Karnataka Government has appointed Rakesh Singh, an IAS officer from the 1989 batch, as the Managing Director of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. Ajay Seth who served as MD of BMRCL for 30 months has been appointed as Secretary of Economic Affairs by the Central government. Rakesh Singh is also the Additional Chief Secretary of Water Resources Department and working as the Administrator of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.