The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed senior IAS officer Amrapali Kata (2010 batch) as Secretary to Government (Tourism & Culture) in the Youth Advancement, Tourism and Culture (YAT&C) Department. The orders were issued in an IAS reshuffle under G.O. Rt. No. 1985 by Chief Secretary G. Sai Prasad, in the name of the Governor. Amrapali, who had been awaiting posting, has been directed to report to Special Chief Secretary Shamsher Singh Rawat (1992), who heads the department. The posting takes effect immediately.
The appointment marks her return to the tourism sector, where she has earlier served as the Chief Executive Officer of Andhra Pradesh Tourism Authority and Managing Director of a state tourism development corporation. Her return is expected to bring fresh momentum to the state’s tourism and cultural initiatives at a time when the industry is looking for stronger promotion, investment and destination development.
A native of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, Amrapali was born on 4 November 1982. She is a Bachelor of Technology graduate in Electronics and Communication Engineering from IIT Madras and also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Bangalore. She secured All India Rank 39 in the Civil Services Examination 2009 and joined the IAS in 2010. Originally allotted to the Andhra Pradesh cadre, she was later re-allocated to the Telangana cadre and was repatriated to the Andhra Pradesh cadre in late 2024 on the directions of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
Amrapali began her career as Assistant Collector (Probationer) in Nizamabad district, followed by a posting as Sub-Collector in Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy district. She then served as Joint Collector of Karimnagar and as District Collector and District Magistrate of Warangal Rural and Warangal Urban districts. In Hyderabad she was Joint Metropolitan Commissioner of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), Managing Director of the Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation (TSTDC) and Commissioner of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).
From 2018-19 until early 2023, she served on central deputation in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in New Delhi as Deputy Secretary and later Director.
