BANGALORE: The state government on Sunday promoted eight senior IPS officers besides posting DG & IG Shankar Bidari in the additional charge as the Ex-Officio Chairman of the Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation, Bangalore. Other IPS officers either transferred or promoted include RK Dutta - DGP,CID, Special Units and Economic Offences, Bangalore, BE Umapathy -DGP Research and Restructuring, Dharwad, MN Reddi - Managing Director of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation, Raghavendra Auradkar - ADGP and Secretary (Home), Alok Mohan - ADGP, Recruitment and Training, Bangalore, NS Megharik - ADGP, CID,Dr RP Sharma - promoted - ADGP BMTF, Bangalore, Pranab Mohanty - IGP and Joint Commissioner of Police, Crimes (West) Bangalore, Alok Kumar - IGP and Commander, ANF, Udupi, B Dayananda - IGP, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crimes (East), Banaglore, HS Venkatesh - SP, Internal Security Division, Bangalore, Ishwarachandra Vidyasagar - SP, Bagalkot, Labhu Ram - SP, Davanagere and Abhishek Goyal - SP, Dakshina Kannada.