SK Sharma, Member Irrigation of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), has been given the charge of Chairman of the board.
Sharma, who took over the charge on Friday, replaced AB Agrawal who was Chairman for a period of about five years.
"SK Sharma, Member, Irrigation, BBMB has been assigned additional charge of chairman in BBMB by Government of India," a BBMB statement said on Friday.
Sharma is a Civil Engineering Graduate from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh and joined Haryana Irrigation & Water Resources Department in 1980 as Sub Divisional Officer, an official release said.
While working in Haryana Irrigation & Water Resources Department, he has monitored various canal regulation related O&M and new hydraulic structures, pump houses, canal and drainage network, NABARD projects etc.
He has also handled training works on the river Yamuna.
During working as Chief Engineer of BSl Project, he has been instrumental in successfully running of dredger and other allied works, besides running and maintenance of BSl Water Conductor System.