Former top bureaucrat of Karnataka, K Ratna Prabha announced she would stand for elections on a BJP ticket. Ratna Prabha is the third woman to have held the post of Chief Secretary after Teresa Bhattacharya (2000) and Malathi Das (2006). She is the second retired chief secretary from the State to join the party. According to […]

IAS Officer Ratna Prabha has been appointed as the new chief secretary (CS)  the state government announced (on Tuesday, Nov. 28), Bangalore Mirror reported. Among the four bureaucrats running for the top post —Ratna Prabha, SK Pattanayak, Latha Krishna Rao and TM Vijaya Bhaskar — the senior-most officer was chosen for the post. The appointment comes in […]

Karnataka has set up a 100 acre tech park for women entrepreneurs to give them the opportunity to grow their business without concerns of massive real estate costs. The idea of creating this tech park was to give women entrepreneurs a strong foothold in their businesses of choice and allow them to boost their growth […]

Early & difficult lessons have made this IAS office a fierce and fearless woman to learn from

Since start-ups are on a booming high these days, every state government is pushing for better arrangements to facilitate more and more businesses. And we all know that Bengaluru is the hub where start-ups are being churned out in probably every nook and cranny. Keeping that in focus, Karnataka government is now encouraging other cities […]