Sunder Das Khungar
Sunder Das Khungar | |
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| Born | India |
| Occupation(s) | Civil engineer Civil servant |
| Known for | Bhakra Dam Khungar Commission |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Sunder Das Khungar was an Indian civil servant, civil engineer and the general manager of the Bhakra Dam project.[1] It was his proposal that the dam, originally built for irrigation, to be utilized for power generation by incorporating five hydro electric generation units.[2] He headed the commission set up by the Ministry of Irrigation and Power in 1960 to look into the water management operations of the Damodar Valley Corporation.[3] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1955, for his contributions to civil service.[4]
See also
- Bhakra Dam
- Damodar Valley Corporation
India portal
References
- ^ "Traverse City Record". Newspapers.com. 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Boon for parched lands". The Tribune. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Marcus F. Franda (8 December 2015). West Bengal and the Federalizing Process in India. Princeton University Press. pp. 125–. ISBN 978-1-4008-7525-2.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)
- Homi J. Bhabha
- Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
- Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati
- Jnan Chandra Ghosh
- Maithili Sharan Gupt
- Amarnath Jha
- Ajudhiya Nath Khosla
- Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan
- Hussain Ahmed Madani
- Josh Malihabadi
- Vaikunthbhai Mehta
- Vallathol Narayana Menon
- A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar
- Palden Thondup Namgyal
- V. Narahari Rao
- Jamini Roy
- Sukumar Sen
- M. S. Subbulakshmi
- Kodandera Subayya Thimayya
# Posthumous conferral
- 1954–1959
- 1960–1969
- 1970–1979
- 1980–1989
- 1990–1999
- 2000–2009
- 2010–2019
- 2020–2029
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