Uttam Khobragade is a senior retired officer of the

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and father of Indian Diplomat

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Early life

Khobragade was born on 8 May 1951 in

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Career

Khobragade qualified to become an officer of the

of the 1984 batch. From 1 August 1986 to 1 December 1993 he served in the departments of Land Revenue Management and Rural Development. After that, he was Collector and District Magistrate of

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up to 1 July 1996. He subsequently worked in various departments such as Planning and Program Implementation, Environment and Forests, Social Justice and Empowerment, and Rural Development. From 1 October 1998 to 18 October 2000 he was Managing Director of Maharashtra Agricultural and Food Processing Corporation (MAFCO).It was he who closed MAFCO .Khobragade was CEO of

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from 18 October 2000 until he was transferred out of this position on 1 August 2002.From 1 August 2002 to 16 July 2004, he was Commissioner of

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. On 16 July 2004, he returned to

as its Vice President and CEO. On 25 May 2005 he was assigned position as Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of

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.In 2006, he served as Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development,

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. From 28 June 2006 to 2 June 2010 he was General Manager of

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(BEST). From 2 June 2010 to 31 May 2011 he served as Principal Secretary, Tribal Welfare Department.

References

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