Bengaluru: Karnataka Pre-University (PU) board director Pallavi Akurathi was transferred on Friday night a day after chemistry question paper of the second year PUC re-exam was leaked on Thursday. According to an official order, Akurathi, a 2009 IAS batch officer, has been transferred with immediate effect and posted as deputy secretary in the department of personnel and administrative reforms.

State Transport and Road Safety Commissioner Ramegowda will concurrently be the new PU board director. Ramegowda, a 2004 IAS batch officer, who was PU board director in 2003, has been also appointed as head of a three-member team to oversee the re-examination of chemistry paper on April 12.