Bureaucrats Magazine – The 1986 batch officer is Presently, Goel is ACS, Home Department, and will hold the new post concurrently..Senior IAS officer of 1986 batch Rajneesh Goel of Karnatak cadre has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Bureaucrats Magazine – The Karnataka government on Tuesday appointed senior IAS officer Rajneesh Goel as the next Chief Secretary, with incumbent Vandita Sharma due to retire at the end of November.Mr Goel, a 1986-batch IAS officer, is currently the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) in the Home Department of the Government of Karnataka.In May this year, after the Congress government came to power, he was given concurrent charge of the post of ACS to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Bureaucrats Magazine – The Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) to Home Department, is placed in concurrent charge of the post of ACS to CM with immediate effect and until further orders, said an official notification. He is due to retire in July 2024.KAS officer B. Shivaswamy has been appointed as the joint secretary to the Chief Minister.
Bureaucrats Magazine – With the change in Government, new postings have been made to the Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Monday. Senior IAS Officer Rajneesh Goel of 1986 batch has been appointed as the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) to the Chief Minister as concurrent charge. Goel will also continue to function as the Additional Chief Secretary of Home Department.
Bureaucrats Magazine – Selection Grade KAS Officer Dr. M. Venkateshaiah, who had served as the Personal Secretary of Siddharamaiah when he was the Opposition Leader in the State Assembly, has now been appointed as Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s Personal Secretary.In other appointments to the CM’s Office, senior Journalist K.V. Prabhakar has been appointed as CM’s Media Advisor, with the rank of Cabinet Minister.
Bureaucrats Magazine – Prabhakar, who hails from Kolar, had served in a couple of Kannada dailies. He had also served as the CM’s Media Co-ordinator from 2014 to 2018 during Siddharamaiah’s earlier stint as the CM.Selection Grade KAS Officer B. Shivaswamy has been appointed as CM’s Joint Secretary while Dr. K.Vaishnavi, a Karnataka Municipal Service (KMS) Officer and R. Mahadeva, who was serving as Sub-Registrar at Bengaluru’s Ganganagar, have been appointed as Officers on Special Duty.
Bureaucrats Magazine – M. Venkatesh, a long-time associate of Siddharamaiah and K.N. Vijaya, a resident of Chandra Layout in Bengaluru, have been appointed as CM’s Officers on Special Duty (contract basis).P.A. Gopal, a retired Joint Secretary of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Department, has been appointed as the Joint Secretary of the CM’s Relief Fund section, on contract basis. He had served in the same section earlier too on contract basis.
