Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited (MPVL)Chairman Raghu R. Kautilya has been accorded Cabinet rank status by the Karnataka Government with immediate effect.

Under Secretary-2 of the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) T.V. Sunandamma in an order issued on Monday (Jan.9) said that the status will be in force until further orders.

It may be mentioned here that Raghu Kautilya had also served as Chairman of D. Devaraj Urs Backward Classes Commission Chairman earlier, before he quit the post to contest the Dec.2021 MLC polls, which he lost.