After serving for a long-time as Noida Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ritu Maheshwari has been removed from the position and transferred to Agra where she has been appointed as the commissioner. Kanpur's divisional commissioner Lokesh M will replace Maheshwari who was also removed from the position of Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) CEO on July 9. A 2003-batch IAS officer of the UP cadre, Maheshwari had been serving as Noida CEO since July 2019 after holding the post of the Ghaziabad district magistrate. She is also the Managing Director of Noida Metro Rail Corporation. After former Greater Noida CEO and Meerut commissioner Surender Singh was posted as the secretary to Delhi Lieutenant Governor on September 28, 2022, Maheshwari was given additional charge of GNIDA CEO as well. Ravi Kumar N G, a 2004-batch IAS officer, has replaced her as GNIDA CEO. Lokesh M is a 2005-batch IAS officer, who was appointed as Kanpur Commissioner on May 31. Earlier, he was Saharanpur's Divisional Commissioner for around 22 months. Before that, he served as District Magistrate and collector of Mainpuri, Kushinagar, Etah, Ghazipur, Amroha and Kaushambi districts from 2009 to 2016. Lokesh M was Special Secretary to UP Govt's Horticulture & Food Processing Department, and Housing & Urban Planning Department during 2013-14. In earlier stints, he served as Joint Magistrate and Collector of Saharanpur in 2007-08 and Chief Development Officer of Prayagraj in 2008-09. The IAS officer was deputed in Karnataka state for five years from 2016 to 2021 on personal grounds. His home district is Bengaluru, Karnataka. Amit Gupta, a 2000-batch IAS officer, will be Kanpur's new divisional commissioner; he was holding the same post in Agra.
