<p>The state government has appointed senior IAS officer Rashmi V Mahesh as its nominee to the BMS Educational Trust (BMSET) following the allegations of misappropriation there.</p>.<p>Generally, the principal secretary of the Higher Education Department or Commissioner for Collegiate/Technical Education gets nominated by the government. This time, it has appointed Rashmi Mahesh, the principal secretary of the Revenue Department.</p>.<p>Sources told <em>DH</em> that the reason for nominating Rashmi Mahesh is to keep watch on the activities at the BMSET as the government is planning to constitute an inquiry committee.</p>.Karnataka govt panel to probe 'irregularities' in BMS Education Trust.<p>It can be recalled that in a recent meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah involving Higher Education Minister Dr M C Sudhakar, it was decided to constitute a committee headed by an IAS officer to inquire into the affairs of the BMSET, which runs BMS institutions in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>A few days after the CM’s meeting, BMSET trustee and BMS College of Engineering chairperson P Dayananda Pai met Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.</p>.<p>In September last year, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy had raised allegations of irregularities at the BMSET in the Assembly. He had accused the then Higher Education Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan of quid pro quo in clearing a file allowing billionaire Dayananda Pai’s appointment as life trustee of BMSET.</p>
<p>The state government has appointed senior IAS officer Rashmi V Mahesh as its nominee to the BMS Educational Trust (BMSET) following the allegations of misappropriation there.</p>.<p>Generally, the principal secretary of the Higher Education Department or Commissioner for Collegiate/Technical Education gets nominated by the government. This time, it has appointed Rashmi Mahesh, the principal secretary of the Revenue Department.</p>.<p>Sources told <em>DH</em> that the reason for nominating Rashmi Mahesh is to keep watch on the activities at the BMSET as the government is planning to constitute an inquiry committee.</p>.Karnataka govt panel to probe 'irregularities' in BMS Education Trust.<p>It can be recalled that in a recent meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah involving Higher Education Minister Dr M C Sudhakar, it was decided to constitute a committee headed by an IAS officer to inquire into the affairs of the BMSET, which runs BMS institutions in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>A few days after the CM’s meeting, BMSET trustee and BMS College of Engineering chairperson P Dayananda Pai met Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.</p>.<p>In September last year, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy had raised allegations of irregularities at the BMSET in the Assembly. He had accused the then Higher Education Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan of quid pro quo in clearing a file allowing billionaire Dayananda Pai’s appointment as life trustee of BMSET.</p>
