D N Narasimha Raju
IAS 1984, Karnataka cadre (retired 2016)
Retired April 2016; CSB Dec 2024 (>8 years).. Then CSB Bank Ltd, Bangalore International Airport Ltd.
The cooling-off rule
The rule: All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958, rule 26: a pensioner shall not accept commercial employment within one year of retirement without previous sanction of the Central Government.
Before and after
Documented
Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister, Karnataka; later Karnataka State Chief Information Commissioner (sworn in 2016)
HinduBusinessLine (search extract only; not opened) · CSB Bank
Interval not dated.
Documented
CSB Bank Ltd (Fairfax-linked, per Businessworld)
Independent Director
Mr. D N Narasimha Raju is an Independent Director of the Bank since December 13, 2024.
Documented
Bangalore International Airport Ltd (Fairfax India investee, per Fairfax 26 Jun 2025 release)
Independent Director
Mr. D N Narasimha Raju is an Independent Director on the Board of Bangalore International Airport Limited and Mangalore SEZ Limited.
What the office had to do with the company
None found. As ACS to the Karnataka CM he may have dealt with BIAL (a state JV) but no dated decision was found.
Sources
Dates and filings placed side by side; being listed is not a finding of wrongdoing. Sources were opened on Oct 2026.