NAGPUR: Jalaj Sharma, IAS officer of 2014 batch, has assumed charge as additional municipal commissioner at Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Thursday.
Sharma, who was posted as chief executive officer at Yavatmal Zilla Parishad earlier, will be the third additional municipal commissioner at NMC. Ram Joshi of additional collector rank and Sanjay Nipane of senior chief officer rank are also additional municipal commissioners.
A native of Haryana, Sharma will be the second IAS officer in the civic body after municipal commissioner Tukaram Mundhe. A BTech in computer engineering, Sharma is probably the third IAS officer to join as additional municipal commissioner in NMC after Atul Patne and Ravindra Thakre.
He has also worked as subdivisional officer at Jalgaon. He started his service as IRS officer in 2011 and was selected as an IAS officer in 2014.