In 1894, Kantharaj Urs was appointed Probationary Assistant Commissioner (Schedule II) in the
Mysore civil service. After the untimely death of his brother-in-law
Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar X in December 1894, his sister became the Queen Regent of Mysore in 1895. She appointed him her Special Assistant and Private Secretary from 1895 to 1899. In 1918, Urs succeeded
Sir M. Vishveshwaraya as the Dewan of Mysore to his nephew
Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV. == Personal life ==