B. Priyanka takes charge as CEO of TNeGA, and B. Vishnu Chandran as MD of ELCOT.

What the order changed

On 6 Oct 2026, Chief Secretary M. Sai Kumar issued an order that moved three IAS officers, Indian Masterminds reported. Two of the moves put new people at the top of the state's e-governance agency and its electronics corporation.

B. Priyanka was Director of Town Panchayats. She is now Director of e-Governance and Chief Executive Officer of the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA).

B. Vishnu Chandran had been away on foreign deputation. He is now Managing Director of the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited (ELCOT), which the report describes as a state-owned electronics and technology organisation.

A swap of posts

K.P. Karthikeyan was Managing Director of ELCOT and also held the post of Director of e-Governance as an additional charge. He moves to Director of Town Panchayats, the post Priyanka left.

This means the two jobs Karthikeyan held at once are now split between two people. Priyanka takes over e-governance and Vishnu Chandran takes over ELCOT.

What the report does not say

The report does not give the officers' batch years, the country where Vishnu Chandran served on deputation, or how long he was away. It carries no statement from any of the three officers. It also gives no further detail about the work of TNeGA or ELCOT, or about what the new heads plan to do in their posts.