December 24, 2024

Governor Arlekar  & CM Honours NL Sharma, CMD, SJVN

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The Himachal Herald, Shimla

 Governor of Himachal Pradesh Sh. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar & Hon’ble Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Sh. Jai Ram Thakur today presented a Scroll of Honour to Shri Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, SJVN, and honoured him as a distinguished alumnus of Ch. Sarwan Kumar HP Krishi Vishvavidyalaya , Palampur. The Governor, as Chancellor of the University was presiding over the 16th Convocation function of CSK HP Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (CSKHPKV), Palampur, a premier agricultural university of the country. Chief Minister Shri Jai Ram Thakur, attended the convocation, as chief guest of the function while Shri Shanta Kumar, former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh graced the occasion as Esteemed Guest of Honour. At the Convocation, among the 393-degree recipients there were 21 scholars who received their PhD degrees, 8 were conferred Gold Medals, 110 students received their Master’s degree and 262 students received their graduate degrees. At the impressive function the Governor also presented a Scroll of Honour to the distinguished alumni of the University. Shri Nand Lal Sharma, an Alumini of the University, was honoured for his outstanding contributions in Administrative Services and in the Power Sector and his dynamic leadership in heading SJVN as Chairman and Managing Director of the Central Government Public Sector Undertaking of Ministry of Power, Govt. of India. Born in an agrarian family, on 12th February 1964, at Dohak village in District Bilaspur of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Sharma after completing school from Government Senior Secondary School Lathiani (District Una), did his B. Sc. (Agriculture) from the then College of Agriculture, Solan in 1985. He completed his M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from CSK HP Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur in 1987. Sh. Nand Lal Sharma has also done a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from International Centre for Promotion of Public Enterprises (ICPE), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (Europe).