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IN A surprise move, batch IAS Ratnakar Gaikwad has been appointed as chief secretary replacing JP Dange who was to retire only on May this year.

The commissioner who worked 'too hard' - Times of India

Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan&#;s move to bring in Gaikwad as chief secretary is seen as a strategy to reorient the state bureaucracy in the midst of Adarsh-prompted credibility crisis of top administrators. According to reports, incumbent Dange could be appointed as information commissioner in the state.

Hailing from , Ratnakar Gaikwad opted for cadre and rose in the ladder to become Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) commissioner before taking up the chief secretary&#;s job.

Unlike many of his peers who prefer to go on Central government deputation, Gaikwad mostly served within the state in his 35 years long career as a bureaucrat.

A post-graduate in geography and a PG diploma holder from the , Gaikwad took up some of the important assignments relating to transport and urban development.

He had also serve About Shri Ratnakar Yeshwant Gaikwad - Maharashtra DYZI