Udupi : H Prasanna will take over the charge from Naveen Bhat, the current Udupi Zilla Panchayat chief executive officer.

The state government has issued orders transferring Naveen Bhat as the Director of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation until further orders.

He has been moved as a part of the statewide IAS officers’ transfers by the state government.

Naveen Bhat had performed exceptionally well during the Covid-19 pandemic. He had been felicitated on the Panchayat Raj Day for his meritorious service by the Chief Minister.

The new ZP CEO H Prasanna was recently promoted to IAS cadre from KAS. He has been the Deputy Resident Commissioner at the Karnataka Bhavan, New Delhi. He has served as the Assistant Commissioner in Vijayapura.