Shri Sanjay Ubale is a distinguished retired IAS Officer. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Mumbai University, an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Bombay University and a Master’s degree in development studies from the University of Bath, U.K. He has also completed his Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School. He is currently the director, partnerships at the India Country office in Delhi. He has earlier served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited. He had an experience of more than thirty-one years. In this time span, he held many key positions, notable amongst them were: secretary to government for Mumbai’s Development; secretary to the chief minister; joint secretary, Administrative Reforms; managing director of a public-sector undertaking called Maharashtra State Seeds Corporation; collector and district magistrate of Sangli district in Maharashtra; and project director of the World Bank and DfID assisted Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Project. His areas of interest are Governance, infrastructure, rural & urban development, water & sanitation, and community-based development.