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Collectorate

District Collectorate is a direct representative of the state government at the district level. It is at this level that the policies of the Government are translated into practice. Almost every citizen of a district comes in contact with District Administration. A Collector is the highest functionary in hierarchy of a district. Hence, As a central institution of district administration, the main objectives of the Collectorate are,

Time bound delivery of essential services to the citizens of the district.
To play a key role as a coordinator of all the government offices of the district.
To strive for efficient, transparent and citizen centric administration with the use of latest technologies available.
To resolve the issues related to land and to preserve and nurture all the government assets.

 

Incumbency List
Sr. No Name of Collector Date of Joining Date of Tenure
1. Shri S. Benjamin I.A.S. 01-08-1949 10-04-1951
2. Shri L.R.Dalal I.A.S. 10-04-1951 24-04-1954
3. Shri I.T.Almaula I.A.S. 24-04-1954 01-04-1955
4. Shri T.M.Chaudhary I.A.S. 21-04-1955 01-06-1956
5. Shri R.M.Desai I.A.S. 01-06-1956 22-05-1958
6. Shri R.M.Desai I.A.S. 08-07-1958 05-01-1959
7. Shri Pradumansinhji I.A.S. 18-02-1959 13-07-1959
8. Shri N.G.Saswadkar I.A.S. 13-07-1959 01-04-1961
9. Shri S.K.Gangopadhyay I.A.S. 10-04-1961 17-09-1963
10. Shri N.V.Vanikar I.A.S. 18-11-1963 12-11-1965
11. Shri S.J.Coelho I.A.S. 18-11-1965 11-05-1967
12. Shri L.D.Joshi I.A.S. 23-06-1967 02-11-1968
13. Shri V. Krishnamurt I.A.S. 18-12-1968 21-04-1972
14. Shri K.P.Yagnik I.A.S. 25-05-1972 03-07-1976
15. Shri T.R.Agnani I.A.S. 03-07-1976 07-01-1978
16. Shri S.K.Chaudhary I.A.S. 16-01-1978 25-02-1981
17. Shri Ashok Chawla I.A.S. 26-02-1981 11-07-1984
18. Shri P.V.Vyas I.A.S. 29-10-1984 19-09-1985
19. Shri N.C.Dave I.A.S. 19-09-1985 12-04-1988
20. Shri G.C.Shah I.A.S. 12-04-1988 03-05-1989
21. Shri M.Sahu I.A.S. 03-05-1989 30-04-1990
22. Shri Tapan Ray I.A.S. 30-04-1990 21-03-1994
23. Shri I.P.Gautam I.A.S. 21-03-1994 22-10-1996
24. Shri Rajivkumar Gupta I.A.S. 22-10-1996 02-04-1998
25. Shri A.G.Mukim I.A.S. 02-04-1998 03-02-2001
26. Shri Bhagyesh V. Jha I.A.S. 26-02-2001 08-06-2005
27. Shri Rajeev Topno I.A.S. 08-06-2005 28-03-2008
28. Shri Vijay Nehra I.A.S. 28-03-2008 07-07-2011
29. Dr. Vinod R. Rao I.A.S. 07-07-2011 16-08-2014
30. Smt. Avantika Singh Aulakh I.A.S. 16-08-2014 24-09-2014
31. Dr. Vinod R. Rao I.A.S. 25-09-2014 24-02-2015
32. Smt. Avantika Singh Aulakh I.A.S. 24-02-2015 08-05-2016
33. Shri Lochan Sehra, IAS 09-05-2016 01-05-2017
34. Smt. P. Bharthi, IAS 01-05-2017 04-04-2018
35. Ms. Shalini Agarwal, IAS 03-04-2018 13-06-2021
36. Shri Kiran Jhaveri, IAS 14-06-2021
37. Shri R. B. Barad, IAS 22-06-2021