About Jimutbahan Kar

He serves the role of a technical leader in our company and provides expert advice on operational policies, procedures, designs, and technical reports to ensure they are consistent with statutory requirements and meet government and organisational standards. A life-member of the Indian Fluid Mechanics Society, he retired as the Head of Planning and Design from the Meghalaya State Electricity Board (MeECL), headquartered in Shillong, after an illustrious 30-year long career at the state-owned electric utility company. Post retirement, he had been associated with numerous private companies such as the DS Group, Nilanchal Cement Private Limited, among others where he worked in such capacities as acquiring coal-bearing lands, and interacting and liaising with state government mining officials.

A lesser-known aspect about him is that before shifting gears and entering into a career in the industry, he served as an academic lecturer of Applied Mechanics at two premier government technical institutes – the Tripura Engineering College (now, National Institute of Technology or NIT, Agartala) and the Shillong Polytechnic for 9 long years.

He holds a first-class undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the historic Calcutta University.