Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India. He ...
before retiring in 2005.
Early life
Savita Kovind was born on 15 April 1952. Her parents originally lived near
Lahore in present-day
Pakistan and moved to
India post-partition and settled in
Lajpat Nagar in
Delhi. She is a former employee in
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) ( d/b/a MTNL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited which is in turn under the ownership of Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India. He ...
(MTNL). She started her career in MTNL as a telephone operator. Gradually she got promoted to the post of Chief Section Supervisor. But in 2005, she took voluntary retirement.
Personal life
Savita Devi married
Ram Nath Kovind on 30 May 1974. They have two children, son Prashant Kumar Kovind and daughter Swati Kovind, as well as grandchildren. Her daughter Swati is a former
air hostess employed in
Air India.
First Lady of Bihar (2015–2017)
Savita Devi served as the First Lady of Bihar from 16 August 2015 to 20 June 2017 during Ramnath Kovind's Governorship.
First Lady of Bihar isn't an official post rather it is a role to be served. She was succeeded by her predecessor Sudha Tripathi after her husband's elevation to the
Presidency assuming the role of
First Lady of India.
First Lady of India (2017–2022)
Kovind assumed the role of
First Lady of India on 25 July 2017 after nearly 2 years of vacancy since the former first lady died in office. India's first spouses act as the official hosts of
Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Social work
During the
COVID-19 pandemic in India, Kovind stitched face masks to be distributed at numerous shelter homes in
New Delhi.
References
See also
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Presidency of Ram Nath Kovind
The presidency of Ram Nath Kovind began on , when Ram Nath Kovind, he took the oath as the fourteenth president of India administered by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar. Kovind was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic All ...
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1952 births
Living people
First Ladies and Gentlemen of India