Savita Kovind

Savita Kovind has been the First Lady of India since 25 July 2017. She is the wife of the 14th and current President of India, Ram Nath Kovind. She was Chief Section Supervisor in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited before retiring in 2005.

Savita Kovind
Kovind in 2017
First Lady of India
Assumed role
25 July 2017
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Second LadyUsha Naidu
Preceded bySuvra Mukherjee
First Lady of Bihar
In role
16 August 2015  20 June 2017
GovernorRam Nath Kovind
Preceded bySudha Tripathi
Succeeded bySudha Tripathi
Personal details
Spouse(s)
(m. 1974)
Children2
ResidenceRashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi

Early life

Kovind's 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 (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 a voluntary retirement.[1]

Personal life

Savitha married Ram Nath Kovind on 30 May 1974. They have a son and a daughter.[1]

Savita Kovind with her spouse Ram Nath Kovind

As a First Lady

Kovind with her husband (center) Ziroatkhon Hoshimova (far-left), Shavkat Mirziyoyev (center-left), Ram Nath Kovind, and Narendra Modi (far-right).
First Lady Kovind with President Ram Nath Kovind host a state dinner for Donald Trump, Melania Trump and Narendra Modi at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Kovind became the first lady on 25 July 2017 after nearly 2 years of vacancy since the last first lady died in office. India's first spouses act as the official hosts of Rashtrapati Bhavan.[2]

Social work

During the COVID-19 pandemic in India, Kovind stitched face masks to be distributed at numerous shelter homes in New Delhi.[3]

References

Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sudha Tripathi
First Lady of Bihar
2015–2017
Succeeded by
Sudha Tripathi
Vacant
Title last held by
Suvra Mukherjee
First Lady of India
2017–present
Incumbent
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