Udupi: T Venkatesh assumed the role of Deputy Commissioner of Udupi district. He succeeded the former Commissioner Dr. R Vishal.

The 55-year old Venkatesh was working as a revenue member at  Karnataka Authority Board. He started his career as a Tahsildar at Afzalpur from the year 1986. He has an experience of three decades in the administrative services. He has worked in Chitradurga, Golegal, Sakleshpur, Bangaluru(south) as an Assistant Commissioner and has served as Collegiate Education CEO and GM of KSSIDC and also as Joint director of RDPR. From 2014 he was appointed as a member of KET and is an IAS 2010 batch officer.

He will take the charge from Priyanka Mary Francis, CEO  of Udupi Zilla Panchayat, who has been given concurrent charge of the post of Deputy Commissioner of Udupi district until further orders.