1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Name : KULTAR S. SHARMA
Date of Birth : 25th Aug, 1942
Qualification : B.Sc. Engg. (Hon’s)
Address : 7/2 Nova Ashoka Road Shipra Sun City
Indirapuram Ghaziabad-201014 (U.P)
Mob-9810138861 Res:-1202652604
Email: kultarssharma@yahoo.com
Key Experience
More than 48 years’ experience of major Hydro Electric Projects located in the state of
Himachal Pradesh, J & K, Manipur, Uttarakhand Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Sikkim, all in
the Himalayan ranges and in the African states of Rwanda, DR Congo and Burundi at various
levels in the field of Engineering, Planning, Construction, Contract Management and
Consultancy.
Have been responsible for Engineering, Construction and Contract Management of Rupees
6,000 crores, 1000 MW Tehri Dam Project executed by Tehri Hydro Development Corporation
(THDC), A joint venture of Govt. of India and State Govt. of Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Have commissioned Major Hydro Electric Projects namely:
• 105 MW Loktak H.E. Project in the state of Manipur, having Barrage across Imphal river
at Ithai, a power channel, cut and cover section, 6.6 Km long Head Race Tunnel, Surge
shaft, Pipe tunnel and Penstocks for diverting water to Leimatak River Power House
having three units of 35 MW each. Tunneling work of the project was of particular
interest because of complex and treacherous geological conditions and the strata
infested with highly inflammable methane gas.
• 345 MW Salal H.E. Project (Stage – 1) in the state of Jammu and Kashmir having 113 m
high concrete dam, 118 m high rock fill dam, 3 penstocks 5.2 m dia each, deep-set
Power House with three units of 115 MW each and 2.2 Km, 11 m dia Tail Race Tunnel.
• 1000 MW Tehri Hydro Power Plant (4x250 MW) in Uttarakhand State.
Have experience in Tunnelling in Himalayan ranges traversing through changing and
complicated geology ranging from hard to soft rocks, treacherous shear zones charged with
water and strata infested with explosive methane gas.
Have construction experience of 3.8 m dia. Loktak tunnel in Manipur, 9.85 m dia. Chamera
tunnels in Himachal Pradesh, 11 m dia. Salal diversion tunnels in J & K and 9 m dia. Tehri Dam
tunnels in Uttarakhand state.Also has experience of construction of underground Power House
Cavern of size198 M (L) x 22 M (W) x 63 M (H), transformer hall cavern of size 161 M (L) x 18.5
M (W) x 34 M (H) and other caverns of Tehri Dam project.
Suitable construction methods appropriate to the underground site conditions were evolved for
safe and progressive construction.

2. Have experience in the planning and construction of Hydro Projects in the African states of
Rwanda, DR Congo and Burundi
Education
1965 - B.Sc Engg (Hon’s) Civil
A WORK EXPERIENCE
• From August 2011 – Till date
Angelique International Limited
Advisor
Planning and Construction of Hydro projects in the state of Rwanda, DR Congo and
Burundi
Rwanda – Nyabarongo HEP – 28 MW
DR Congo – Katende HEP – 64 MW
DR Congo – Kakobola HEP – 10.5 MW
Burundi -- Kabu 16 HEP – 20 MW
Associated in the discussions with the Design Consultants and Project Management
Consultants
• From Oct 2010 to June 2013
SNC Lavaling Engineering India Pvt. Ltd
Sr. Specialist Consultant (Hydro Power)
Associated in the preparation of DPR’s Project Layout, infrastructure planning,
Construction methodology, Construction Program of Hydro Electric Project in the state
of Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh etc.
• From January 2009 – Oct. -2009
Velcan Energy India Pvt. Ltd.
Sr. Advisor
Associated with the Velcan projects i.e. pauk, Heo and Tato-I HEP’s (all less then 100
MW) to be constructed on River Yarjip in Arunachal Pradesh.
• From May 2005- July 2011/Till date
SMEC India Pvt. Ltd.
Sr. Consultant (Hydro Power) - SMEC India Pvt. Ltd.
Associated in the preparation of DPRs, Project layouts, infrastructure planning
Construction methodology, construction programme, contracts of various projects, in
the states of Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, J&K etc.
After July 2011 on the expert panel to advise on various projects.

3. • From Oct 1997 to Aug 2004
TEHRI HYDRO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (THDC)
• From Sept. 2002 to August 2004
Advisor (Technical)
To advise on Tehri HEP and Koteshwar HEP site technical issues
Member Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of THDC
To provide technical /advice on the various issues of the Tehri Dam and HPP
(1000MW) and Koteshwar H.E. Project (400 MW).
• From Oct 1997 to August 2002
Tehri Hydro Development Corporation
Director (Technical)
Responsibilities
As full time Director (Technical) was responsible for construction of Tehri Dam project
of 1000 MW (4 X 250 MW each) and Koteshwar Dam Project of 400 MW (4 X 100 MW
each), Contract Management and Engineering of all Civil, Hydro mechanical and
Electro Mechanical works, Planning for 1000 MW (4 X 250 MW each) pump storage
plant assisted by Executive Director/ General Manager (Projects), Executive Director
(Contracts), General Manager (Design) and various Construction engineers (Civil,
Mechanical, Electrical, etc)
Tehri Dam Project consists of 260.5 m high Earth and Rock fill Dam, 4th highest in the
world, Four 11 m Diameter Diversion tunnels, water surplussing arrangement
designed for a PMF of 15540 cumecs consisting of three bayed Chute Spillway on
right bank, two un-gated Shaft Spillways each of 12 m Dia on right bank connected to
diversion tunnels T3 & T4, two gated shaft spillways each of 12 m dia on left bank
involving a drop of 220 m connected to diversion tunnels T- 1 & T- 2, four steel lined
pressure tunnels of dia 5.5 m each and underground Power House complex having
four units of 250 MW each and Tail race tunnels.
Koteshwar dam project consists of 8 m dia. Diversion tunnel, 97.5 m high concrete
dam with Spillway, 4 Nos. Concrete/ Steel lined Penstocks of 6.5 m dia each and
surface Power House having four units of 100 MW each 20 Km downstream of Tehri
Dam.
Pump storage plant of 1000 MW capacity envisages a network of approach Adits, Tail
race tunnels and underground Power House with four reversible units of 250 MW
each. Reservoir created by Tehri Dam shall work as upper Reservoir and Reservoir
created by Koteshwar dam shall work as lower Reservoir for the pump storage plant.

4. • From Oct 1993 to Oct 1997
National Hydro Electric Project Corporation Ltd.
General Manager/ Chief Engineer,
Responsibilities
Worked in the corporate office in Delhi. Entrusted with design of Dulhasti Project (390
MW), Uri Project (480 MW). Civil Structures, Hydro Mechanical equipment, Dam safety
unit and Contract management. Conducted and participated in the visits of panel of
International Experts for Uri Project and dealt with International agencies like Sweco,
Coyne et Billiar, Cegelac,etc.
6.1 From Nov 1990 to Sept 1993
National Hydro Electric Power Corporation Ltd.
Chief Engineer
Responsibilities
Worked on Salal Hydro Electric Project 345 MW stage –II, Baglihar H.E. Project 450 MW,
Sawalkot H.E. Project 600 MW & Dulhasti H.E. Project 390 MW in Jammu & Kashmir.
Works involved preparation of Pre – construction estimates, Budget, Annual plan,
Drilling operations in river bed, Construction of Tail race Tunnel cut & cover conduits
Power House and other connected works of the project.
6.2 From Dec 1985 to Nov 1990
National Hydro Electric Power Corporation Ltd
Senior Manager/ Manager
Responsibilities
Worked on Salal H.E. Project Stage -1 (345 MW), and Stage –II (345 MW) in Jammu &
Kashmir and Chamera H.E. Project (540 MW) in Himachal Pradesh.
Works involved construction of Tunnel, Power House, Buildings & Roads.
6.3 From June 1977 to Nov 1985
National Hydro Electric Power Corporarion Ltd.
Manager/ Dy.Manager/ executive Engineer
Responsibilities
Worked at Loktak H.E. Project (105 MW) in the state of Manipur.

5. Responsible for departmental construction of 3.8 m dia., 6.6 Km Long head race tunnel,
Penstocks, Power House etc.
6.4 From June 1966 to May 1997
Beas Satluj Link Project P.W.D. (irrigation Branch) Punjab.
Sub Divisional Officer/ Design Engineer
Responsibilities
Worked at Beas Satluj Link Project (660 MW) in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The work
involved design of job facility structures such as concreting gentries, Drilling Jumbos &
other structures, Construction, Inspection of Hydel Channel involving deep cuts &
Massive fills, Bridges & Cross drainage works.
• TRAINING/ SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS/ COURSES ATTENDED
S. No. Name of Course/ Seminar Duration Name of Institution
1 Symposium on Tunneling Techniques
12.4.75 to
15.4.75
Beas Satluj Link
Project, Sunder Nagar
(HP)
2 Seminar on initial filling of water
conductor system
2 days (1997) ---do---
3 Exploratory Drilling with M & T - 2
Core barrels
2.9.78 to 8.9.78 Geological Survey of
India,
Shillong
4 Training under transfer of Technology
Programme
29.9.84 to
25.1.85
SNC / ACRES Canada
Chamera HEP
5 Symposium on Preparedness
Mitigation and Management of
Natural Disasters (PMMND)
2.8.89 to 4.8.89 Central Water
Commission,
New Delhi
6 1st General Management Programme 11.9.89 to
30.9.89
National Hydroelectric
Power Corporation
7 International Seminar on Project
Management for Developing
Countries
4.9.91 to 6.9.91 Association of
Consultancy Civil
Engineers in
Collaboration with
Ministry of Programme
Implementation,GOI,
New Delhi
8 Indo – US Workshop on Underground
Space Technology
30.10.91 to
2.11.91
Central Mining
Research
Station,Dhanbad(CSIR),
New Delhi
9 National Workshop on Fibre 31.8.94 Indian Society for Rock

6. Reinforced Shotcrete in Underground
Excavation
Mechanics & Tunneling
Technology
10 Workshop on Austrian Hydel Power
Construction Methodology
25.5.98 to
27.5.98
Central Board of
Irrigation & Power in
association with
Austrian Trade
Commission
11 Symposium on Rehabilitation of Dams 04.11.98 Indian Committee on
Large Dams, New Delhi
12 Seminar on Hydro Power Potential of
Uttrakhand held at Dehradun
17.12.98 Uttrakhand Vikas
Manch
13 1st International Conference on Sitting
Problems in Hydro Power Plants, New
Delhi
13.10.99 to
15.10.99
Central Board of
Irrigation & Power
New Delhi
14 Workshop on Instrumentation of
Dams including. seismic
instrumentation held at Rishikesh
19.4.2000 to
21.4.2000
Central Board of
Irrigation & Power,
New Delhi
15 Seminar on Development of Hydro
Potential of Uttaranchal held at
Dehradun
04.11.2001 Tehri Hydro
Development
Corpn.Ltd.in
association with Govt.
of Uttaranchal
16 2nd Round Table Meet on Current
Design Practices & Issues – Water
Resource Development
14.3.2002
to15.3.2002
Central Water
Commission,New Delhi
17 6th international R&D Conference on
sustainable Development of Water &
Energy resources – Needs &
challenges held at Luknow from 13 –
16th Feb. 2007.
13th – 16th Feb.
2007
Central Board of
Irrigation & Power
• TECHNICAL PAPERS PUBLISHED
Sl.No. Title of Paper Published in Year
1 Rain Penetration through walls and
its control
Journal of Institution of
Chartered Engineers (India)
March’ 1969
2 Overt Concreting of Tunnels --do-- April’ 1971
3 Cement Handling System --do-- January’ 1992
4 Expansion Shells --do--
5 Tunnel Adits --do-- March’ 1972
6 Treatment of Timber Sleepers Beas Satluj Link Project
circulation
July/1967

7. 7 Design & Review of Steel Rock
Support of BSL Tunnels
Tunnel Symposium at BSL
Project, Sunder Nagar (HP)
April’1975
8 Concreting of BSL Tunnels --do-- April’1975
9 Concrete Placement methods
adopted for concreting
Indian Concrete Journal, Vol.52.
No.5 & 6
June’1978
10 Graphical Technique of Monitoring
Tunnel Excavation with NATM
Symposium on effectiveness of
Project Scheduling and
Monitoring (IIT, New Delhi)
14 – 15 Nov.’
1980
11 Cost Analysis of works Lok-Magazine Vol.2.Issue 1 & 2 October’1980
March’1981
12 My Experience with Loktak Tunnel NHPC News Vol.III No.2 April-
June’1981
13 Working with Loktak Tunnel NHPC Water Power Journal
(Inaugural Issue)
April-
June’1981
14 Tunnel Break Through – A Dream
comes true
NHPC News Vol.III No.3 & 4 July –
Dec’1981
15 NATM for Tunnel Boring at Loktak
Project
52nd Board Session symposium
on Tunneling, CBIP (India)
8 – 10
June’1982
16 Use of Shotcrete in Head Race
Tunnel, Loktak Project,Manipur
Indian Concrete Journal,
Vol.56.No.6
June’1982
17 Adverse geology necessitated
Heavy Support rectification while
Tunneling at Loktak Project
Proceedings –IVth International
Congress,International
Association of Engineering
Geology( India) -1982
10 – 15
Dec’1982
18 Grouted Rock bolts as Tunnel
Support at Loktak H.E. Project
Institution of Engineers(
India)Journal Vol.64, Part C, 1-2
Sept.’1983
19 Construction of Tunnel Shaft
through Lake deposits
Indian Concrete Journal,
Vol.58.No.5
May’1984
20 Loktak H.E. Project “A JEWEL OF
MANIPUR”
SOUVINIR Bishanpur
Distt.(Manipur)
May’1984
21 Final Tunnel Cleaning –A vital
activity to put project on stream
Institution of Engineers
(India)Journal Vol.65, Part C,1-2
Sept.’1984
22 Concrete Lining of the Loktak Head
Race Tunnel
Tunneling -85 Brighton
(England)
10 – 15
May’1985
23 Tunneling through Lake Sediments
at Loktak
Central Board of Irrigation &
Power Journal (India)
Oct.’1984
24 Infrastructures for Tunnel
Construction through Shafts
Indian Concrete
Journal,Vol.59.No.4
April’1985
25 Grouting Head Race Tunnel of
Loktak Project
Indian Concrete
Journal,Vol.59.No.12
Dec.’1985
26 Indo- US Workshop on
Underground Space Technology
NHPC News Vol. X1V No.2 July –
Sept.’1992
27 Access Adit & their approaches for NHPC News Vol. X1V No.3 Jan.-

8. Underground Tunneling Works March’1993
28 Gauge & Discharge sites watch dog
for Hydroelectric Projects
NHPC News Vol.X1V No.3 April-
June’1993
29 Design and Construction aspects of
Uri H.E. Project (Part-1 Open
Works)
Civil Engg. And Construction
Review
March’1994
30 Design and Construction aspects of
Uri H.E. Project (Part-II
Underground Works)
Civil Engg. And Construction
Review
July’1994
31 Tunnel Supporting Techniques ---do--- July’1994
32 Shotcrete for Tunnel Support with
specific reference to fibre
reinforced Shotcrete
National Workshop on Fibre
Reinforced Shocrete in
underground excavation
Aug.’1994
33 Adoption of Pinch Valves for
Desilting operation in Uri Project
Workshop on Hydraulic Gates &
Hoists in water resource
Projects
6 – 8
June’1995
34 Management Execution of H.E.
Project
Regional seminar on “Scope &
need of speedy Hydro Power
development in the N.E.
Region”at Guwahati
6 – 7
June’1995
35 Tehri Hydro Power Complex –A
jewel of Uttrakhand
Seminar on Development of
Hydro Potential of Uttaranchal
held at Dehradun
Dec.1998
36 First Stage of Tehri Hydro Power
Complex – Advances
International Journal on Hydro
Power & Dams Vol.V.Issue Five -
1998
1998
37 Sustainable management
strategies in Daily storage
reservoirs
6th International R&D
Conference Sustainable
Development of Water &
Energy resources – Need &
challenges – proceedings.
Feb. 2007
• PROFESSIONAL AWARDS / HONOURS / MEMBERSHIPS
• HONOURS
• Hon’s in Civil Engineering
• Certificate of achievement from World Construction on the Hydraulic Power
System Operations
• Certificate of achievement from World Construction on the successful
completion of examination on Air Compressor Principles.
9.2 AWARDS

9. • Cash award of Rs.500/- from Chairman & Managing Director, NHPC Ltd.,New
Delhi for handling difficult tunnel reach and registering good progress of kerb
concreting at Loktak H.E.Project (vide.no. NH/CS/377 dated 12.3.1981)
• Cash Award of Rs.2000/- from Chairman & Managing Director, NHPC Ltd.,New
Delhi for timely completion of Tunnel Construction work at Face – IV & V of
Loktak H.E.Project ( vide no. NH/CS/377 dated 24.5.1983).
• Commissioning Award : Loktak H.E. Project, Manipur( 3 x 35 =105 MW)
• Commissioning Award : Salal H.E. Project, Stage – I ( 3 x 115 =345 MW)
10. COUNTRIES VISITED
1. CANADA for training under Transfer of Technology Programme with SNC / ACRES-Chamera
HEP
2. MOSCOW for finalisation of Tehri Hydro Power Plant (1000 MW) conceptual layout
drawings with Hydro Project Institute (HPI), Moscow, Design Consultants for Tehri HPP.
3. PARIS for finalization of Detailed Project Report of Tehri Pump Storage Plant (1000 MW)
with Coyne Billiar (COB) & Electricite de France (EdF).
4. NEPAL For review of the conceptual planning of upper Karnali Project.
5. RWANDA for studying the layout plan, infrastructure, accesses construction and other
requirements of the Nyabarongo HEP (2 X 14 MW). The Project has been commissioned.
6. DR Congo for planning and construction of Katende HEP (4X 16 MW) and Kakobola HEP
(3 X 3.5 MW)
7. Burundi for conceptual planning of Kabu 16 HEP (30 MW)
11. Membership of Professional Societies
Life Membership of the Indian Society of Georlogical Engineering (Membership No. 818)