Director Agriculture (ATMA) Maharashtra state
Did MSc Agriculture from Vasantrao Naik Marsthwada Agriculture University Parbhani, (1991) PGDBA Marketing from Symbiosis Pune. (2012)
Through MPSC selected as class 1 officer for State Agriculture services (1991.
Served as District head of Agriculture, Horticulture and Soil water conservation in many districts of state including Thane, Latur, Beed, Pune, Ahmednagar, Dharashiv (Osmanabad) , Solapur, Jalna etc., worked for about 10 years in different World Bank assisted projects 2010 - 2022 (MACP, SMART), served as GM in MSAMB 2015,
Later served as Joint Director Agriculture in Kolhapur division (2018) and now Director Agriculture from 2022.
Conferred with PM award for excellence in civil services (2017 PMFBY scheme in. Jalna).
Undergone many training including certificate course on Agriculture Value Chain Development at VHL Netherlands (2013).