H.S. Keerthana takes charge as NWKRTC managing director

H.S. Keerthana, an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 2020 Karnataka cadre, has assumed charge as the new managing director of the North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation. Keerthana took over on September 28, according to The Hindu.

She previously served as chief executive officer of the Chikkamagaluru Zilla Panchayat. The appointment follows a series of temporary and permanent changes in the corporation’s leadership. The previous NWKRTC managing director, Priyanga M., was sanctioned maternity leave.

During Priyanga’s absence, the State government assigned additional responsibility for NWKRTC to Vaishali M.L., the managing director of the Hubballi Electricity Supply Company Limited. Vaishali received that additional charge on September 9. Vaishali was subsequently transferred to Bengaluru as managing director of the Karnataka State Minerals Corporation, according to the report.

The government then posted Keerthana to lead NWKRTC. The report did not provide details of Keerthana’s priorities or any immediate changes planned at the transport corporation. It identified her previous administrative role and set out the circumstances behind her appointment.

NWKRTC is the transport corporation serving north-western Karnataka, while the supplied material focuses on the leadership transition rather than the corporation’s operations or finances. Keerthana’s assumption of office ends the interim arrangement under which the HESCOM managing director held additional responsibility. Her posting gives the corporation a dedicated managing director following the transfer of the officer who had temporarily overseen it.

The change was reported from Hubballi on September 29, with the appointment taking effect the previous day. No statement from Keerthana or further government comment was included in the supplied material.