Mizoram: C Zodinpuii appointed as women commission chairperson

Aizawl: The Mizoram government appointed former State Social Welfare Department joint director C Zodinpuii as the new chairperson of the state women's commission on Wednesday. 

She will replace C Lalchhandami, who resigned from the post in early September following protests from the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) and student bodies. 

Zodinpuii obtained a master's degree in social work specialising in family and child welfare from TATA Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai.

During her service in government, she worked in different capacities under the state social welfare department and retired as the department joint director on superannuation on 31 December 2023.

She is also a master trainer of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.