AB Agarwal appointed new BBMB Chairman AB Agarwal appointed new BBMB Chairman
VINOD KUMAR GUPTA
Saturday, 13 March 2010
CHANDIGARH: AB Agrawal has been appointed new Chairman of BBMB in place of UC Mishra who retired last year in July.

Agarwal is a mechanical engineer and is presently working as Executive Director, NHPC. He has experience of working in NHPC for over 31 years and was associated with 2000-MW Subansiri Lower HE Project - biggest hydro power project under construction in the country and was in charge of operation and maintenance O&M of the 690-MW Salal Power Station of Jammu & Kashmir.

It may be mentioned that the post of Chairman of the BBMB has been lying vacant since the retirement of U.C. Mishra on July 31, and MK Gupta Member Irrigation is holding the additional charge of Chairman BBMB.

The selection committee has short listed two persons for post of Chairman and the case was sent to Appointment Committee of Cabinet, which is chaired by the Prime Minister. The recommended persons were SM Dhiman from CEA and Agarwal from NHPC. The name of S M Dhiman has been cleared by Power Ministry.

Agarwal had represented against the candidate from CEA on the ground he has less than 2 years tenure left which is a requirement for the post.