Mangaluru: Sindu B Roopesh on Saturday took charge as the new Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada District.
Sindhu was welcomed by Addl. Deputy Commissioner Roopa, while Mangaluru Assistant Commissioner Ravichandra Naik and Tahsildar Guruprasad were also present at the office during the ceremony.
Sindhu is now the second lady Deputy Commissioner of the District after Ranjani Srikumar was the first woman Deputy Commissioner of the District in 1989.
Sindhu is also the 129th Deputy Commissioner of the District. and it is for the first time in the District's history when both DC and Additional DC will be women along with Roopa. Sindhu will replace Sasikanth Senthil who resigned from Indian Administrative Services on Friday in a shocking move.
Batting for women empowerment, Sindhu urged more women to take up civil and uniform services as their careers, while also expressing her happiness over being appointed as only the second woman DC of the District.
She also sought assistance and cooperation from the residents of the District in ensuring smooth administration.



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Chennai: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Sunday.
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar invited Vijay to form the government after he secured the support of 120 MLAs in the 234-member Assembly.
Vijay took oath at a ceremony held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai at 10 a.m. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attended the event.
