agra as the state government transferred several ias officers agra on saturday got a new district magistrate suhas lalinakere yathiraj the 2007 batch officer is also a professional parabadminton player and is currently ranked 4th in mens singles at the 2016 asian parabadminton championship in beijing yathiraj bagged the gold medal by defeating his indonesian opponent at that time he was serving as azamgarh dm later that year he was decorated with the highest civilian honor of uttar pradesh the yash bharti award for his sporting feat in 2017 yathiraj won gold medal in turkish parabadminton international he is also credited for developing a mobile application to help differentlyabled voters during the 2014 general elections he has been awarded by governor ram naik for his election duties and by up revenue board for his contribution in revenue administration in 2016 yathiraj was shortlisted for the prime ministers award for exemplary work in pm jan dhan yojna yathiraj who originally belongs to shimogga district in karnataka got his computer engineering degree from national institute of technology karnataka after becoming an ias officer he got his first posting in agra as an assistant collector he has also served as the chief development officer of mathura and dm of hathras talking to toi yathiraj said i have come to know about my transfer to agra but have so far not received any written communication in this regard a day before his transfer his wife ritu suhas was appointed as the additional municipal commissioner of agra a provincial civil service pcs officer ritu has earlier served in agra as additional city magistrate and subdivisional magistrate