PMRDA Chief Yogesh Mhase Transferred; Leaves Behind a Strong Legacy of Infrastructure Push

IAS officer Yogesh Mhase transferred from PMRDA and appointed Secretary in the Minority Development Department. Abhijeet Chaudhari will take charge as PMRDA Commissioner.

Pune|05 March 2026: In a recent administrative reshuffle by the Maharashtra government, senior IAS officer Yogesh Mhase has been transferred from his post as Metropolitan Commissioner and CEO of the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority and appointed as Secretary in the Minority Development Department at Mantralaya in Mumbai. He will be succeeded by IAS officer Abhijeet Chaudhari, who was earlier serving as Municipal Commissioner of Nagpur.

Dr. Mhase, a 2009-batch IAS officer, took charge of PMRDA in June 2024 and steered the regional planning authority through a crucial phase of infrastructure expansion in the Pune metropolitan region. During his tenure, he focused on accelerating stalled projects, improving transparency in administrative processes, and strengthening regional urban planning frameworks across Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, and surrounding areas.

One of the key highlights of his tenure was pushing forward major connectivity and infrastructure projects aimed at easing traffic congestion in the fast-growing IT and industrial corridors. These included progress on road widening works, development of new arterial roads, and coordination for the Hinjewadi–Shivajinagar Metro Line-3, a critical mass transit corridor expected to significantly improve connectivity for the city’s technology hub.

Mhase also worked on expediting land acquisition for the proposed Pune Ring Road project, strengthening planning initiatives, and promoting sustainable urban growth across the metropolitan region. His tenure saw several policy initiatives, including decentralising building permission processes, enhancing digital access to PMRDA services, and holding structured public interaction mechanisms to improve citizen engagement with the authority.

Urban development experts note that his tenure was marked by a hands-on administrative approach and a strong push for long-term regional planning, including work on a comprehensive metropolitan economic development vision aligned with the state’s future growth strategy.

With his transfer, PMRDA enters a new administrative phase even as several large-scale infrastructure and urban mobility projects initiated during Mhase’s tenure continue to shape the region’s development trajectory.

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