Senior IAS officer Rakesh Singh superannuated on Friday after a record stint as the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the Urban Development Department (UDD).
Karnataka-cadre IAS officer, he also headed the Water Resources Department for four years straight, besides leading several important departments, including the Bangalore Development Authority in his 35 years of media-shy public shy public service. To fill the posts Singh held, the state government on Friday gave three senior IAS officers additional responsibilities.
While Development Commissioner Shalini Rajneesh has been posted as ACS to the government, which is second-in-command after the chief secretary, Umashankar SR will head the Home and Urban Development Departments. Gaurav Gupta will head the Water Resources Department in addition to the Energy Department. The government did not fill the post of administrator of the BBMP, a position created in the absence of a mayor and held by Singh until his retirement.