Ashwini Bhide appointed as Mumbai’s first woman BMC Commissioner
Mumbai, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a landmark administrative reshuffle, the Government of Maharashtra on Tuesday appointed senior IAS officer of the 1995 batch, Ashwini Bhide as the Municipal Commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). With this appointment, Bhide makes history as the first woman to lead India’s richest civic body. The official order, issued by Subhash Umranikar, Joint Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra, confirms that Bhide will succeed Bhushan Gagrani, who retired from service on Tuesday.