Designation: 
Email: 
20004538@iitb.ac.in
Research Interests: 

Rural Development, Education, Health, Water, Public Policy, Biometric identity-Aadhaar

Education: 
  • M.B.B.S., Government Medical College, Nagpur-1984
  • M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK (First Anne Bohm Scholar of LSE)- 2002
  • M.P.A. (Master of Public Administration), Maxwell School, Syracuse University, NY, USA-2010
  • Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Pune, India-2024
Experience: 
  • Chairman, Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (December 2022 – July 2025)
  • Additional Chief Secretary, Water Supply and Sanitation, Maharashtra (2019-2022)
  • Deputy Director General, Unique Identification Authority of India (Aadhaar) (2016-2019)
  • Principal Secretary, Higher and Technical Education, Maharashtra (2014-2016)
  • Director General, YASHADA (Academy of Development Administration), Pune (2011-2014)
  • Divisional Commissioner, Nashik Division, Maharashtra (2006-2009)
  • Project Commissioner, Health Infrastructure, World Bank Assisted Project (2005-2006)
  • Secretary to the Chief Minister, Maharashtra (2003-2005)
  • Director General, Information and Public Relations (1999-2000)
  • Collector and District Magistrate, Mumbai City and Suburban Districts (1996-1999)
  • Project Director, School Education, World Bank Assisted Project (1994-1996)
  • Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Nanded (1992-1993)
  • Assistant Collector , Sangamner & Jalgaon (1990-1992)
Publications: 

Sanjay Chahande, 2015. "Imperative Indian Administrative Reforms: An Impossible Agenda?," Artha Vijnana, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, vol. 57(3), pages 165-192.

Sanjay Chahande, 2023, “Examining Caste Endogamy”, Education and Research, Indian Institute of Education, 46/issue3/vol1