The State government on Friday transferred the following IFS officers to new postings.

Vinay Luthra: Additional Principal Conservator of Forests (Projects), Bangalore; B Shivana Gowda: APCF (Development), Bangalore; K S Sugara: APCF (Headquarters), Bangalore; R Uday Kumar: APCF and Field Director (Project Elephant), Mysore; K S Saibaba: APCF and Secretary (Forests), Forest, Ecology and Environment Department, Bangalore; M Nagaraja Hampole: APCF (working plan), Bangalore; R K Singh: APCF and member secretary, Karnataka Bio-diversity Board, Bangalore; G V Ranga Rao: Chief Conservator of Forests, Hassan; Santhosh Kumar: Chief Conservator of Forests (Legal Cell), Bangalore and Upendra Pratap Singh: Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Hassan.