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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Beno Zephine N L<br />
| office = [[Indian Foreign Service]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|4|17|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai]]<br />
| occupation = Diplomat<br />
| term_start = 2014<br />
| alma_mater = [[Stella Maris College, Chennai]]<br>[[Loyola College, Chennai]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Beno Zephine N L''' (born 17 April 1990) is an Indian diplomat who has been serving as an [[Indian Foreign Service]] (IFS) Officer since 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Beno-Zephine-becomes-first-100-blind-officer-in-IFS/articleshow/47669161.cms|title=Beno Zephine becomes first 100% blind officer in IFS - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2016-05-10}}</ref> She is the first 100% visually challenged officer in the IFS.<br />
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== Early life and background ==<br />
Beno was born on 17 April 1990 in Chennai, India to Luke Anthon Charles, an employee of Indian Railways and Mary Padmaja, a home maker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newsworldindia.in/india/blind-bold-and-ifs-the-incredible-story-of-beno-zaphine-indias-first-visually-impaired-diplomat/59316/|title=Blind, Bold And IFS: The Incredible Story of Beno Zaphine|last=Kapoor|first=Sapan|website=News World India|access-date=2016-05-10|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223043811/http://newsworldindia.in/india/blind-bold-and-ifs-the-incredible-story-of-beno-zaphine-indias-first-visually-impaired-diplomat/59316/|archivedate=2017-12-23}}</ref> <br />
She did her schooling in Little Flower Convent Higher Secondary school for the blind in Chennai, obtained under graduation in English literature from [[Stella Maris College, Chennai]], and further did her post graduation in [[Loyola College, Chennai]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150615/nation-current-affairs/article/blindness-no-hurdle-nl-beno-zephine-who-gets-ifs-posting|title=Blindness no hurdle for NL Beno Zephine who gets IFS posting|website=deccanchronicle.com/|access-date=2016-05-10}}</ref><br />
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