Sanjay Mukherjee

Dr. Sanjay Mukherjee (born 1972) is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. He works for the Government of Maharashtra. He has worked in several capacities in several departments of the Government.

Presently Dr. Mukherjee is serving as the Commissioner of State Excise of the Government of Maharashtra. He is credited for making the department IT savvy, by introducing an electronic online monitoring system with use of advanced Business intelligence tools. Under his stewardship, excise revenues have shown a never before buoyancy of around 45%. He is also credited with the introduction of many pathbreaking policies in the State Excise department.

Dr. Mukherjee also served as the Chairman of Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT), and oversaw its growth from an Special Planning Authority of 78 sq. km to over 3500 sq. km. It was in his tenure that NIT became the largest planning authority in India. Under his stewardship, NIT took up several developmental and improvement projects, like development of unauthorized layouts of the city, creation of dwelling units and layouts for the marginalized sections of the society, metro city development, etc. He is credited to giving a boost to the development of City Infrastructure using innovative means of financing and Public Private Partnerships. He was also instrumental is getting NIT appointed as the nodal agency for implementing the Metro Rail Project of Nagpur City.

Dr. Sanjay Mukherjee's also served as the Collector (appointed head) of Nagpur district, which is located near the geographical centre of India. It has been during his tenure that the GDP of the district has more than doubled to more than 12 per cent. In Nagpur he is known as the man who has streamlined the process of land acquisition for the MIHAN project. The process, which began in 1994, had been mired by legal tangles. Once land was successfully acquired, the project, which aims to construct international Airport and multi-modal cargo hub, as well as set up a Special Economic Zone, began to be supported by large numbers of investors. He has been cited for being involved in the planning for the project. He is also known for completing the land acquisition of the Indira Sagar Project, commonly known as the Gosikhurd project. This project, initiated in 1986, finally saw the land acquisition and rehabilitation nearing completion.

Dr. Mukherjee is also credited with setting up the state's largest citizen's facilitation centre (CFC) at Nagpur. The CFC is a centre where an ordinary citizen gets the permits and certificates through a single window system within a definite time frame. He is also credited with setting up the first call centre among the collectorates of Maharashtra. The project, labeled Dial 1917: Citizen's Helpline allowed any citizen to obtain real-time information about various government procedures by telephone, instead of appearing in person.

Dr. Mukherjee was instrumental in framing the policy for development of power looms in Maharashtra. He also successfully revived ailing spinning mills in his stint as the Director of Textiles. He is credited with initiating the restructuring of the Maharashtra State Handloom Corporation.

Earlier, as Collector of Jalgaon, a water-scarce region in Northern Maharashtra, he initiated a massive program of water harvesting and conservation. This was named "Amche Shivar, Amcha Pani" (Our courtyard's water is ours) and evoked a massive response. The effort continues as a permanent feature in the district. As the Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Parishad of Latur, he was credited with setting up the first computer-network-equipped Village Secretariat at Jod Jawda village in Latur Taluka.