Sh. A. B. Agrawal, Executive Director, NHPC Ltd., has joined as Chairman, Bhakra Beas Management Board on 19th March,2010. Sh. Agrawal is 'First Class First' Mechanical Engineering graduate and an MBA in Finance. He is a very versatile hydropower professional with multi-disciplinary experience of over 31 years in NHPC Ltd. , a most reputed Central Public Sector Organization of India in the field of hydropower development having capabilities from concept to commissioning of the projects and Operation & Maintenance of Power Stations. While heading the  2000MW Subansiri Lower H.E. Project, which is also the biggest hydro power project under construction in the country, he has helped to set new standards of hydropower construction through his dynamism, social networking and leadership capabilities .  As In-charge of O&M of 690 MW Salal Power Station of J&K, the biggest Power Station of NHPC  which is the most silt-plagued  plant in the country in operation, his innovative and cost–effective initiatives were instrumental in ensuring that it became the most economically operated Hydro Power Station in terms of O&M cost per MW         among all the Central Sector Power Stations in his time. His performance in the trouble-torn 105 MW Loktak Power Station (Manipur) and 390 MW Dulhasti Power Station (J&K), have also been truly remarkable. He is also having a vast pool of experience in all allied functions of hydropower development like Commercial, Contracts, Quality Assurance & Inspection,  Research & Development, Construction Equipment Planning. His last assignment included many challenges for him as he headed Human Resource Management, Corporate Communication, Medical Services, Rajbhasha  and Estate & Facility Management Services etc. During his tenure, due to well organized publicity campaign, the IPO of NHPC was oversubscribed by 24 times.

Er. S.L. Aggarwal   took over as Member (Irrigation) BBMB on 26.08.2011. Born on Ist May 1956, Er. Aggarwal did his B.Sc Engineering in Civil with Honours in 1978 from Punjab Engineering College , Chandigarh .

He joined Haryana Irrigation Department on 27.12.1978 as AE (Civil) and appointed by HPSC as AEE (Civil) on 11.9.1980 in HSE-I services. Er Aggarwal worked as Sub Divisional Officer (in AEE rank) in construction of Hydraulic Structures and other appurtenant Civil works for 6 years. He was promoted as Executive Engineer and worked in Running Canal Administration and efficiently handled regulation work, cases under Haryana Canal & Drainage Act and construction and O&M of hydraulic & other civil structures including regulators, drainage works, channels & bridges apart from canal lining. He also worked as Executive Engineer for twenty years in lift & gravity command  areas.   

Er. Aggarwal worked as Superintending Engineer in Lift Canal commands as supervisory officer for controlling O&M and regulation aspects i/c Pump Houses for 3 years.

Er. Aggarwal worked as Chief Engineer in charge of Water Service Units from August 2008. He also worked as Chief Engineer, Bhakra Areas for 15 months and for Yamuna Area for 18 months and kept deployed on major regulating & Interstate issues pertaining to Bhakra & Yamuna commands. He has handled sensitive issues of Haryana pertaining to water sector in various interstate meetings with Govt. of India. Also participated in various deliberations of Yamuna and Ghaggar river standing committees of Central Water Commission, Govt. of India . He had drafted Haryana State Irrigation Gazette tracing past history of evolution of today's Irrigation Deptt. 

Sh. G. Sai Prasad  was born on 6.5.1966, he did his Post Graduation (M.tech) in Electronics from IIT, Delhi and was selected for Indian Administrative Services in 1991 and allotted to Andhra Pradesh Cadre.

Sh. G. Sai Prasad worked in different positions in Andhra Pradesh. He took mid career training from 21.4.2007 to 25.5.2007 in programme of Mandatory Mid career training for IAS Officers. He also participated various in service trainings such as Basic Course on WTO from Administrative Staff College of India, Hydrabad. Orientations programme on SME promotion from National Institute of Small Industry Extension training, Hyderabad . Infrastructure De-Regulations from The Energy & Resources Institute, New Delhi & Emerging trends in Administrative Law from National Law School of India University, Bangalore .

Sh. G. Sai Prasad is presently on deputation to Govt. of India and working as Joint Secretary/Hydro in Ministry of Power since 3.11.2011.  

     Shri G. Aranganathan graduated from Annamalai University in 1976 and post-graduated from Indian Institute of Science in 1978, in Civil Engineering. After teaching in the College of Engineering, Guindy for a few months, he joined Central Water Commission in 1978 and worked in concrete and masonry dams design, associating himself mainly with the design of Bansagar Dam and special studies for Salal hydroelectric project. He, spent 1982-85 in railways and was associated with permanent way & works, bridges, breach restoration, design, surveying, building & bridge construction. Thereafter, he continued his services in Central Water Commission and was entrusted with the design of Omkareshwar and Narmadasagar dams besides special subjects concerning roller compacted concrete, cellular coffer dams and special hydraulic studies. Having been associated with computer programming as integral part of his working, he was inducted into software management during 1991-95. Subsequently, he moved on to Cauvery & Southern Rivers Region of Central Water Commission at Coimbatore where he was concerned with monitoring and appraisal of projects mainly in Kerela and was also coordinating the affairs of other field units. He took over his assignment in Indus Wing of the Ministry of Water Resources in November 1998 and has been concerned with the Indo-Pakistan affairs under the Indus Waters Treaty 1960, besides inter-state aspects of water resources development among Punjab, Haryana, J&K and Rajasthan. He was deeply associated in the matter of Baglihar hydroelectric project (J&K) before a Neutral Expert appointed by the World Bank of Pakistan’s request. He has attended a number of meetings and tours of the Permanent Indus Commission both in India and Pakistan and is at great present serving as the Indian Commissioner for Indus Waters.

   Dr. G. Vajralingam  

 Shri K.K. Jalan is an officer of Indian Administrative Service (1982). He has been allocated to the State of Haryana . He has held various positions in the State as well as in the Government of India. He has worked as Deputy Commissioner of Bhiwani, Faridabad , Sonepat, Rewari and Karnal. He has experience in the Directorates of Cooperative Societies, Sports, Supplies and Disposal, Food and Civil Supplies and Transport. He has also worked as Managing Director of Haryana Tourism Development Corporation Limited and Haryana Scheduled Castes Development Corporation Limited. In the State, he has worked as Principal Secretary of various Departments such as Public Works (Buildings and Roads), Irrigation, Urban Local Bodies and Town & Country Planning Department. In the Government of India, he has worked as Director and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles and Secretary General in Apparel Export Promotion Council.

          His educational qualifications include B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. (Mathematics), M.Phil (Mathematics), M.Sc. in Development Administration from University of Birmingham and M.Phil in Public Administration. He has been occasionally writing in the newspapers on various issues of interest.

     Deepak Sanan is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, the centrally recruited senior civil service of India . He has been allocated to the state of Hmachal Pradesh. In his career he has held positions offering experience in public finance, rural development and the water and sanitation sector while working in the state of Himachal Pradesh as well as the Government of India. Currently he is Principal Secretary to the Government of Himachal Pradesh for the Departments of Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education and Indian Systems of Medicine.

Mr. Sanan has published regularly on Center-State relationships, in particular, on creating incentives to more effectively use Central funds to overcome State budget constraints and improve governance. He has particular interest in designing effective government instruments to improve institutional arrangements at state and local government level to improve the effectiveness of these transfers and service delivery specially in basic services. He has undertaken a number of assignments as a consultant with the World Bank, IFAD, DFID, IDS Sussex and AusAid relating to his skills and experience in both public finance and rural development and specially in relation to the water and sanitation sector in India . He has also been on the staff of the World Bank as the India Country Team Leader in the Water and Sanitation Program ( South Asia ).

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

M.A. Politics (IR) Jawaharlal Nehru University , Delhi 1979

B.Com (Hons) Delhi University , 1977

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

December, 2010 till date: Principal Secretary to the Government of Himachal Pradesh for the Departments MPP & Power, Urban Development, Town & Country Planning and Housing.

February ’08 till November, 2010: Principal Secretary to the Government of Himachal Pradesh for the Departments Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education and Indian Systems of Medicine

February ’07 to February ‘08: Principal Secretary to the Government of Himachal Pradesh for the Departments of Irrigation and Public Health

February 05 to February ’07: India Country Team Leader in the Water and Sanitation Program ( South Asia ) of the World Bank

June ’03 till February ‘05: Secretary Rural Development and Panchayati Raj to the Government of Himachal Pradesh

Oct. ’02 till June ’03: Managing Director, Himachal Pradesh State Financial Corporation, Shimla

Jan. ’02 to Sep. 02 on leave to pursue reform related studies

June’99 to Jan.’02: Commissioner-Cum-Secretary Finance and Administrative Reforms, Government of Himachal Pradesh

April ’98 to June ’99: Divisional Commissioner, Shimla, HP

Feb.’96 to April ’98: Registrar Cooperative Societies, HP

April’ 95 to Feb.’96: Additional/Special Secretary Finance, HP

Jan.’94 to April ’95: Deputy Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Aug.’93 to Jan.’94: Additional Secretary Health, HP

Nov.’90 to Aug.’93: Deputy Commissioner, Kinnaur

Oct.’87 to Nov.’90: Deputy/Joint Secretary Finance, HP

Aug.’85 to Oct.’87: Additional Deputy Commissioner, Spiti, HP

Aug.’84 to Aug.’85: Sub-Divisional Officer, Rohru, HP

Assignments in 2002, 2003 and 2004, undertaken as consultancies, include:

·         World Bank’s Dy. Coordinator for the Joint Assessment Mission in South Sudan based in Nairobi , Kenya . Responsibilities include co-ordinating between eight clusters team members on both the international and South Sudanese side. This includes analyzing and commenting on the ongoing cluster work as well as the overall strategy for the JAM. It also involves direct input in capacity building in relation to public financial management, decentralization and aspects of the public expenditure review. Currently engaged in developing a possible fiscal decentralization framework for South Sudan to serve as a background for a workshop on decentralization issues in South Sudan .

·         Team Leader for a DFID-assisted assignment for designing a project to assist institutional reform of the water and sanitation sector in India . This involved an analysis of the current institutional arrangements for delivering water and sanitation services and the perverse incentives it generates with regard to responsive and sustainable delivery, besides a critical look at the recent attempts at reform and the prospects of these programmes. Based on this understanding, it proposed ways to assist states to move towards possible institutional models that reallocate roles among different levels of government and involve other stakeholders in order to promote behaviour more likely to yield sustainable situations. This design has been used by the Government of India as a framework for states to sign MOUs to initiate water and sanitation sector reform and secure assistance from the center for this process.

·         Team Member for a DFID-funded consultancy support assignment to the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Power Task Force (APATF). This involved review of the present system of subsidies and its delivery mechanism, diagnosis of present supply conditions and farmer concerns, development of approaches and model to address supply quality, metering and end use efficiency, detailing institutional and technical alternatives selected by the GoAP. Specific contribution to this support was in the form of a series of five papers analyzing national and international experiences with regard to utility subsidies and subsidy targeting, critical issues in the power sector in AP, possible options for targeting subsidies in AP and the form of institutional arrangements likely to support a sustainable power sector in AP.

·         Sole Consultant to the National Institute of Administrative Research, Mussoorie, for a study on the Flow of Funds under major centrally sponsored and earmarked state plan schemes commissioned by the Planning Commission of India. The study involved an analysis of scheme design and adherence to principles considered appropriate for specific grants as well as time lags from the stage of release of funds from the center till they reach implementation level. Responsibilities included data collection, analysis and writing of the report.

·         Support in the design of appropriate institutional arrangements for a water and urban services project being funded by AusAid in Gangtok , Sikkim . Critical inputs in this included developing possible alternatives and milestones to achieve the selected alternative as well as assistance in capacity building of key functionaries involved in the transition to new arrangements.

·         Support for the design of sustainable livelihood projects in the states of Uttaranchal and Meghalaya for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

·         Team member of an external evaluation of the DFID’s 1999 Country Strategy paper for India .

·         Background paper on State Finances in India to feed into the India Country Assistance Strategy formulation process of IFAD.

·         Consultant to IFAD for drafting a concept note for a follow up project to assist micro finance initiatives through self help groups in Maharashtra .