Ashwini Bhide
[3][4] In January 2020, she along with 20 others IAS officers from Maharashtra state were transferred by the newly formed coalition government led by Uddhav Thackeray.[2] Bhide was appointed the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nagpur Zilla Parishad between 2000 and 2003 where she built 434 dams across 310 villages at a cost of ₹300,000 to bring 7,000 hectares of land under irrigation.[9] She also served as School Education and Sports Secretary and was instrumental in bringing the Systematic Administrative Reforms for Achieving Learning by Students (SARAL) database online.[10] During her tenure at the MMRDA, she was seen as the driving force for several big ticket projects including the Eastern Freeway,[11] Sahar Elevated Access Road,[12] Mithi river cleanup which involved rehabilitation of over 4000 affected projected affected people,[13] the Mumbai Monorail[14] and the first line[15] of the Mumbai Metro.[18] Bhide has been tasked with overseeing the Corporation's contact tracing efforts as well as to monitor the control room and provide assistance to hospitals.