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{{Short description|Indian Administrative Service Officer}}
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|office = [[List of chief secretaries of Maharashtra|Chief Secretary<br />Government of Maharashtra]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| governor = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
|term_start = 28 February 2021
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|predecessor = Sanjay kumar ,IAS
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|office1 = [[Government of Maharashtra|Additional Chief Secretary (Personnel) General Administration Department]]<br />[[Government of Maharashtra]]
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|term_start1 = June 2018
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|office2 = [[Government of Maharashtra|Principal Secretary of the Finance Department]]<br />[[Government of Maharashtra]]
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|term_start2 = May 2015
|term_end2 = April 2016
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|office5 = [[Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai]]
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|term_start5 = 01 May 2012
|term_end5 = 28 April 2015 <ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/sitaram-kunte-out-ajoy-mehta-is-new-bmc-chief/ | title=Sitaram Kunte out, Ajoy Mehta is new BMC chief | work=indianexpress.com/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-ajoy-mehta-replaces-sitaram-kunte-as-new-bmc-commissioner-2080986 | title=Ajoy Mehta replaces Sitaram Kunte as new BMC Commissioner | work=dnaindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/cover-story/Kunte-on-his-way-out-as-CM-tightens-control-on-BMC/articleshow/45153091.cms | title=KUNTE ON HIS WAY OUT AS CM TIGHTENS CONTROL ON BMC | work=mumbaimirror.com}}</ref>
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'''Sitaram Janardan Kunte''' is a 1985-batch [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer.
Sitaram Janardan Kunte succeeded Subodh Kumar as the [[Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai]] on May 1, 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/sitaram-kunte-takes-over-as-bmc-chief/story-UdLa5WpPuDsK0NNGnXH1KL.html | title=Sitaram Kunte takes over as BMC chief | work=hindustantimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-bmc-commissioner-sitaram-kunte-s-drivers-take-home-bigger-pay-cheque-than-him-1912641 | title=BMC commissioner Sitaram Kunte's drivers take home bigger pay cheque than him | work=dnaindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mumbai-municipal-commissioner-Sitaram-Kunte-is-registered-as-a-hawker/articleshow/39160849.cms | title=Mumbai municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte is registered as a hawker | work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/bmc-budget-commissioner-kunte-announces-increase-in-existing-taxes/15966182 | title=BMC budget: Commissioner Kunte announces increase in existing taxes | work=mid-day.com}}</ref>
He is presently the [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of the [[Government of Maharashtra]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/sitaram-kunte-appointed-as-new-chief-secretary-of-maharashtra/articleshow/81245557.cms | title=Sitaram Kunte principal secretary of Finance | work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/NGO-Explain-Kuntes-abrupt-transfer-to-finance-department/articleshow/48180490.cms | title=NGO: Explain Kunte’s abrupt transfer to finance department | work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>

==Career==
Sitaram Kunte has handed several departments in the Maharashtra Government . He was head of [[Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority]] and served as an additional municipal commissioner in the [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation|BMC]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-sitaram-kunte-calls-meeting-to-discuss-landslide-prone-spots-in-mumbai-2008307 | title=Sitaram Kunte calls meeting to discuss landslide-prone spots in Mumbai | work=dnaindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/maharashtra-former-bmc-chief-sitaram-kunte-transferred-again/story-aiSj8eeMvDROU6ycPxjMSO.html | title=Maharashtra: Former BMC chief Sitaram Kunte transferred again | work=hindustantimes.com}}</ref>

==Government of Maharashtra Departments==
*additional chief secretary (personnel) general administration department, government of Maharashtra June 2018 – present
*[[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] [[Government of Maharashtra]] in the [[Finance Department]] May 2015 – April 2016
*[[Municipal Commissioner (India)|Municipal Commissioner]] [[Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai]] April 2012 – May 2015
*[[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]], Planning Department Government of Maharashtra June 2011 – May 2012
*[[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] Planning Department and Development Commissioner in [[Government of Maharashtra]].
*Secretary, Housing Department [[Government of Maharashtra]] May 2008 – September 2010

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{{s-ttl|title=[[Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai]] |years=2012-2015}}
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==References==
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{{Municipal Corporations in Maharashtra |state=collapsed}}

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