LUCKNOW / VARANASI — Shashwat Tripathi, a 2021-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has been appointed as the new Municipal Commissioner of Varanasi, marking a major administrative posting within Uttar Pradesh’s urban local governance framework.
Having previously served as the Chief Development Officer (CDO) of Gorakhpur, Tripathi transitions from spearheading district-level development schemes to overseeing municipal administration, civic infrastructure, and urban service delivery across Varanasi.
