Udupi: M Kanagavalli transferred to Koppal district as the Deputy Commissioner and Priyanka Mary Francis took charge as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Udupi Zilla Panchayat here on Tuesday, November 17.
Priyanka, an IAS officer of the 2009 batch, holds a degree in Electronics Engineering (Instrumentation). She has earlier served as the Chief Executive Officer of Chikkamagaluru Zilla Panchayat. After her IAS exams, she joined as the assistant commissioner of Belgaum district. She was later promoted as the commissioner of Belgaum.
ZP president Savitha Kotian, standing committee president Gowri Devadiga, Deputy Commissioner Dr R Vishal, SP of Udupi Annamalai and others were present.