Suneel Grover Ex-MD HPSLDC awarded Life Time Achievement Award
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ December 17,2023
The Indian Concrete Institute has awarded Suneel Grover, Former Managing Director, HP Load Dispatch Centre (HPSLDC) with the Life Time Achievement Award in the Engineering category.
His notable contributions have been many in the field of generation, transmission, and distribution. Establishment of State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC) as independent authority a unique of its kind in the country and also as one of the topmost SLDC in the country wherein a virtual platform for real-time power data access, monitoring and approvals without human intervention was conceptualized and developed in Covid-19 pandemic times in public interest.
Dr. R.K. Sood Former Chief Scientific Officer cum Joint Member Secretary of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) has been the Chief Guest on the occasion who gave away lifetime awards.
Suneel Grover did his B. E. in Electrical with Honours from Thapar College of Engineering and Technology ,M. E. with Honours from IIT Roorkee, Post Graduate Diploma from H.P. University and MBA from Indira Gandhi National Open University. He remained associated with Electricity Board since 1983 r and superannuated as Managing Director, Himachal Pradesh State Load Despatch Centre.
The Institution of Engineers (India) bestowed on him the Outstanding Engineering Personality of the country award for three times in succession.
Suneel Grover is the Sr. Vice President of All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF).
R P Vaidya, Former Chief Architect, HPSEB has been awarded Lifetime Achievement Award in Architectural category for his notable contributions in the field of Architecture for various types of infrastructures in Himachal Pradesh.
