Ashwini Bhide becomes the first woman commissioner of Mumbai corporation

The Maharashtra Government connected Tuesday (March 31, 2026) appointed elder IAS serviceman Ashwini Bhide arsenic the Municipal Commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), making her the archetypal pistillate to caput 1 of the oldest and richest civic bodies successful the country.

Incumbent Municipal Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, who completed his tenure connected Tuesday (March 31), handed implicit complaint to Ms. Bhide, who volition beryllium replaced by IAS serviceman Lokesh Chandra successful her erstwhile station arsenic Additional Chief Secretary successful the Chief Minister’s Office.