Mr. R. Jeyaseelan

Mr. R. Jeyaseelan, born 1946, is Chairman, Central Water Commission. He obtained the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) from the University of Madras in the year 1967. He completed Master of Technology in Structural Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in the year 1969 and obtained postgraduate Diploma in Hydropower from Norwegian Technical Institute, Trodheim in the year 1979.
Mr. Jeyaseelan joined the Central Water Commission in December 1969 as Assistant Director and has held various positions in the department and handled several prestigious project responsibilities. Apart from his responsibilities at various levels in CWC, he has held the post of Director, Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, on additional charge, for over a year and the additional charge of Executive Member, Narmada Control Authority (NCA), Indore for eighteen months. He has also worked with the Water and Power Consultancy Services (India) Limited (WAPCOS) for about seven years on consultancy assignments in India and abroad. Mr. Jeyaseelan has wide experience in the field of Water Resources Development, Planning, Design, Monitoring and related research. His fields of specializations are; Planning and Design of Hydro-power Schemes, Hydrological Observations, Flood forecasting and Monitoring of Projects.
Mr. Jeyaseelan has travelled widely including United Kingdom, United States of America, Columbia, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Mozambique, Oman, Japan, Norway, China and France under various programmes.
Mr. Jeyaseelan has participated in a number of National and International seminars and Symposia and has contributed over a dozen of technical papers. He is also member of several professional bodies.