DMK Orator Pudukkottai Appointed as TN Child Rights Commission Chief

Appointments Made More Than Three Years After the End of Tenure of the Previous Team

- SUBASHINI VIJAYAKUMAR @Chennai

TAMIL Nadu has appointed Pudukkottai Vijaya, a DMK orator, as the chairperson of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR).

Six new members—M Casimir Raj, a child rights activist who works with Don Bosco Anbu Illam in Salem; Mona Matilda Basker, a pediatrician who has co-authored a research paper on survivors of child sexual abuse; R Jeya Sudha and V Ushanandini, who had formerly worked with Child Welfare Committees; V Selvendiran, a former member of SC/ST district committee; and Sri Kavya Nagarajan from Coimbatore—have also been appointed to the commission.

The appointments have been made more than three years after the end of the previous team's tenure.