Sunder Das Khungar was an Indian civil servant, civil engineer and the general manager of the

Bhakra Dam Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River in Bhakra Village near Bilaspur in Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The dam forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir. The dam, located at a gorge near the (now submerge ...

project. It was his proposal that the dam, originally built for irrigation, to be utilized for power generation by incorporating five hydro electric generation units. He headed the commission set up by the Ministry of Irrigation and Power in 1960 to look into the water management operations of the

Damodar Valley Corporation Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is a government-owned power generator which operates in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand states of India. The statutory corporation operates both thermal power stations and hydel power sta ...

. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

, in 1955, for his contributions to civil service.

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Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in civil service Year of birth missing Year of death missing Indian irrigation engineers Indian civil servants 20th-century Indian engineers {{India-engineer-stub

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