Isha Basant Joshi

Isha Basant Joshi
Born (1908-12-31)31 December 1908
Lucknow
Education La Martiere Girls Lucknow University
Occupation Civil servant, Author

Isha Basant Joshi (born Isha Basant Mukand; 31 December 1908, date of death unknown) was an Indian author. She published books under the name of Esha Joshi. She was also the first Indian to be accepted into the "Bastion of the British"[1] school of La Martiniere Girls High School in Lucknow, India. She was the first woman Indian Administrative Services officer of Independent India.

Early life and education

Joshi was born on 31 December 1908. She became the first Indian girl to be educated at the La Martinere Girls High School, Lucknow. She continued her education at Isabella Thoburn College and Lucknow University, where she finished her Master of Arts. She went to pursue higher studies in Britain and gradually, became a part of the Indian Administrative Services.

Career

The first woman IAS officer of Independent India, Isha Basant Joshi was posted as Magistrate and then as Assistant Commissioner in Delhi. She has held many senior and honorable positions in various departments and became the Commissioner-cum-State-Editor of the District Gazette. She went on to serve in roles as senior roles in the Ministry of Education. Along with being an IAS officer, she used to do editing of a magazine simultaneously before retiring from service in 1966. Joshi started her next phase of career as an author after her service as a civil servant of India. She published a number of books under the name of Esha Joshi.

Major works

  • The Jewel in the Case and other stories, ISBN 81-7189-564-6 [2]
  • Spindrift: Poems, ISBN 81-7189-562-X, 1994, Writers Workshop [2]
  • Sanctuary, poems, 1987
  • included in: Narayan The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 1995

Personal life

In 2004, it was reported that Joshi, who at that time was a 96-year-old widow, was being looked after by distant relatives in a lonely back servant quarters of the fortress like snow white mansion on Kabir Marg in Lucknow. Following media reports, however, she was taken inside.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Uncivil Treatment Shahira Naim The Tribune 14 November 2004, Chandigarh, India accessed July 2007
  2. 1 2 Esha Joshi at Alibris.com accessed July 2007
  3. ↑ The Lucknow Observer January 2016



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