Karnataka state government appoints Ramana Reddy as Chief Secretary to Chief Minister

Bengaluru: The State Government on Monday appointed senior IAS officer EV Raman Reddy as principal secretary to the Chief Minister.

Incumbent P Ravi Kumar was posted Additional Chief Secretary to the government, the second in command to the position of chief secretary.

Reddy, however, will also hold charge of the post of Additional Chief Secretary to IT/BT and Science & Technology department.


G Kumar Naik has been posted as principal secretary to the higher education department relieving Reddy of the responsibility.

Naik, however, will continue to hold the post of principal secretary (MSME & Mines) in the Industries department.