Priyanca Radhakrishnan Becomes New Zealand’s First India-Born Minister

India-born Priyanca Radhakrishnan was appointed as a Minister in the New Zealand Cabinet led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Priyanca, 41, has been a member of the Labour Party since 2006. She is the first Indian to become a Minister in the New Zealand Government. It was a “proud moment” for her father R Radhakrishnan, an IIT-Kanpur alumnus hailing from North Paravur in Kerala’s Ernakulam district.