Padamjit Singh – Man with a mission to improve power sector, turns 79
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ November 5,2023
Padamjit Singh, who completed 78 years today, is a legend with a mission to improve the working of the power sector while keeping in the public sector.
His unwavering dedication and efforts in addressing critical power sector issues, alongside his engagements with the governmental authorities, continue to inspire us all. His steadfast commitment to upholding the sector’s integrity and his firm stance against privatization make him an invaluable asset to the engineering fraternity, said V K Gupta ,a spokesperson of All India Power Engineers Federation.
He is a source of inspiration for the engineers of the power sector of the whole country, a torch that saves the power sector in the public sector. He is a doyen of power engineers, the epitome of honesty and insuppressible integrity.
Padamjit Singh graduated at the age of 22 from IIT Delhi in 1967 and joined Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) in January 1968. Wherever he served in PSEB , he left his mark with his intelligent and straightforward way of working and has made an enormous contribution to the Punjab power sector. After serving PSEB for about 35 years, he retired as Chief Engineer. In 2003.
He has led power engineers from the front at state, regional and national levels in various capacities. He has been associated with the PSEB Engineers Association, Northern India Power Engineers Federation (NIPEF), and All-Indian Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF).
After retirement, he has been doing selfless service for the improvement of the power sector of the country. He has been writing to various government authorities pointing out various deficiencies in proposed schemes and suggesting remedial measures.
Padamjit is a bachelor with his trademark bicycle pedals every day in Patiala for the last 46 years. He always moves about on the bicycle from one place to another to perform his official, association duties and for doing social service.
Padamjit Singh – Man with a mission to improve power sector, turns 79 . He is advocating reform in the power sector by keeping them in the public sector by his empirical research, letters, and emails to the central government and other authorities aimed at improvement in the functioning of the power sector.
