Anantpur: M Gauthami, a 2014-batch IAS officer, has taken over as District Collector, Anantapur. 

She had worked in the district as Revenue Divisional Officer from 2009 to 2012 and later had stints at the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) and as the CEO of Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC), Tirupati. 

“There are good opportunities and potential for development in the district and with my experience of working as the RDO in the district in the past, I can keep the district ahead of others in the path of development,” she said on joining.

She added that after the division of districts, the responsibilities of the Collectors had increased though the area of the districts had come down. /BI/