Chokila Iyer

{{Short description|Indian diplomat and civil servant}}

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{{Infobox Officeholder

| name = Chokila Iyer

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| birth_place = Darjeeling, West Bengal, India

| occupation = Civil Servant (Indian Foreign Service)

| education = University of North Bengal

| spouse = G.C. Iyer

| children = 1

| office = 23rd Indian Foreign Secretary

| term = 14 March 2001 - 29 June 2002| predecessor =Lalit Mansingh

|successor = Kanwal Sibal}}

Chokila Iyer is an Indian diplomat and civil servant who served as India's first female foreign secretary from March 2001 to June 2002. She is an Indian Foreign Service officer of the 1964 batch and served as the Ambassador of India to Ireland.{{cite news |title=Chokila Iyer takes charge |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2001/03/14/stories/01140009.htm |work=The Hindu |date=13 March 2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|url=http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?210681|title=At Home On Foreign Affairs|work=Outlook Magazine|date=15 January 2001|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121213316/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?210681|archivedate=21 January 2011|access-date=24 April 2019}}