AI generated image Mumbai: In a move aimed at modernizing urban governance and facilitating faster project clearances, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to launch an advanced artificial intelligence (AI)-driven facility dedicated to the city’s real estate sector. “The introduction of this AI-led facility marks a significant step towards streamlining processes and enhancing transparency in Mumbai’s real estate ecosystem. By leveraging technology, we aim to re

With Ashwini Bhide helming the BMC, women in Maharashtra are no longer merely breaking bureaucratic ceilings but redesigning the building itself. India has a powerful legacy of women power in the political and administrative field, and when the power is in the administrative government, the power game is different. Take Kiran Bedi, who became India’s first woman to join the Indian Police Service in 1972, was known for her fearless approach and innovative policing techniques,

Mumbai : Creating history, senior IAS officer Ashwini Satish Bhide has been appointed the first woman Municipal Commissioner of the 160-year-old Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), bringing with her a formidable reputation as an ‘executioner’ of the most difficult assignments. With this, the country’s biggest and richest civic body will have two women at the helm – including Mayor Ritu Tawde – and Bhide, an engineer who topped the 1995 UPSC examination among women.