Bengaluru, Aug 15 (PTI) The Karnataka government has appointed former Rajya Sabha member Professor M V Rajeev Gowda as the vice-chairperson of the State Institute for the Transformation of Karnataka (SITK).

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is the Chairperson of SITK, which was previously known as the State Planning Board.

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Gowda's new position comes with a Cabinet minister's rank.

Gowda was the chairperson of the Centre for Public Policy and professor of Economics and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru.

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