Ajoy Mehta | |
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Chief Secretary Government of Maharashtra | |
In office 10 May 2019 –20 July 2020 | |
Governor | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
Chief Minister | Uddhav Thackeray |
Preceded by | Bhushan Gagrani |
Succeeded by | Sanjay Kumar (IAS) |
Principal Advisor to Chief Minister Maharashtra(Maharashtra)|Principal Advisor of Chief Minister | |
In office 20 July 2020 –11 February 2021 | |
Preceded by | Post Created |
Succeeded by | Sitaram Kunte |
Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai | |
In office May 2015 –13 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sitaram Kunte |
Succeeded by | Praveen Pardeshi |
Principal Secretary,Dept. of Environment,Govt. of Maharashtra. | |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 September 1959 |
Alma mater | IIT BHU |
Occupation | IAS officer |
Ajoy Mehta (born 21 September 1959) is a 1984 batch retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and former Chief Secretary of Maharashtra and Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai. [1] [2] He succeeded Sitaram Kunte as the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai. [3] [4] [5] [6] He served as the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra from 10 May 2019 till 11 February 2021. [7] Thereafter,he served as Chairman of the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority from 12 February 2021 till 20 September 2024. [8]
After taking over as Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta has started work on affordable housing in the draft development plan. [9] [10] He has also tackled the sanitation issue in Mumbai. [11]
Ajoy Mehta is a 1984 Cadre from the Maharashtra Batch of the IAS. He joined IAS after completing his engineering from IIT BHU.