Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 6: Chairman & Managing Director, NHPC, Balraj Joshi received the Eminent Water Resources Engineer Award – 2018 conferred by Indian Water Resources Society (IWRS), Roorkee.
The award was given by R.N Mishra, Ex-CMD, SJVNL & Fellow, IWRS and Dr. S.K Mishra, Executive Vice-President, IWRS at NHPC Corporate Office, Faridabad.
Dr. Ashish Pandey, Secretary, IWRS and S.K Shukla, Ex-Director (Technical), THDC & Adjunct Professor, IIT Roorkee was also present on the occasion.
Joshi has been given this prestigious award for his immense engineering contributions in the field of Water Resources Development & Management.
During his distinguished career spanning over 35 years, Joshi has contributed to NHPC’s development by serving many projects namely Salal, Dul Hasti, Kurichu Project (Bhutan), Teesta-V, Teesta Low Dam-III & IV, Parbati-III, Chutak, Chamera-III, Parbati-II etc.
He has also been associated with NHPC’s Consultancy assignments for many projects as 1200 MW Tamanthi and 880 MW Shwezaye in Myanmar, 720 MW Mangdechhu, Bhutan & Bakreswar Thermal Power Project of M/s West Bengal Development Corporation etc.
NHPC has made many important achievements under Joshi including CCEA nod for acquisition of Lanco’s Teesta-VI Hydro Electricity (HE) Project (500 MW), CCEA clearance of Kiru HE Project (624 MW) of M/s CVPPPL (JV of NHPC Limited, JKSPDC and PTC) and signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for execution of 850 MW Ratle Hydroelectric Project (Jammu & Kashmir).
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