India, Nov. 20 -- The Maharashtra government on November 19 appointed senior IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer Trigun Kulkarni as president of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), marking the first time that a bureaucrat has been given the position. Earlier, the post was held by Sharad Gosavi, who completed his three-year term and has been transferred as director of primary education.

Kulkarni, an officer from the 2016 IAS batch, will now take charge of overseeing the board responsible for the state's class 10 (SSC) and class 12 (HSC) examinations. For nearly a year, the position of president remained vacant with Gosavi handling the additional responsibilities to go with it. Kulkarn...