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32 ISRM (India) JournalBrief Profile of the Office Bearers of Indian National Group of ISRMDR. HARI R. SHARMA - PRESIDENTDr. Hari R Sharma, born on April 03, 1934, graduated in Civil Engineering in 1956. Obtained‘Doctor of Engineering’ (Dr. – Ing.) degree from Germany in 1964 and that of ‘Doctor of TechnicalSciences’ (Dr. Techn.) from Norway in 1974.Dr. Hari R Sharma has more than 54 years experience in Hydro Power. He has been associatedwith practically all major water resources / hydro power projects of India and neighbouringcountries.Dr. Sharma has evolved unique designs and has carried out several innovations in the field ofWater Resources and Hydro Power Engineering. He has occupied very high positions ingovernment of India including Member (Hydro), Central Electricity Authority & Ex-Officio Addl.Secretary to Govt. of India; Chairman, Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation. He has been Advisoron Water & Power to Government of Mauritius for more than 12 years. He has served Australian Consultancy FirmsSnowy Mountain Engineering Corporation and Hydro Tasmania Consulting as General Manager (Hydro & Tunnels)and Chief Technical Principal respectively.Presently, he is Director (Design & Engineering), GVK Technical & Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd.• He has contributed more than 100 technical papers in national & International Journals / Conferences.• He is widely travelled both in India and abroad including US, Russia, Japan, China and practically all Europeancountries a number of times.• He is Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering• He has several Awards to his credit.• He was nominated International Engineer of the Year – 2008 by the International Biographical Centre ofCambridge, England.DR. R.K. GOEL - VICE PRESIDENTDr. R.K. Goel postgraduated in Applied Geology from the University of Roorkee (now IITRoorkee) in 1982. He obtained Ph.D. in Mining Engineering from VRCE (now VNIT), Napgurin 1995. Dr. Goel is working in Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (Erstwhile CMRI)since 1982 and presently holding the post of Scientist-G. His work areas are engineeringgeology and rock mechanics applications to tunnelling and underground space technology.During his 27 years of experience, he has worked on many tunnelling projects of Himalayanregion and other parts of India. These include R&D and consultancy projects of Ministry ofDefence, BARC, Ministry of Water Resources, DST and various other hydroelectric, railwayand road tunnel projects. In addition to various research awards of IGS, CMRI, UOR (nowIITR), he has received the highly recognized Ministry of Mines, Govt of India’s National MineralAward 2004 for his outstanding contributions in Engineering Geology. He has co-authored three books and publishedover 95 research papers in National and International Journal and Conferences. He is Editorial Board Member ofTunnelling and Underground Space Technology, a Journal of Elsevier Science Ltd. and Editor, Journal of RockMechanics and Tunnelling Technology. He is President, Indian Society for Rock Mechanics and TunnellingTechnology (ISRMTT), Roorkee Local Chapter and Vice President ISRM(India).Volume 1 v No. 1 v January 2012