The Karnataka government has appointed Senior IAS officer G Jagadeesha (IAS:2005:KN) as the Joint Secretary to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Prior to this order, he was serving as Deputy Commissioner of Udupi since 2019.
Jagdeesha is replaced by M Kurma Rao (IAS:2011:KN) as Deputy Commissioner of Udupi. Earlier, Kurma Rao was posted as Managing Director of Northeastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation in Kalaburagi.