Udupi : Priyanka Mary Francis, CEO of Udupi Zilla Panchayat has been promoted as Deputy Commissioner of Udupi district.
She will be taking over charge from T. Venkatesh who has been posted as Managing Director of Mysugar Mill (Mysore Sugar Company Ltd.) until further orders.The transfer order was issued by the state government on Tuesday, February 21.
An IAS officer of the 2009 batch, Priyanka Mary Francis holds a degree in Electronics Engineering and has earlier served as the Chief Executive Officer of Chikkamagaluru Zilla Panchayat. After completing her IAS exams, she joined as the assistant commissioner of Belgaum district. She took charge as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Udupi Zilla Panchayat on November 17, 2015.
Meanwhile, the state government has altogether ordered transfer of 11 officials.