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Vogue Features Kerala Health Minister On It's Cover Page In Its November Edition
Recently, Vogue India, a fashion and lifestyle magazine featured K.K Shailaja, an Indian Politician in its November edition as the Women of the Year 2020. For those who don't know, K.K Shailaja is the Health and Social Welfare Minister of Kerala. The reason why she has been featured on the cover page of the magazine is due to her exceptional work to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Very few people know that K.K Shailaja was honoured during the Nipah Virus outbreak in 2008 as well.
There are many more things about K.K Shailaja that will inspire you to a great extent. Today in this article, we have mentioned some lesser-known facts about her. Scroll down the article to read more.
1.
K.K
Shailaja
was
born
on
20
November
1956
to
K.K
Kundan
and
K.K
Shantha
2.
She
pursued
her
Bachelor's
of
Science
from
the
Pazhassi
Raja
N.S.S
College,
Mattanur.
Later
she
completed
her
Bachelor
of
Education
from
the
Visvesvaraya
College
in
the
year
1980.
3.
She
married
K.
Bhaskaran
on
19
April
1981.
4.
The
couple
is
blessed
with
two
sons.
5.
After
this,
she
went
on
to
serve
as
a
teacher
in
a
high
school
in
Sivapuram.
6.
In
2004,
she
retired
from
her
service
after
serving
over
seven
years.
7.
Later,
she
went
into
politics
and
was
quite
active
in
the
same.
8.
In
1996,
she
represented
Kuthuparamba
and
Peravoor
in
2006
in
the
Kerala
Legislative
Assembly.
9.
She
won
a
total
of
67,013
votes
from
the
Kuthuparamba
constituency,
defeating
her
opponents
with
a
margin
of
12,291
votes.
10.
As
a
Health
Minister,
Shailaja
is
known
for
her
strong
commitment
and
work
ethic.
Her
colleagues
describe
her
as
a
tough
taskmaster
who
doesn't
care
about
working
even
if
it's
midnight
or
if
she
is
unwell.
11.
In
order
to
deal
with
the
novel
coronavirus,
she
regularly
holds
meetings
and
assessments.
12.
Not
only
this,
but
she
also
worked
in
a
similar
manner
during
the
Nipah
outbreak.
13.
She
has
set
up
a
team
dedicated
for
extensive
and
fast
diagnosis
of
the
virus
along
with
further
management
and
treatment.
14.
K.K
Shailaja
has
also
received
international
attention
for
handling
the
novel
coronavirus
in
Kerala.
15.
In
June
2020,
she
was
invited
by
the
United
Nations
to
be
a
part
of
the
member
of
the
panel
discussing
on
United
Nations
Public
Service
Day
2020.
16.
She
was
described
as
"Coronavirus
Slayer" and
"rock
health
minister"
by
The
Guardian
magazine.
17.
The
BBC
News
featured
her
among
a
list
of
Asian
Women
Corona
Fighters.
K.K Shailaja has been honoured along with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for handling issues such as Woman and Child Development and Social Justice in Kerala.
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