Shri B.N. Navalawala
former Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India
today took the oath of office and secrecy as Member, Union Public
Service Commission. The oath was administered by the Chairman,
UPSC, Shri P.C. Hota. Shri B.N. Navalawala who is an engineering
graduate has been Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Government
of India from 1st April 2001 to 2nd August,
2002. He was working as Adviser in the Ministry of Water Resources
presently.
Recently, the
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage during its
18th Congress, held at Montreal (Canada) from 21st-28th
July, 2002, honoured Shri Navalawala with an "Award of Excellence"
in recognition of his "exceptional" contribution to
the ICID and World Food Security. He is the first water resources
official in the country to have achieved this "honour".
Also, Shri Navalawala is the first Asian to have been elected
as the Chairman of the International Committee (of ICID) for Future
Research and Development for Water Resources Sector since September,
2001.
