Er. Charanpreet Singh
Chief Engineer (Bhakra Dam)
Charanpreet Singh, PSE-I,
Chief Engineer/Bhakra Dam
Charanpreet Singh born in 1973 did his B.Tech. in Civil Engineering with Gold Medal from REC (Now NIT) Jalandhar and M.E. (Structures) with Hons. from TIET Patiala. He joined as SDO in Punjab Irrigation Department in August 1999 and posted in BBMB and till
date working in BBMB with more than 24 years of experience in various fields/works such as in Design, Technical solutions to various Hydro Structures, Analysis of Instrumental data of Dams, Sedimentation Studies and Silt Management, BIS Code updation, Dam
Safety issues, associated with DSC and DSRP, DRIP related works, Running of Nangal Dam and Nangal Hydel Channel, Special repair of more than 65 years old Hydro Structures, Operation & Regulation of Bhakra and Pong Reservoirs to fulfill the water requirement
of Partner States. He prepared Technical Audit Report of Nangal Hydel Channel and presented various technical papers at National and International level. He also participated in ICOLD Annual meet held in Canada during June 2019 and in Sweden during June 2023.
He has been awarded with Chairman’s Medal twice for dedicated services in BBMB. He excellently regulating outflows from both the reservoirs by using downstream gains, thus avoiding wastage of water downstream of international boundaries during his tenure as
Director Water Regulation. He has given charge of Chief Engineer Bhakra Dam on 03.11.2021 and further promoted to rank of Chief Engineer as on 19.12.2022. His retirement is in the year of 2031.