Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Sep 19: Dr K Harish Kumar, hitherto working as assistant commissioner, Puttur, has been posted as the new commissioner of the local city corporation. He will take charge from Dr K N Vijay Prakash, who was posted as the chief executive officer of Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat some time back, and has been discharging duties in both these posts since then.

At the same time, K A Dayanand, who was functioning as sub-divisional officer in Chikmagalur, has been appointed as the additional deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district. J R Lobo, principal of District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), has been posted as the member secretary of Pilikula Regional Science Centre Society. In the meanwhile, Vijayakumari Shenoy, joint commissioner of the city corporation, has been posted as the principal of DIET.

Dr K Harish Kumar, an officer of Karnataka Administrative Services cadre (1999 batch), hails from Udupi district. He had been provided with training in Mangalore, Bangalore, and Mysore. He had been functioning in the current post since 2008. Before appearing for KAS examination and doing exceeding well, he had worked as lecturer for a few years.