Sujata Manoj Saunik (born 15 June 1965) is a retired 1987-batch
Indian Administrative Service
The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the Public administration, administrative arm of the All India Services of Government of India. The IAS is one of the three All India Services along with the Indian Police Service (IPS) and the Indian ...
officer who served as
Chief Secretary of the
Government of Maharashtra
The Government of Maharashtra is the executive branch of the Indian states of india, state of Maharashtra. The government is led by the List of chief ministers of Maharashtra, chief minister (currently Devendra Fadnavis since 5 December 2024) ...
. Saunik was the Additional Chief Secretary of Administrative Innovation, Excellence and Good Governance Department, Home Department,
and was also the Principal Secretary of Public Health and Financial Reform in the state of Maharashtra.
Between 2000 and 2006, Saunik worked at the
.
She served as the first woman to be appointed to the post of Chief Secretary in the Maharashtra Government.
In August 2024, there were reports that she was being forced out of the post.
References
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Indian Administrative Service officers from Maharashtra
Living people
1965 births