Bhopal/Rewa: The Madhya Pradesh government has appointed 2019-batch IAS officer Akshat Jain as Municipal Commissioner of Rewa as part of a recent administrative reshuffle aimed at streamlining governance across districts.
Jain takes charge from Sanjay Sonawane, who has been posted as Collector of Betul following the April 9 reshuffle. The post in Rewa had remained vacant after Sonawane’s transfer.
Before this appointment, Jain was serving as Chief Executive Officer of Zila Panchayat, Betul, since July 2023. During his tenure, he handled rural development programmes and district-level administration, experience that is expected to be relevant in managing urban civic issues in Rewa.
Akshat Jain secured All India Rank 2 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2018 and belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre of the 2019 batch. He graduated in Design Engineering from IIT Guwahati. He had missed selection in his first attempt by a narrow margin before securing a top rank in his next attempt.
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He comes from a civil services background. His father, D.C. Jain, is Joint Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), while his mother, Simmi Jain, is an Indian Revenue Service officer serving as Additional Director General at NACIN, Jaipur.
Jain completed his schooling at India International School, Jaipur, before graduating in 2017 and preparing for the civil services examination.
With his posting in Rewa, he will oversee municipal administration, including civic infrastructure, service delivery, and urban development works in the city.
