 The current district collector is Mr Awanish Saran .On July 2, 1998 the government of Madhya Pradesh state decided to constitute a new district, Kawardha by combining the erstwhile tehsil of Kawardha of Rajnandgaon district and the erstwhile tehsil of Pandariya of Bilaspur district.The town of Kawardha was decided as the headquarters for this new district.