Meena Gupta

Meena Gupta joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1971 and has worked in various senior positions in the Government of Odisha and the Government of India since then. She has worked for significant periods of time in the sectors of health, labour, tribal affairs and environment & forests. As Secretary, Health in the Government of Odisha, she introduced several pioneering reforms. In the Ministry of Labour in Government of India she was associated with the Child Labour (Protection & Regulation) Act, and the National Child Labour Projects. She also worked in the ILO Office, New Delhi for four years on a child labour project which extended support to the Government of India’s effort. She was Secretary to the Government of India; also worked as, Secretary in the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Secretary in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs retired in June 2008. She has been member of LEPRA since 2003.