Bengaluru: Going by seniority, the State Government yesterday appointed Additional Chief Secretary P. Ravi Kumar, a 1984 batch IAS officer, as the new Chief Secretary of Karnataka.
The incumbent Chief Secretary, T.M. Vijay Bhaskar, will retire today following his supera-nnuation. 58-year-old Ravi Kumar is the second senior-most IAS officer of Karnataka cadre after Bhaskar. Bhaskar took charge of the administration in July 2018 following the retirement of the then Chief Secretary Rathna Prabha.






