Professional Experience

Three decades across engineering, administration and public infrastructure.

A career combining technical responsibility with senior-level government administration and decision-making.

Kalpsar Project

Secretary, Kalpsar — Government of Gujarat

Senior responsibility for a major multi-disciplinary water and infrastructure initiative involving complex technical, institutional and governance considerations.

Bhadbhut Barrage Project

Senior responsibility as Secretary

Responsibility for project matters together with associated institutional, technical, financial and governance coordination.

Sardar Sarovar Project

Chief Engineer and Superintending Engineer roles

Experience across major water-resource infrastructure, including deep experience in resolving issues in irrigation across more than 5 lakh hectares, along with project implementation and associated technical and administrative responsibilities.

Rehabilitation & Resettlement

Sardar Sarovar Project

Professional experience relating to rehabilitation and resettlement of project-affected people.

Gujarat Emergency Earthquake Reconstruction

Executive Engineer — Procurement

Experience with World Bank and ADB-funded reconstruction programmes involving dams and related infrastructure.

Professional Foundation

Civil Engineering + Governance

B.E. Civil Engineering, L.D. College of Engineering, followed by M.Tech in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering), M.S. University.

Perspective
Technical soundness, institutional understanding and ground reality must come together for a decision to be useful and implementable.