Vijay Bhaskar to be Karnataka s new Chief Secretary
Saturday - June 30, 2018 2:38 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Bengaluru June 30 (IANS) Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer T.M. Vijay Bhaskar will be Karnataka s new Chief Secretary replacing K. Ratna Prabha who will be retiring on superannuation on Saturday an official notification said.
A 1983-batch officer of the Karnataka cadre Bhaskar 57 was earlier the Additional Chief Secretary to the state government.
He was the former Bengaluru civic body s administrator.
Prabha 59 was on a three-month extension since April 1 due to the Assembly poll on May 12 in the southern state.
She was the first Dalit woman to become Chief Secretary in Karnataka and the third woman officer to hold the top administrative post.
--IANS bha/in/vm
A 1983-batch officer of the Karnataka cadre Bhaskar 57 was earlier the Additional Chief Secretary to the state government.
He was the former Bengaluru civic body s administrator.
Prabha 59 was on a three-month extension since April 1 due to the Assembly poll on May 12 in the southern state.
She was the first Dalit woman to become Chief Secretary in Karnataka and the third woman officer to hold the top administrative post.
--IANS bha/in/vm
