Shri Sanjay A Chahande IAS (Maharashtra 1988) presently Deputy Director General, Unique Identification Authority of India at Mumbai , has been appointed as Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary against existing vacancy by temporarily upgrading the post as a measure personal to the officer. He is a medical graduate with M.B.B.S. degree and has
distinction of having two Masters Degrees. He holds M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, LSE, London, U.K. with major in Sociology of Religion and Human Rights. He further holds Masters in Public Administration, MPA, from the prestigious Maxwell School, Syracuse University, New York, U.S.A. He was
the first Anne Bohm Scholar of LSE, in the year 2001. In his career spanning more than 24 years of civil service, he has held important portfolios like, Collector Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban District, Director General Information and Public Relations, Divisional Commissioner Nasik Division and Secretary to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. With his special inclination in the social sector, he headed two World Bank Projects, one each in education and health sector, apart from being the Director of Social Welfare and the Secretary of the Department of Women and Child Welfare, Government of Maharashtra.
Indian Bureaucracy Dot Com wishes Shri Sanjay A Chahande the very best.