The Maharashtra government on Wednesday issued a transfer order effecting a reshuffle of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers across key departments, including tourism, higher and technical education, and local governance bodies.

Changes in Tourism and Education Departments

As part of the administrative rejig, Dr. B.N. Patil (IAS: Non-SCS: 2014), who was serving as Director of Tourism in Mumbai, has been appointed as Project Director of the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) under the Higher and Technical Education Department in Mumbai.