Experience

March 2001 to Date:

Secretary, Medical Education & Drugs Dept., Govt. of Maharashtra.

• Medical education policy and monitoring performance of medical institutions and hospitals.
• Policy on and permission to open new colleges of medical education.
• Food and Drug Administration.
• Personnel policy and recruitment for medical colleges and hospitals.

March 1999 to December 1999

Additional Municipal Commissioner, Bombay Municipal Corporation

• Administration of 3 Medical Colleges, 1 Dental College, 4 Superspeciality Hospitals, 17 peripheral hospitals.
• Managed an Academic and Technical Staff of over 4000.
• Administration of Primary Education System in the city of Bombay, employing over 17000 teachers in 450 schools.

• Designing and implementing the Public Health Delivery System in the city of New Bombay, supervising a staff of 300.
• Solid Waste Disposal Department
• Estate Management & Marketing of real estate.

Note

• In addition to the above I have worked on many senior level posts in the Government and Government Undertakings, including Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India in Department of Steel & Mines, Managing Director/CEO of Housing Corporation, State Finance Corporation, among others.

Education

1968 - 1972        Punjab University        Chandigarh, India

§     B. Sc. (Hons.), Geology, Physics, Chemistry

§     M. Sc. (Hons.), Geology (First Division)

1986 – 1988        Baylor University        Waco, TX, USA

§         Master of Public Policy & Administration, GPA 3.625

§         M. S. (Environmental Studies), GPA  3.675

1992 – 1993        University of York        York, UK

§         M. Sc. (Administrative Science & Development Problems)

Short Term Courses

Professional Membership

I have attended 21 short term courses, including 7 international seminars/conferences, ranging in duration form one to three weeks. These included courses on skill development and sectoral issues like urban issues, housing issues, poverty issues, disaster management, various issues relating  to AIDS.

Member of the Management Council of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Member of the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, India