A DAY after he tested positive for Corona Virus, high-profile Nagpur Municipal Corporationer Tukaram Mundhe was transferred as as the member secretary of Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran. He was among the 16 IAS transferred by the Uddhav Thackeray government on August 27.
In his short stint as the Nagpur municipal commissioner, Mundhe, a 2005-batch IAS officer, had taken lot of initiatives He is presently in home isolation. Radhakrishnan B (2008) has succeeded him as the Nagpur civic chief.
Among other major transfers, Lokesh Chandra (1993) was appointed as principal secretary, water resources, while Anshu Sinha (1999) will be the new skill development secretary. Shekhar Channe (2003) will be the new vice-chairman and managing director of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, while Avinash Dhakane (2010) has succeeded him to the transport commissioner’s post.
S M Deshpande (1991) will take over as the new principal secretary of administration reforms and operational maintenance, while Annasaheb Misal (2003) is the new Konkan divisional commissioner. N Ramaswami (2004), formerly chief executive officer, Maharashtra Maritime Board, was newly positioned as commissioner (family welfare) and director, National Health Mission. Other offices transferred include Vimla R, Naresh Gite (both 2009), Kailash Jadhav, Chandrakant Dange (both 2010), Deepa Mudhol Munde and S S Patil (both 2011) and Rohan Ghuge (2018).
