WHO IS WHO
ORGANIZATION PROFILE
The management of VUDA is vested with a nominated Board headed by a Chairman, constituted by the State Government from time to time under the Andhra Pradesh Urban Areas Development Act, 1975.

-CHAIRMAN -

Sri Lav Agarwal I.A.S Chairman,VUDA

&
Collector & District Magestrate visakhapatnam

-VICE CHAIRMAN-

Sri K.Sasidhar I.A.S Vice-Chairman,VUDA

                                                                              &

Vice-Chairman,VKPCPIR Visakhapatnam

(I) The VUDA Board comprises the following members
  Chairman
  Vice Chairman (Chief Executive)
  3 members from among the members of the State Legislature, representing the development area to be nominated by the Govt.
  Secretary to Govt., Finance & Planning
  Commissioner, Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation
  Director of Town & Country Planning or his nominee
  2 Corporators of the Municipal Corporation, Visakhapatnam within the development area to be nominated by the Govt.
  5 non-official members to be nominated by the Govt.
(ii) Organization:
The Authority has the following wings viz.
  Administration
  Engineering
  Planning
  Accounts
  Urban Forestry
  Estate Management


The Chief Executive of the organisation is the Vice Chairman who is a Senior Officer from Indian Administrative Services (IAS) assisted by various officers in specialised fields under Urban Planning and Development like Urban Planning, Traffic & Transportation, Architecture, Project Formulation and other related fields like Land Acquisition, Urban Forestry, Estate Management, Accounts & Finance and Administration.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
At present, the VUDA Board is consists of the following Official members.
  Chairman, VUDA
  Vice Chairman, VUDA
  Secretary to Govt., Finance & Planning
  Commissioner, Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation
  Director of Town & Country Planning or his nominee


The State Government is yet to nominate the Non-Official Members for VUDA Board.
Heads of Wings
SECRETARY Sri. M.S. Bhagavan, M.A., M.Ed., H.D.C, DBM (UK) 98660 76930
SUPERINTENDENT ENGINEER Sri. I. Viswanadha Rao 98660 76917
CHIEF URBAN PLANNER Sri. K. Anand Babu, B.Arch., MURP., AIIA., AITP 98660 76913
CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER Smt. D.Vijayabharathi, M.Sc. 98660 76911
DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER Sri. B.V.A. Krishna Murthy 98660 76914
ESTATE OFFICER Sri. A. Jagadeesh, M.Com, B.L. 98499 92288
Successive list of Chairmen of VUDA
S.NO Name
Period
From TO
1. Sri D.Satyanarayana 1978 1981
2. Sri S.R.A.S. Appala Naidu 1982 1983
3. Sri P.Appala Narasimham 1984 1984
4. Sri D.V.Subba Rao, B.Sc., B.L., 1985 1987
5. Sri P.K.Agarwal, I.A.S.(SO) Dist. Collector 1987 1987
6. Sri M.V.V.S.Murthy, B.A., B.L., 1987 1989
7. Sri Y. Maria Das 1990 1991
8. Sri T. Suryanarayana Reddy 1992 1994
9. Sri K. Gangi Reddy 1995 1995
10. Sri K. Gangi Reddy 1997 2000
11. Sri J.S.V. Prasad, I.A.S (SO) Dist. Collector 2000 2001
12. Dr. S. A. Rahman 2001 2004
13. Sri D.Sreenivasulu, I.A.S (SO) 2004 2004
14. Sri Praveen Prakash, IAS Dist.Collector 20-12-2004 10-02-2005
15. Sri P.S.N.Raju (Ravi) 11-02-2005 26-01-2008
16. Sri Sanjay Kumar I.A.S District Collector 26-01-2008 17-06-2009
17. Sri J. Syamala Rao I.A.S, Chairman, VUDA & District Collector VSP. 17-06-2009 -
* SO-Special Officer


Successive list of Vice-Chairmen
 Sl. No.  Name  From  To
1. Sri T.Vedantam, I.A.S., 17-06-1978 07-01-1979
2. Sri C. Arjuna Rao, I.A.S. (FAC) 08-01-1979 02-05-1979
3. Sri C.S.Rao, I.A.S., 03-05-1979 11-09-1980
- - 11-09-1980 14-10-1980
4. Sri S.V. Prasad, I.A.S. (FAC) 14-10-1980 06-05-1981
5. Sri J.Rambabau, I.A.S., 06-05-1981 31-03-1982
6. Sri S.V.Prasad, I.A.S., Person-In-Charge 01-04-1983 09-04-1983
7. Sri Paul Bhuyan, I.A.S., Person-In-Charge/Vice Chairman 10-04-1983 08-10-1985
8. Dr.N.Jaya Prakashnarayana, I.A.S. (FAC) 19-08-1985 08-10-1985
9. Dr. J.C.Mohanthy, I.A.S., 09-10-1985 22-09-1986
10. Sri S.Chellappa, I.A.S., 09-10-1985 22-09-1986
11. Sri K.Raju, I.A.S., 20-11-1986 28-12-1986
12. Sri S.Chellappa, I.A.S., 29-12-1986 24-04-1987
13. Sri K. Raju, I.A.S., (FAC) 24-04-1987 05-06-1987
14. Sri M.Krishna Swamy , M.A., H.D.C., 06-06-1987 05-10-1988
15. Sri S.P. Singh, I.A.S., (FAC) 06-10-1988 11-01-1989
16. Sri M.Sambasiva Rao, I.A.S., (FAC) 12-01-1989 17-01-1989
17. Sri Binoy Kumar, I.A.S., 18-01-1989 18-07-1990
18. Sri C.B.S. Venkataramana, I.A.S., 19-07-1990 18-12-1992
19. Sri A.K.Parida, I.A.S., (FAC) 19-12-1992 30-12-1992
20. Sri Rajendra Mohan Gonela, I.A.S., 31-12-1992 28-08-1993
21. Sri A.K.Parida, I.A.S., (FAC) 24-11-1993 18-04-1994
22. Sri D. China Rosaiah, I.A.S., 24-11-1993 18-04-1994
23. Sri K.V.Satyanarayana, I.A.S., 18-04-1994 25-04-1994
24. Sri R.Subrahmanyam, I.A.S., 26-05-1994 10-01-1995
25. Sri K.V.Satyanarayana, I.A.S., 11-01-1995 23-11-1995
26. Sri K.Praveen Kumar, I.A.S., 23-11-1995 04-02-1999
27. Sri A.Vidya Sagar, I.A.S., (FAC) 04-02-1999 05-03-1999
28. Sri S.G.K.Kishore, I.A.S., 14-03-2003 28-11-2004
29. Sri D.Sreenivasulu, I.A.S., 14-03-2003 28-11-2004
30. Sri D.Varaprasad, I.A.S., 29-11-2004 17-05-2005
31. Sri G.Venkatram Reddy, I.A.S 18-05-2005 26-03-2008
32. Sri V.N. Vishnu, IAS 26-03-2008 02-01-2010
33. Sri B. Sridhar, IAS 03-01-2010 20-04-2011
34. Sri K. Sasidhar, IAS 20-04-2011 -