She has also booked a spot at the World Athletics Finals in Monaco scheduled for September 9-10.
The Indian team for the SAF Games in Islamabad will be chosen on the performance in the championships.
Anju set a new meet mark of 6.53 metres at the 46th National Senior Inter-State Athletics championships.
Anju tops the list of women's long jumpers while the US-based Gowda is the top-ranked men's discus thrower.
Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George would lead India's challenge in the Asian Grand Prix series in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.
Anju George, Anil Kumar and J J Sobha won gold medals as India scooped up nine medals from athletics.
The World Athletics Championships bronze medallist said she needs to make some minor adjustments.
The ace Indian long jumper was robbed of all her valuables, including her passport, while training.
The top ranking also ensured Anju an automatic place in the World Athletics Final in Monaco.
Anju is in Pune to take part in the long jump competition of the third and final leg of the Asian Grand Prix circuit to be held on Friday.
The Indian long jumper could manage only 6.43m to finish a lowly seventh at the IAAF Super Tour in Doha.
Anju Bobby George, who managed a best leap of 6.54m, finished sixth in the women's long jump at the Commonwealth Games.
India's ace long jumper could only clear 6.42 meters but made it to Friday's final at the Commonwealth Games.
The India ace's best jump was 6.34 metres, way below the cut-off mark of 6.55m, in the women's long jump at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.
The Indian ace listed world number one Tatyana Kotova and Americans Tianna Madison and Grace Upshaw as her main competitors in Moscow.
The Athletics Federation of India announced a 25-member contingent.
She covered 6.40 metres in the long jump event at the World Indoor athletics.
The Indian ace cleared 6.61 metres and placed behind the Russian trio of Irina Simagina, Tatyana Lebedeva and Tatyana Kotova in that order.
India's ace long jumper expressed confidence of clearing the 7-metre barrier soon.
The ace long jumper got 180 points for her sixth place at the Athens Olympics to move up with 1247 points.
Former middle distance ace Shiny Wilson discusses long jumper Anju Bobby George's chances at the Olympics as she goes down memory lane with Shobha Warrier.
The ace long jumper will carry the Indian flag in the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympics.
Russia's Kotova Tatyana won the gold with an effort of 6.83m.
Anju Bobby George won the women's long jump while the women's 4x400 metres relay team \nset a new record in the Asian Athletics Championships.
The Indian long jumper dropped down three places in the latest world rankings.
Anju Bobby George opened her European season by finishing fourth in the Norwich Union British Grand Prix
The ace long jumper was hampered by a knee injury on her return to domestic competition in the Inter-State Athletics Championships.
India's ace long jumper is striving for consistent seven metre-plus jumps this season.
The lanky long jumper cleared 6.53m to finish a disappointing ninth in the final of the World Championship.
Anju, who made her Grand Prix debut at the Peroni Golden Gala meet in Rome last week, touched a distance of 6.54 metres on Saturday night
The Athletics Federation of India named 40 probables for next year's World Championship.
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