On Tuesday, Dr. Madhaiyaan Angamuthu, a senior IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, took over as the chairman of the Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA) in the city. Originally from the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Angamuthu earned a doctorate degree in agriculture with a specialization in horticulture from the Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI). He began his career as an assistant collector in the Jorhat district of Assam.