From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore

Bangalore, Oct 29: Karnataka’s Additional Chief Secretary Kaushik Mukherjee has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Karnataka Government.

The 58-year-old Mukherjee belongs to the 1978 IAS batch.

Mukherjee will succeed S V Ranganath, who will be retiring on October 31.

An official order issued by the State Government on Tuesday said S V Ranganath, is retiring from service on superannuation.

Mukherjee, who holds ME and BE in Electrical Engineering, served in various administrative capacities in the State Government. He was born on September 8, 1955 in West Bengal.

The State Government had extended the service of Ranganath twice – first on the advice of the Election Commission of India and then by the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah after he formed the government.

Ranganath addressed a meeting of secretaries and principal secretaries of the various departments on Tuesday morning and thanked the officials for their cooperation.

In the evening, Karnataka Government Secretariat Employees Association held a formal farewell function to Ranganath.