Greater Bengaluru Authority Reconstituted by Karnataka Government – Notification Issued on 20 February 2026

The Government of Karnataka has issued a notification reconstituting the Greater Bengaluru Authority under the provisions of the Greater Bengaluru Governance (Amendment) Act, 2025. The reconstitution takes immediate effect and will remain in force until further orders.

Sl. No.NameRole in Greater Bengaluru Authority01[Shri Siddaramaiah
](https://nammaward.in/siddaramaiah/)Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of KarnatakaEx-officio Chairperson02[Shri D.K. Shivakumar
](https://nammaward.in/d-k-shivakumar/)Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister & Minister for Bengaluru Development, Government of KarnatakaEx-officio Vice Chairperson03[Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
](https://nammaward.in/nirmala-sitharaman/)Hon’ble Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs; Member of Rajya Sabha (Karnataka)Ex-officio Member04[Shri Shobha Karandlaje
](https://nammaward.in/shobha-karandlaje/)Hon’ble Union Minister of State for MSME & Labour; MP (Bengaluru North)Ex-officio Member05[Shri Ramalinga Reddy
](https://nammaward.in/ramalinga-reddy/)Minister for Transport & Muzrai; MLA, B.T.M Layout (172)Ex-officio Member06[Shri K.J. George
](https://nammaward.in/shri-k-j-georgeminister-for-energy-mla-sarvagnanagar/)Minister for Energy; MLA, Sarvagnanagar (160)Ex-officio Member07[Shri B.S. Suresh (Byrathi)
](https://nammaward.in/byrathi-suresh/)Minister for Urban Development & Town Planning; MLA, Hebbal (158)Ex-officio Member08[Shri Dinesh Gundu Rao
](https://nammaward.in/dinesh-gundu-rao/)Minister for Health & Family Welfare; MLA, Gandhinagar (164)Ex-officio Member09Shri Krishna Byre Gowda
Minister for Revenue; MLA, Byatarayanapura (152)Ex-officio Member10Shri B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan
Minister for Housing, Waqf & Minority Welfare; MLA, Chamrajpet (168)Ex-officio Member11Dr. C.N. Manjunath
Member of Parliament (Bengaluru Rural)Ex-officio Member12Shri P.C. Mohan
Member of Parliament (Bengaluru Central)Ex-officio Member13Shri Tejasvi Surya
Member of Parliament (Bengaluru South)Ex-officio Member14Dr. K. Sudhakar
Member of Parliament (Chikkaballapura)Ex-officio Member15Shri Narayana Arageppa
Member of Rajya Sabha (Karnataka)Ex-officio Member16Shri Jharam Ramesh
Member of Rajya Sabha (Karnataka)Ex-officio Member17Shri Jaggesh
Member of Rajya Sabha (Karnataka)Ex-officio Member18Shri Lahar Singh Siroya
Member of Rajya Sabha (Karnataka)Ex-officio Member19Shri G.C. Chandrashekhar
Member of Rajya Sabha (Karnataka)Ex-officio Member20Smt. Sudha Murty
Member of Rajya Sabha (Nominated)Ex-officio Member21Shri S.R. Vishwanath
MLA, Yelahanka (150)Ex-officio Member22Shri B.A. Basavaraj
MLA, K.R. Pura (151)Ex-officio Member23Shri S.T. Somashekhar
MLA, Yeshwanthpura (153)Ex-officio Member24Shri Munirathna
MLA, Rajarajeshwari Nagar (154)Ex-officio Member25Shri S. Muniraju
MLA, Dasarahalli (155)Ex-officio Member26Shri K. Gopalaiah
MLA, Mahalakshmi Layout (156)Ex-officio Member27Dr. Ashwath Narayan C.N.
MLA, Malleshwaram (157)Ex-officio Member28Shri A.C. Srinivas
MLA, Pulakeshinagar (159)Ex-officio Member29Shri S. Raghu
MLA, C.V. Raman Nagar (161)Ex-officio Member30Shri Rizwan Arshad
MLA, Shivajinagar (162)Ex-officio Member31Shri N.A. Harris
MLA, Shanthinagar (163)Ex-officio Member32Shri S. Suresh Kumar
MLA, Rajajinagar (165)Ex-officio Member33Shri Priyank Kharge
MLA, Govindraj Nagar (166)Ex-officio Member34Shri M. Krishnappa
MLA, Vijayanagar (167)Ex-officio Member35Shri Uday B. Garudachar
MLA, Chickpet (169)Ex-officio Member36Shri Ravi Subramanya L.A.
MLA, Basavanagudi (170)Ex-officio Member37[Shri R. Ashoka
](https://nammaward.in/r-ashoka/)MLA, Padmanabanagar (171)Ex-officio Member38Shri C.K. Ramamurthy
MLA, Jayanagar (173)Ex-officio Member39[Smt. Manjula Aravind Limbavali
](https://nammaward.in/manjula-aravind-limbavali/)MLA, Mahadevapura (174)Ex-officio Member40Shri Satish Reddy M.
MLA, Bommanahalli (175)Ex-officio Member41Shri M. Krishnappa
MLA, Bengaluru South (176)Ex-officio Member42Shri B. Shivanna
MLA, Anekal (177)Ex-officio Member43Dr. K. Govindaraj
MLC (Elected from Legislative Assembly)Ex-officio Member44Shri B.K. Hariprasad
MLC (Elected from Legislative Assembly)Ex-officio Member45Shri T.N. Javarayigowda
MLC (Elected from Legislative Assembly)Ex-officio Member46Shri Keshava Prasad S.
MLC (Elected from Legislative Assembly)Ex-officio Member47Shri N. Nagaraj (M.T.B.)
MLC (Elected from Legislative Assembly)Ex-officio Member48Shri Naseer Ahmed
MLC (Elected from Legislative Assembly)Ex-officio Member49Shri M. Nagaraj
MLC (Elected from Legislative Assembly)Ex-officio Member50[Shri Sharavana T.A.
](https://nammaward.in/t-a-sharavana/)MLC (Elected from Legislative Assembly)Ex-officio Member51Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah
MLC (Elected from Legislative Assembly)Ex-officio Member52Shri Puttanna
MLC (Bengaluru Teachers Constituency)Ex-officio Member53Shri H.S. Gopinath
MLC (Bengaluru Local Authorities Constituency)Ex-officio Member54Shri Ramoji Gowda
MLC (Bengaluru Graduates Constituency)Ex-officio Member55Dr. M.R. Seetharam
MLC (Nominated)Ex-officio Member56Dr. Umashree
MLC (Nominated)Ex-officio Member57Shri H.P. Sudham Das
MLC (Nominated)Ex-officio Member58Shri Ramesh Babu
MLC (Nominated)Ex-officio Member59Mayor
Bengaluru Central City CorporationEx-officio Member60Mayor
Bengaluru East City CorporationEx-officio Member61Mayor
Bengaluru West City CorporationEx-officio Member62Mayor
Bengaluru North City CorporationEx-officio Member63Mayor
Bengaluru South City CorporationEx-officio Member64Dr. Shalini Rajneesh
Chief Secretary, Government of KarnatakaEx-officio Member65Shri Tushar Girinath
Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Development DepartmentEx-officio Member66Shri Ritesh Kumar Singh
Additional Chief Secretary, Finance DepartmentEx-officio Member67Shri Maheshwar Rao M.
Commissioner, Greater Bengaluru AuthorityEx-officio Member Secretary68Shri Maheshwar Rao M.
Managing Director, Bengaluru Solid Waste Management LimitedEx-officio Member69Major Manivannan P.
Commissioner, Bengaluru Development AuthorityEx-officio Member70Shri Seemanth Kumar Singh
Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru CityEx-officio Member71Dr. J. Ravishankar
Managing Director, Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation LimitedEx-officio Member72Shri Rajendra Cholan
Commissioner, Bengaluru Metropolitan Region Development AuthorityEx-officio Member73[Smt. Deepa Cholan
](https://nammaward.in/deepa-cholan/)Chief Executive Officer, Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport AuthorityEx-officio Member74Smt. Deepa Cholan
Commissioner, Directorate of Urban Land TransportEx-officio Member75Dr. Ram Prasad Manohar V.
Chairperson, Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage BoardEx-officio Member76Shri Shivakumar K.B.
Managing Director, Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport CorporationEx-officio Member77Dr. Shivashankar N.
Managing Director, Bengaluru Electricity Supply CompanyEx-officio Member78Shri Rajendra Cholan
Commissioner, Bengaluru Central City CorporationEx-officio Member79Shri Ramesh D.S.
Commissioner, Bengaluru East City CorporationEx-officio Member80Shri Pommala Sunil Kumar
Commissioner, Bengaluru North City CorporationEx-officio Member81Shri Ramesh K.N.
Commissioner, Bengaluru South City CorporationEx-officio Member82Dr. Rajendra K.V.
Commissioner, Bengaluru West City CorporationEx-officio Member83Shri Jagadeesha G.
Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru Urban DistrictEx-officio Member84Shri Shivashankar T.N.
Director, Karnataka State Fire & Emergency ServicesEx-officio Member85Shri Sunil
Chief Planner, Greater Bengaluru AuthorityEx-officio Member86Shri B.S. Prahlad
Chief Engineer, Greater Bengaluru AuthorityEx-officio Member

Key Details

• Notification Number: UDD 37 BBS 2026

• Date of Issue: 20 February 2026

• Issued From: Vikas Soudha, Bengaluru

• Legal Basis:

Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024

• As amended by the Greater Bengaluru Governance (Second Amendment) Act, 2025

• Exercised under Section 9(1)

• The previously constituted Authority (as per Notification dated 26-08-2025) has been revised.

• The reconstituted Authority includes:

Chief Minister of Karnataka – Chairperson

• Deputy Chief Minister & Bengaluru Development Minister – Vice Chairperson

• Union Ministers representing Karnataka

• Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha)

• Members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

• Members of the Karnataka Legislative Council

• Mayors of the five Bengaluru City Corporations

• Chief Secretary and senior state officials

• Commissioners and Managing Directors of key Bengaluru civic bodies including:

Greater Bengaluru Authority

• Bengaluru Development Authority

• Bengaluru Metropolitan Region Development Authority

• Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation

• Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation

• Bengaluru Water Supply & Sewerage Board

• Bengaluru Electricity Supply entities

• Police Commissioner

• District Commissioner

• Fire & Emergency Services Director

• Chief City Planner

• The Authority structure is detailed across 86 listed members in the notification.