Known for his experiments in citizen-centric governance, Dr. Kulkarni has spent ten years of his career in Revenue Department in Vidarbha Region. He has served in YASHADA as National Resource Person for Right to Information Act and  has conducted training programs in 25 states across the country for creating a band of State Resource Persons for RTI. During his tenure at Aurangabad as Executive Director of Maharashtra Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and as Chief Editor of Udyojak Magazine, he made it quality rich and commercially successful.

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Before posting of Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration, he was Tribal Development Commissioner and Commissioner Tribal Research and Training Institute and also Chief Executive Officer Zilla Parishad of Amravati.

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Dr. Kulkarni has worked as Director of Janwani, a Pune based NGO supported by the Maharatta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) being instrumental in implementing research-based and sustainable projects to resolve urban governance issues through the CSR funds. He has also worked with ‘Pune International Centre’ as Honorary Associate Director. During his posting as Assistant Commissioner (Protocol) at New Delhi, he was liaison officer between GoI and GoM for some important departments. In the capacity of CEO, Z.P., Amaravati, he spearheaded the successful campaigns like Dream Melghat, Village Child Development Centers and Local Self Government Capacity building. 
 

Apart from Ph.D. in Development Economics, Dr. Kulkarni has a bright educational background with multiple Master’s degrees in Commerce, Law and Sociology. With eight books and around 250 articles to his credit, the content of his writings ranges from Marathi poems and one act plays to the analysis of the statutes like RTI Act, Companies Act and Forest Laws as well as social topics such as entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility. He was in select few in India to get nomination by the Department of Personnel and Training, GoI for the Course on Training Methods at Bangkok, Thailand in 2005. 

He has successfully carved his own niche as an administrator, a Trainer, a Writer, a convergence expert and a vivid Researcher. His constant endeavor to perform well has established him as a hard working and result oriented officer.  
 

 

• Academic Record  

 
Ph.D. in Development Economics (2014), L.L.M. (2014), L.L.B. (2012), Lead Auditor of ISO (2007), International Course in Training (2005), M.A. in Sociology (2005), M.Com (1990), B.com (1988) 
 
School and College Education at Srirampur, Ahmadnagar and Pune. 

 

• Posts Held

Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration,GoM (Oct 2020 till Present)

Commissioner, Tribal Development Department, GoM (July 2018 to Oct 2020)

Commissioner T.R.T.I., Pune (Feb 2018 to June 2018)  

Chief Executive Officer, Z.P., Amravati (2016-2018)  

Assistant Resident Commissioner (Protocol), Delhi (2015-2016)

Director, Janwani , Pune (2013-2015)  

Executive Director,M.C.E.D., Aurangabad (2009-2012)

Associate Professor, Yashada, Pune (2005-2008)  

Deputy Commissioner-Resettlement, Amravati (2004 - 2005)

Resident Deputy Collector, Amravati (2001-2003)  

Sub Divisional Officer, Pusad, Dist. Yavatmal (1998- 2001)

Sub Divisional Officer, Jalgaon-Jamod, Buldhana (1996-1998)

Probationary Deputy Collector, Akola (1994-1996) 

 

• Expertise and National Resource Person

 

Tribal Issues, Entrepreneurship Development, Training Need Assessment, Methodology and Evaluation, Right to Information Act, Local Self Government- Laws and Practices, Target Group specific Dissemination, Legal and administrative aspect of Government Instrumentalities, Solid Waste Management, Village level convergence and development, Educational Psychology

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