Tamil Nadu has created a history of sorts when new chief minister Stalin has appointed as many as 11 women IAS officers as district collectors. This is the highest number of women collectors In any state in the country now. He made these lady officers IAS officers.
Soon after taking over reins of power after a gap of 10 years, the DMK and its chief MK Stalin have undertaken a major reshuffle of the administration. As many as 93 officers have been reshuffled. In fact, every district collector has been transferred. Eleven lady officials were made district collector.All of them are young. Stalin feels that this will create a positive atmosphere as the young officers will walk the extra mile to prove themselves. Sources said he is confident that these officers will implement the flagship programmes of the government in an effective and responsible manner. Also, the female collectors are known to be less corrupt.
The lady IAS officials who have been appointed as collectors are Vijayarani (Kanchipuram), Aarti (Arialuru), Ramana Saraswati (Dharmapuri), Divyadarshini (Mayiladuttarai), Lalitha (Namakkal), Sreya Singh (Perambaluru), Venkatapriya (Pudukkottai), Kavita Ramu (Tenkasi), Chandralekha (Nelagiri), Innocent Divya (Nilagiri) and Gayatri Krishnan (Tiruvarur).
Soon after taking over reins of power after a gap of 10 years, the DMK and its chief MK Stalin have undertaken a major reshuffle of the administration. As many as 93 officers have been reshuffled. In fact, every district collector has been transferred. Eleven lady officials were made district collector.All of them are young. Stalin feels that this will create a positive atmosphere as the young officers will walk the extra mile to prove themselves. Sources said he is confident that these officers will implement the flagship programmes of the government in an effective and responsible manner. Also, the female collectors are known to be less corrupt.
The lady IAS officials who have been appointed as collectors are Vijayarani (Kanchipuram), Aarti (Arialuru), Ramana Saraswati (Dharmapuri), Divyadarshini (Mayiladuttarai), Lalitha (Namakkal), Sreya Singh (Perambaluru), Venkatapriya (Pudukkottai), Kavita Ramu (Tenkasi), Chandralekha (Nelagiri), Innocent Divya (Nilagiri) and Gayatri Krishnan (Tiruvarur).