Pune : Three frontrunners for collector post

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The outgoing Pune Collector, Naval Kishore Ram (IAS:2008:MH), has joined Prime Minister’s Office( PMO) as Deputy Secretary, reportedly, a reward for his outstanding work. The temporary charge has been given to Zilla Parishad CEO, Ayush Prasad (IAS:2015:MH). An announcement in this regard has been done by, first, Naval Kishore Ram himself, through his official Twitter handle, and also by, Divisional Commissioner, Saurabh Rao (IAS:2003:MH). The names doing the rounds, i.e. the front runners for the post of new Pune Collector are, Rajesh Deshmukh (IAS:2008:MH), former Yavatmal collector and presently serving as MD, HAFFKINE, G.Shrikant (IAS:2009:MH), Latur’s District Collector and Yogesh Mhase (IAS:2009:MH), MD, Maharashtra State Cooperative Marketing Federation, who in past has already served as PCNTDA CEO in Pimpri Chinchwad.

Besides these three names, the name of Astik Kumar Pandey (IAS:2011:MH) is also doing the rounds. A final announcement is expected very soon, as confirmed by Saurabh Rao, Divisional Commissioner.