The newly-formed district of Vav-Tharad got its first Collector and District Development Officer (DDO), on Tuesday. The Gujarat government’s General Administration Department issued a notification appointing J S Prajapati and Kartik Jivani as the new Collector and DDO of the 34th district respectively.

As of now, Prajapati is serving as the District Development Officer of Morbi. A state civil service officer, Prajapati was promoted to Indian Administrative Service in 2014.

Jivani, on the other hand, is a Gujarat-cadre IAS officer of 2021 batch. He is currently posted as Project Administrator of Tribal Sub Plan in Valsad district.

The two key district administrative officers are expected to take charge of the new postings shortly.

On January 1, the Gujarat government had announced the b

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