In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, 27 IAS officers were transferred by Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai.
According to the officials, IAS officer KV Trilok Chandra has been appointed as the special BBMP commissioner (health & IT). He was previously the state health commissioner which will be taken over by IAS officer D Randeep. IAS officer Kapil Mohan has been appointed as the additional chief secretary of the food and civil supplies department. He was previously the secretary of the infrastructure development department which will be taken over by IAS officer BH Anil Kumar.
IAS officer Naveen Raj Singh is the new medical education secretary. Until now, health secretary TK Anil Kumar had the dual responsibility. IAS officer S Selvakumar has been given the dual responsibility of the new secretary for primary and secondary education and will also handle the skill development department. IAS officer R Venkatesh Kumar has been finally appointed as the secretary of the Kalyana Karnataka Development Board.
Other transfers include, SR Umashankar, principal secretary (cooperation); J Ravi Shankar, secretary (housing); KP Mohan Raj, MD, KSSIDC; and BB Cauvery, MD, KSMCL.This is the second such change since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
