Ramana out of IT; gets agriculture

BANGALORE: The state government on Wednesday effected a minor reshuffle of IAS officers and posted Jawaid Akhtar as the director of Information Technology (IT) and Bio-Technology Department.
A.K. Monappa has been appointed as director, special economic programmes and ex-officio joint secretary, rural development and panchayat raj department while E.V.Ramana Reddy has been appointed as the agriculture commissioner. S. Selva Kumar has been appointed as deputy secretary, department of personnel and administrative reforms and Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey has been posted as deputy secretary (III) finance department.
M.S. Srikar has been appointed as joint commissioner of commercial taxes (intelligence), south zone, while Ramalingam Ramaseshan has been appointed as officer on special duty, Karnataka State Beverages Corporation and ex-officio secretary, finance department.
H. Basker has been posted as executive director, Karnataka Watershed Development Society and M. Madan Gopal has been transferred as managing director, Karnataka Handloom Development Corporation Ltd. Gangaram Baderiya is deputy commissioner, Kodagu and Srikanth Walgad has been posted as deputy commissioner, Bagalkot.
S.N. Jayaram has been posted as deputy commissioner, Bellary and Rajendar Kumar Kataria as chief executive officer Belgaum. While Rashmi Mahesh has been posted as joint registrar, cooperative societies, Harsh Gupta is posted as CEO, Bellary zilla panchayat. Following are the IPS promotions: S.K.Banerjee was posted as DGP, CoD. Neelam Achyutha Rao, promoted as ADGP (KSRP); B.N.Nagaraj promoted as ADGP (administration); Harshavardhan Raju promoted as IGP (anit-terrorist squad); Neelamani N. Raju promoted as IGP, on central deputation; Khaleel-Ur Rehman promoted as IGP (home guards and fire forces); P.S.Sandhu on deployment in the UN’s Sierra Leone mission, promoted as DIG; Sanjay Vir Singh promoted as DIG (civil rights enforcement cell).ADGP B.N.P Albuqurque’s posting to CoD has been cancelled and he is retained in the Lok Ayukta.