Karwar: IAS officer Harshal Narayan Rao Boyer assumed charge as the Deputy Commissioner of Uttara Kannada district on Wednesday.

A native of Maharashtra, Rao belongs to the 2016 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He has previously served as Assistant Commissioner of Savanur subdivision, Chief Executive Officer of Belagavi Zilla Panchayat and Deputy Commissioner of Yadgir district.

Before his latest appointment, he was serving as Director of Electronic Delivery of Citizen Services in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms.