In a major reshuffle of top bureaucracy affected by the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra, Mr. Bhagwantrao N Patil, IAS has been appointed as the director of, department of tourism, the government of Maharashtra. Before this appointment, he was the collector and district magistrate of Ratnagiri district.
Dr. Patil is an IAS officer with over 14 years of professional experience in the Maharashtra government. He has a Ph.D. in environmental sciences and has been presented with multiple awards for his outstanding performance in different roles. During his career, he handled various responsibilities in the State administration. These include the CEO of Zilla Parishad, Jalgaon, and the Director of the Environment Department, Govt. of Maharashtra, for 9 years.
He is also a recipient of the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) fellowship on water management, and climate change and the SAARC fellowship on Coastal Management.
Dr. Patil has been honoured with many prestigious awards including ‘BEST CEO in the State’, from the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for performance in Mazi Vasundhara Abhiyan (My Earth Campaign) during 2020-2021 conducted in Maharashtra and ‘SKOCH Silver Award- 2021 in Digital Economy’ for developing a system for NPS/DCPS accounts in Zilla Parishad, Jalgaon, Maharashtra along with ‘SKOCH Order of Merit- Semi Final- 2021’ for developing 600 School Compound Walls through convergence schemes during Covid-19 pandemic for Z.P, Jalgaon, Maharashtra. He is also the recipient of the ‘National Award- Swachh Bharat Award (III) 2020 in October 2020 for the development/ Construction of community toilets in rural areas of Jalgaon District, from the Ministry of Jalshakti, Government of India.
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