Mr. Arvind Singh (IAS) has been appointed as Managing Director of Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. MSETCL). His previous assignment was as Private Secretary to the Union Agriculture Minister at New Delhi.Mr. Arvind Singh, joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1988 in Maharashtra Cadre, after studying economics at St. Stephen’s College and the Delhi School of Economics. His first assignment was as Assistant Collector at Aurangabad in Maharashtra from 1990-1992. Later, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Aurangabad Zila Parishad from 1992-94 and as Chief Executive Officer of Nagpur Zila Parishad from 1994-96. At Nagpur, he also served as Member Secretary of the Vidharbha Statutory Development Board from 1996-97. During 1997-98, he worked in the office of the Chief Secretary, Maharashtra at Mumbai before moving to Kolhapur as District  Collector (1998- 001).Moving to the centre, he joined as Dy. Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India, New Delhi. He worked as Private Secretary to the Union Minister of Shipping from Dec.2001- May 2003. Mr. Singh also served as Director (Pharmaceuticals Industry) in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt. of India during 2003-04. He has worked as Private Secretary to the Minister of Consumer affairs, Food and Public Distribution from 2004-05 and to the Minister of Agriculture from 2005-09. Mr. Arvind Singh has taken over the charge as Managing Director of Mahatrashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. on 21.08.09.  Mr. Singh speaks English, Hindi and Marathi.