Udupi, Feb 21: Kerala based 2013 batch IPS officer Nisha James is appointed as the new SP of Udupi district.
She is the second woman SP after Savitha Hande, who was appointed after Udupi became new district on August 25, 1997.
The government has transferred Udupi SP Laxman Nimbargi who got appreciation from people for his work in various incidents, as the SP of Bengaluru wireless division.
Nisha James was working as Commandant of Fourth Battalion of Karnataka in Bengaluru. Though she hailed from Kerala, she has completed her education in New Delhi. She has completed her graduation from Lady Sriram College of Delhi 2006(B.A) and in 2008(M.A), she has got post graduation in English literature. In UPSC exam of 2012, she has got 179 all India rank.
Being AGMUT cadre IPS officer, she has married her batch mate IPS officer Dr Anoop A Shetty and later, transferred to Karnataka cadre.
She has completed her probationary period in Chitradurga in 2013 and worked as ASP in Sagar in shimoga district. In 2017, she has worked as SP in Raichur and Bengaluru intelligence division SP. In 2018, she has worked as an Indian Reserve Battalion Commandant at Munirabad. She has led 1,700 km long cyclathon from Belagavi to Bengaluru for women staff.
Recognition
Laxman Nimbargi who took over charge as the Udupi SP on Jan 1, 2018 after Dr Sanjeev M Patil, has taken various measures to reform the department and got appreciation. Direct phone-in programme continued in the district and controlled criminal activities including ganja, betting and others. He efficiently handled Shiroor mutt Lakshmivara Theertha Swamiji death case. He has unearthed the Hussainabba Jokatte murder case and double murder case at Kota brothers successfully.
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Bengaluru (PTI): Opposition BJP on Friday condemned the government's move to make the chief minister the chancellor of the Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) University replacing the governor, terming it as an attempt to pollute the higher education system.
State BJP president B Y Vijayendra said this attempt to cut down on the powers of the governor is a conspiracy to upset the constitutional system.
The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved a bill, according to which the chief minister will be appointed as the chancellor, replacing the governor at the RDPR University in Gadag.
The governor is the chancellor for all public universities in Karnataka.
Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot currently holds the post.
"With a good intention that politics should not mix in education and as per the intent of the constitution, the Governor who is also the constitutional head of the state is the chancellor of the universities. But the government led by Siddaramaiah (CM), which is engaged in a series of corruption, by abusing its existing powers, is trying to pollute the higher education system," Vijayendra posted on 'X'.
He said the government's move will allow "unnecessary political interference" in the field of rural development studies.
"The Congress government, which has been impatient towards the governor since the beginning, sees him as an enemy to cut down on the powers, and it is a conspiracy to upset the constitutional system. This move of the state government is highly condemnable," he added.
Earlier in September, the cabinet, at a meeting held in Kalaburagi, decided to divest the governor of the power to appoint the vice-chancellor of RDPR University.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil on Thursday defended the government's move and said, "It will make the university more active and quick decisions will be taken...this system is there in many states, including Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh."