Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur

Kundapur, Oct 31: The Karnataka government has transferred Rashmi S R, who was serving as the Assistant Commissioner of Kundapur Sub-Division, and appointed her as general manager of Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM). Mahesh P S, who was serving as Special Land Acquisition Officer at the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), has been appointed as the new Assistant Commissioner of Kundapur.

Rashmi S R formally handed over charge to Mahesh P S at the Assistant Commissioner's office in the Mini Vidhana Soudha in Kundapur on Thursday.

Mahesh P S, a native of Kushalnagar in Kodagu district, is a junior-grade Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) officer. Before his new appointment, he served as Special Land Acquisition Officer at MUDA. He has also worked as an Assistant Commissioner under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), besides serving as Tahsildar in Kodagu and Mysuru districts.

Rashmi S R, a 2014-batch KAS officer, completed her probationary training in Dakshina Kannada district in 2017. She subsequently served as Tahsildar of Bantwal in 2019 and was promoted as District Officer of the Backward Classes Welfare Department in Dakshina Kannada in 2022.

In 2023, she was appointed Assistant Commissioner of Kundapur Sub-Division. In July 2024, she was transferred as Special Land Acquisition Officer of the Mangaluru Urban Development Authority. She later served as Assistant Commissioner of Chikkamagaluru Sub-Division before being transferred back to Kundapur in 2025.