Mumbai: P. M. Parlewar (IEDS) has taken over as Director, MSME for the state of Maharashtra. Parlewar is attached to Narayan Rane, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

Before assuming charge of Director, MSME, Maharashtra State, Shri Parlewar held the position of Director MSME-Development Institute, Nagpur and was attached to the previous Union MSME Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari.

M. Parlewar has completed his Masters in Technology & LLB and has rich experience of more than 32 years in the MSME development sector in various states including Gujarat, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Delhi. He has expertise in Cluster Development, SEZ Act, Foreign Trade Policy and Quality Management System and has published papers at National and International levels.