Shri K. P. Bakshi, Chairman, MWRRA

Shri K. P. Bakshi (b.1956) is a 1982 batch IAS

Officer of Maharashtra cadre and brings in a vast

experience of over 39 years in management and

public administration. He holds B.Tech (Hons)

from the Indian Institute of Technology,

Kharagpur (1977) and MBA (with distinction) from

HULL University, England (1999). He has

participated in many courses in public

administration in international and national

institutions of repute like Cambridge University, Harvard University, Royal Institute of Public

administration, London, and India’s top Indian Institutes of Management.

Prior to his appointment as the Chairman of the MWRRA, Shri Bakshi has held various senior

positions in higher echelons of the Government – as the Additional Chief Secretary in the

Departments of Home, Planning, and General Administration; as the Principal Secretary, Food

& Civil Supplies, C.E.O, Maharashtra Maritime Board. He has also served as the Municipal

Commissioner of cities of Amravati, Nashik, and Thane.

With his rich administrative experience and skills, the Government of Maharashtra has

appointed him as the Chairman “Godavari River Basin Water Plan Committee”, Chairman of

the “Empowered Committee” for implementing the various recommendations of the Special

Investigating Team headed by Dr. M.A. Chitale in 2013, the “7th Pay Committee for Revision

of Pay-scales of the State Government Employees of Maharashtra”. He has also served as the

Member Secretary of the “the High-Level Committee on Balanced Regional Development

Issues in Maharashtra” set up in 2011 under the chairmanship of Dr.Vijay Kelkar.