Jairaj Moreshwar Phatak, an IAS officer of 1978 batch, served as the 25th municipal commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India[1] from May 2007 to October 2009.[2][3] He succeeded Johny Joseph as the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai in May 2007. Currently, he is in the governing council as Director-General and Secretary of All India Institute of Local Self-Government[4]
Jairaj Phatak | |
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| Alma mater | IIT Bombay |
Early life and education
editHe graduated with an M. Sc. from IIT Bombay. He later obtained a post-graduate degree from Harvard University. He obtained a doctorate from the University of Mumbai in 2004.
Career
editEarlier, he served as the Principal Secretary in Urban Development department of Maharashtra Government. During his tenure as Secretary, school education department was lauded for the efforts he undertook to improve welfare of students.
Phatak was posted, as a Collector Nagpur, Municipal Commissioner, Mumbai or managing director of the rural electrification corporation, Mr. Phatak retired from service on 31 March 2015 after more than three and a half decades.
Earlier Maharashtra government had suspended IAS officers Jairaj Phatak and Pradeep Vyas for their alleged involvement in the Adarsh housing society scam. He was accused of illegally approving apartment constructions in exchange for kickbacks including getting a flat illegally allocated for his son. These flats were originally meant for war widows. The case continues.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Jairaj Phatak is new BMC chief". 5 May 2007. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2007.
- ^ Marpkwar, Prafulla (16 March 2011). "'Phatak's fate in PMO's hands'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Jairaj Phatak may move out of BMC, take Delhi job". The Times of India. 15 October 2009. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Governing Council | AIILSG". www.aiilsg.org. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Jairaj Phatak,Ramanand Tiwari arrested in Adarsh society case". 4 April 2012.
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