Sikta Patnaik, an IAS officer of the 2014 batch belonging to the Telangana cadre, serves as Collector and District Magistrate. She holds a graduate degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and an M.A. in Economics from the same institution. Fluent in English, Hindi, and Oriya, Patnaik was born on 24/08/1987.
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