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[[File:aishwaryapradhan.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Aishwarya Rutuparna Pradhan]]

==Country==

India

==Birth - Death==

1983 -

==Occupation==

Activist

==Description==

India’s first openly transgender civil servant and works with the Odisha Financial Services as a commercial tax officer.  She legally changed her gender identity after the 2014 Supreme Court ruling which recognised individuals from the transgender community as the third gender.  Formerly Ratikanta Pradhan.

==Further Reading/Research==

* https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/meet-aishwarya-pradhan-india-s-first-transgender-civil-servant-255688.html
* https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/after-section-377-verdict-india-s-first-transgender-bureaucrat-wants-to-get-married/story-4vHeVOjaO6qS6ADZxLzQbI.html
* https://www.firstpost.com/living/how-ratikant-became-aishwarya-an-odisha-transgenders-remarkable-journey-from-humiliation-to-vindication-2560276.html

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