Former Municipal Commissioner of Pimpri Chinchwad Dr Shrikar Pardeshi, who served in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for over five years, has been appointed as the secretary to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, an official said on Tuesday.
Dr Pardeshi, who had returned to the parent cadre of Maharashtra last year, was posted as the managing director of the state government’s SICOM.
He served in the PMO for over five years from April 2015 till June 2020 in various capacities like director and joint secretary.