[8][9] The executive power of the PCMC is vested in the Municipal Commissioner, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer appointed by the Government of Maharashtra.

[10][11] The general body of the PCMC consists of 128 directly elected councilors,[12] popularly known as "corporators", headed by a mayor.

[14] The industrialization in what is today the areas of Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation began in 1954 with the establishment of Hindustan Antibiotics, the first pharmaceutical company of the Government of India.

[18] The newly formed PCMC had an area of 86 km2 under its jurisdiction, which increased drastically in September 1997 after 18 fringe villages were merged into the city.

The PCMC Police is the law enforcement agency for the neighbourhood along with its historic Pune and answers to the Ministry of Home Affairs of the GoM.

[21] The Municipal Commissioner also serves on the boards of directors of the two public transport companies, PMPML and MahaMetro.

Each zone consists of 4 electoral wards and has an office (Marathi: क्षेत्रिय कार्यालय, IAST: Kṣhetriya Kāryālay) overseen by an Assistant Municipal Commissioner.

The corporators approve the city budget and act as watchdogs on implementation of policy by the staff under the Municipal Commissioner.

[31] It consists of 16 members headed by a President appointed at the first meeting of the newly elected Corporation, half of whom retire every succeeding year.

[11] Dnyaneshwar Pandurang Landge was the First Mayor of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation in the Year 1986.