New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Newly appointed National Commission for Women chief Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar on Tuesday took charge at the office in the national capital.

Rahatkar has become the 9th Chairperson of NCW and her tenure has begun immediately. She has succeeded Rekha Sharma whose tenure ended in August earlier this year.

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Rahatkar served as the Chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women from 2016 to 2021 and as the Mayor of Chatrapati Sambhajinagar from 2007 to 2010 .

Rahatkar holds a bachelor's degree in Physics and a master's degree in History from the University of Pune. She has authored several books, including 'Vidhilikhit' (on women's legal issues) and 'Aurangabad: Leading to Wide Roads', a Ministry of Women and Children notification mentioned earlier.

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Her contributions to women's empowerment have earned her recognition, including the National Law Award and the Savitribai Phule Award from a national literary council, it added. (ANI)

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