Mangaluru: The state government appointed Akshy Sridhar as the new commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) on Tuesday, August 25

The post was lying vacant after the transfer of Ajith Kumar Hegde Shanady earlier this month.

Prior to this posting Sridhar, a 2017 batch IAS officer, was serving as Assistant Commissionser, Bidar Sub-division.

Akshy Sridhar who is an engineering graduate from the College of Engineering, Guindy has in the past served in the Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries as Assistant Secretary.