R. A. Rajeev

Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Maharashtra cadre, 1987 Batch. He has retired on 31st May 2021 after serving the Government for thirty-four years. In his service career of thirty-four years, he has worked for twelve years in urban development, four years in the environment, and four years in finance in addition to other sectors at State as well as Central government levels. He has also worked as Principal Secretary in the Finance department of the Government of Maharashtra dealing with State Budget and expenditure management, Joint Secretary (Finance) in the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. Long tenures of service in the urban development sector as Joint Municipal Commissioner and Additional Municipal Commissioner in Mumbai and Municipal Commissioner of Thane City as well as Metropolitan Commissioner in Mumbai are high points in my career. Alongside this, his experience in finance and the Environment helps me in handling urban issues more effectively and efficiently.

In his last posting as head of Mumbai Metropolitan Development Authority, he handled mega infrastructure projects costing USD 21.42 billion, which included 340 km of Metro and the longest sea bridge in India, the Mumbai Trans Harbor Link in the Mumbai metropolitan region. His responsibilities included mobilizing financial resources through bilateral and multilateral funding agencies, tender management, and timely implementation of these projects. He has been able to raise financial resources of USD 4285 million from agencies like ADB, JICA, KFW, AIIB and NDB. In MMRDA, he had also created a new organization, namely Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Limited, for the operation and maintenance of the Metro services, which are being constructed now. My strength lies in public policy analysis and in designing and executing infrastructure projects.