Ace Badminton Player Kidambi Srikanth on Wednesday formally took charge as Deputy Collector in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur. Srikanth submitted his joining report to Guntur collector Kona Shashidhar and took formal charge.
Although Srikanth is not expected to attend the office daily and will continue to train at the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad.
Currently, the highest-ranked men’s badminton player in the world, Srikanth along with his coach Pullela Gopichand and father KVS Krishna met the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in Amravati and personally thanked him.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu had promised Srikanth a government job after he won the title at the Indonesian Championship in June last year.
“I am happy to serve the public from my native place,” Srikanth told the press.
“As of now I want to focus on my game, but will try to understand the responsibilities of the Deputy Collector post and do justice to it,” the 25-year-old added.
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