More than one dozen IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, Dr G Kalpana has been appointed as ACS, Youth Empowerment & Sports, while Dr N Manjula was made MD, KPTCL, Bengaluru and Dr Shamlal Iqbal is Commissioner, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumers Affairs with additional charge of MD of the same. Similarly, G N Shivamurthy has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru Urban District; P N Ravindra as Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru Rural District; Peddappaiah as Commissioner, Social Welfare Department; Mahantesh Bilagi as Deputy Commissioner, Davangere district; Mrs M S Archana as Deputy Commissioner, Ramangara district; Mrs K Leelavathy as Director, Women & Child Development; Dr Arundathi Chandrasekhar as Director, Tourism Department; Mrs Vyashali M L as Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Shivamogga and G Jagadeesha was made Deuty Commissioner, Udupi.