Mr. Radhakrishnan Balasubramanian is a postgraduate in microbiology from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Driven by his passion towards public service, he joined the Indian Administrative Service in the year 2008. He has served in various capacities in Maharashtra for the past 14 years and is currently the Municipal Commissioner of Nagpur Municipal Corporation.
Mr. Balasubramanian made many interventions to improve learning outcomes in government schools. His quality education initiatives served as a model for the rest of the state. As District Collector, he helped solve many complex land acquisition issues, implement land record digitization, and re-engineered the archaic fruit valuation policy of the state. He was awarded the Best District Collector Award by the Government of Maharashtra for his innovative practices in public service.
As a civic chief of Nagpur, Mr. Balasubramanian successfully implemented GIS mapping of land parcels and properties, which resulted in a substantial increase in the municipal corporation’s revenue. He planned and executed many Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects in the urban sector, such as managing the city’s drinking water supply, public transport, and streetlights.
During his Fulbright-Nehru Master’s fellowship, Mr. Balasubramanian is pursuing a graduate degree in public administration from Harvard University. He believes this would equip him with analytical skills and approaches to public policy making. On returning to India, Mr. Balasubramanian intends to work on various issues concerning the urban sector at the state and central levels.