Know Your Babu: Pardeshi and Mhaiskar, new principal secretaries to Maha CM

Pardeshi, IAS

TWO IAS officers of Maharashtra cadre --- Praveen Pardeshi of 1985 batch and Milind Mhaiskar of 1992 batch, have been appointed as principal secretaries in Maharashtra chief minister’s office, in the first  bureaucratic reshuffle by the newly installed BJP government headed by CM Devendra Fadnavis. Read more about Pardeshi and Mhaiskar:

Praveen Pardeshi
A 1985 batch IAS, Pardeshi is a local in Maharashtra. An MA in economics, Pardeshi worked as a consultant with the World Bank, and had spent several years working with United Nations’ agencies. In the state, he had served as collector of Latur and Solapur districts, and also as Pune’s municipal commissioner. He has now been working as principal secretary, revenue and forests department.
While in service, he took sabbatical (in 1988) and completed his second masters’ degree from London School of Economics.

Milind Jayant Mhaiskar
A 1992 batch IAS, Mhaiskar hails from Maharashtra. Before getting into IAS, he was a chemical engineer. Between 2000 and 2003, he was the collector of Wardha. Later, he became the municipal commissioner of Sangli. He was joint commissioner and then additional commissioner of Mumbai Metro Region Development Authority.