Women’s rights activist Nerella Sharada took charge as the chairperson of the Telangana State Women’s Commission in Hyderabad yesterday. A government order released last week to this effect stated that Sharada, who was a member of the Commission, has been elevated to the Chairperson’s post after her predecessor, Sunitha Lakshma Reddy, submitted her resignation. Sunitha Lakshma Reddy assumed charge as the women’s commission chief in 2021, and her tenure normally would have continued till 2026, but her resignation necessitated the government appointing a new chairperson.