Rajlaxmi Shah

Ms. Rajlaxmi Shah, IAS, is the Managing Director of Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM), the Government of Maharashtra’s women’s development corporation. She leads programmes that mobilise over 1.8 million rural women into self-help groups, enterprises, and community-managed institutions across the state. Began career as a civil servant since 1999, she has held key responsibilities in land administration, rehabilitation, election management, and urban infrastructure. She has represented MAVIM internationally in Rome and Berlin, sharing Maharashtra’s experience in women-led development and community-driven institutions. She attended the 128th IAS Induction Programme in 2026 at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, where she received the rare distinction of presenting the batch overview before the Hon’ble President of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan