List of municipal commissioners of Mumbai

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The Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai is the chief executive officer of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Though the Mayor is the head of the house, his role is largely ceremonial and almost all powers are vested in the Commissioner. [1] The Municipal Commissioner maintains Mumbai, and thus has responsibilities over the sewage system, the school divisions, power companies, roads, and other aspects of local infrastructure. The BEST and the Mumbai Fire Brigade are autonomous bodies under the organization. The commissioner is an Indian Administrative Service officer appointed by the Maharashtra state government. Mr. Bhushan Gagrani, IAS, is the current Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai. [2]

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List of municipal commissioners

The List of Municipal Commissioners [3] of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation since 1946 are as under:

Sr NoNameTenure
1B.K. PatelFebruary 1946 to September 1952
2P.R. NayakSeptember 1952 to January 1957
3V.L. GidhwaniJuly 1954 to August 1954 (Interim)

July 1957 to April 1960

4M.G. PimputkarApril 1960 to February 1962
5A.U. SheikhFebruary 1962 to April 1963
6S. A, SukhtankarApril 1963 to April 1966
7J.H. PatwardhanApril 1966 to April 1969
8J.B. D'SouzaMay 1969 to March 1970
9M.N. DesaiMay 1970 to April 1972
10M.V. DesaiApril 1972 to August 1975
11B.G. DeshmukhAugust 1975 to May 1978
12B.K. ChauguleMay 1978 to May 1981
13D.M. SukhtankarMay 1981 to November 1984
14Jamshed G. KangaNovember 1984 to July 1986
15Sadashiv TinaikarJuly 1986 to April 1990
16P. PadmanabhaiyyaMay 1990 to November 1991
17Sharad G. KaleNovember 1991 to May 1995
18J.D. Jadhav-PSMay 1995 to June 1996
19Girish GokhaleJune 1996 to May 1999
20K. NalinakshanJune 1999 to May 2000
21V. RangnathanJune 2000 - January 2001
22Karun SrivastavaJanuary 2001 - March 2004
23 Johny Joseph March 2004 - April 2007
24 Jairaj Phatak May 2007 - October 2009
25 Swadhin Kshatriya December 2009 -January 2011
26Subodh KumarJanuary 2011 - May 2012
27 Sitaram Kunte May 2012 - April 2015
28 Ajoy Mehta May 2015 - May 2019
29 Praveen Pardeshi May 2019 - May 2020
30 Iqbal Singh Chahal 8 May 2020 – 21 March 2024
31Bhushan Gagrani21 March 2024 - Present

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