Jairaj Moreshwar Phatak was the 25th municipal commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai

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 (BMC), India

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Jairaj Phatak did his M.Sc.

Master of Science

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 (Physics) from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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 in 1975. This was capped with a Masters in Public Administration from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and D.B.A.(doctorate) from Bombay University, making him one of the most highly educated bureaucrats in the country.

He belongs to the 1978 batch of IAS

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 officers. He served as the Principal Secretary in Urban Development department of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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 Government. His tenure as school education department secretary was lauded for the efforts he undertook to improve the lot of students.

He succeeded Johny Joseph

Johny Joseph

Johny Joseph is an Indian Administrative Service officer of 1972 batch. He graduated from Trivandrum Engineering College with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and served as commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation from 29 February 2004 to May 2007.Joseph was the Maharashtra's...

 as the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai

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in May 2007.