Anna Rajam Malhotra (née George; 17 July 1927 – 17 September 2018) was an Indian Administrative Service officer.
Anna Rajam belonged to the 1951 batch of the IAS and married R. N. Malhotra, her batchmate.
[2][3] Anna Malhotra was born in 1927 in Niranam, Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta as the daughter of Ottavelil O.
[2] Malhotra was discouraged from joining the service by the board which consisted of four ICS officers, headed by R. N. Banerjee the Chairman of UPSC.
She had undergone training in horse riding, rifle and revolver shooting and in using magisterial powers and hence did not comply and was eventually posted as the Sub Collector of Tirupattur in Madras State, becoming the first woman to do so.