BIODATA

A. Personal information
NAME: MR. HARILAL P. SAHU
DATE OF BIRTH: 25TH JAN 1937
BIRTH PLACE: GOJI, THANA-KURUD, DIST-RAIPUR. (MP)
FATHER: LATE. PUNITRAM SAHU, (MAJGUJAR OF VILLAGE
GOJI,THANA:KURUD,DIST:RAIPUR)
MOTHER: LATE. FULUBAI SAHU
(HOUSEWIFE)
ADDRESS: 23/A, NAVJEEVAN SOCIETY, PACHPEDI NAKA, RAIPUR.(C.G.)
CONTACT NO: 07987211813; 09440509554. EMAIL ID- harilal.sahu@gmail.com.

B. Education:
PRIMARY SCHOOL(1 TO 4) PRIMARY SCHOOL, VILLAGE SANKARI
MIDDLE SCHOOL (5 TO 7) HARIHAR MIDDLE SCHOOL, NAYAPARA(RAJIM)
HIGH SCHOOL(8 TO 11) MISSION MENNONITE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL,
DHAMTARI,DIST:RAIPUR
(PASSED MATRICULATION IN 1953 IN FIRST DIVISION & FIRST RANK
IN DHAMATARI BLOCK)
INTERMEDIATE FROM SCIENCE COLLEGE,RAIPUR IN 1955 IN 1ST DIV IN 1995
BACHLER OF ENGINEERING B.E. FROM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, JABALPUR.
(B.E.) (SAGAR UNIVERSITY) IN 1959.
M. E. (Water Resource Development) from Roorkee University
in1966.

C. Higher Education
1. INTERNATIONAL POST GRADUATE HYDROLOGY FROM BUDAPEST HUNGARY IN 1979

2. INTERNATIONAL POST GRADUATE IN ADVANCE HYDROLOGY FROM MOSCO STATE

UNIVERSITY, MOSCO, RUSSIA IN 1986.
3. INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON SEDIMENT TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY FROM ANKARA, TURKEY
IN 1988.
4. STUDY TOUR SPONSORED BY GOVT. ON WATER USE MANAGEMENT & WATER RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT IN USA & SINGAPORE IN 1989.
 D. Profession

1. JOINED SERVICE IN GOVT. OF MP AS A JUNIOR ENGINEER IN WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

DEPT. RAIPUR ON AUG. 1959.
2. AFTER 1 YEARS TRAINING POSTED AS A SDO IN CHANDI WATER RESOURCE SUBDIVISION,
DURG.
3. ELECTED THROUGH PSC AS ASST.ENG. IN IRRIGATION DEPT. SERVE IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES
IN DIFFERENT SUB-DIVISIONS IN RAIPUR & DURG TILL JUNE 1971.
4. JUNE 1971 POSTED AS EXECUTIVE ENGINEER IN IRRIGATION DEPT., RAIGARH. WORKED FOR 6
YEARS AS A INCHARGE OF WHOLE DISTRICT FOR WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT WORKS IN
THE REGION. ALSO SERVED AS A SENIOR GEO-HYDROLOGIST IN VARIOUS GOVT. PROJECTS IN
JABALPUR, BALAGHAT & HOSHANGABAD DISTRICT.
5. IN 1982 PROMOTED & POSTED AS A SUPERINTENDENT ENGINEER IN TAWA DAM PROJECT
WATER MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE. POSTED AS SUPERINTENDENT ENGINEER IN
CONSTRUCTION OF KALIA-SOT PROJECT IN BHOPAL.
6. SERVED AS JOINT DIRECTOR IN WATER & LAND MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, BHOPAL.
7. SERVED AS ADMINISTRATOR IN WARANA-HALALI COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT &
NARMADA VALLEY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
8. IN 1992 POSTED AS A CHIEF ENGINEER IN PLANNING FOR BURGI DAM PROJECT IN JABALPUR.
9. SERVED AS A CHIEF ENGINEER IN BAWANTHADI PROJECT SIONI, AND ALSO IN CHARGE OF
WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT WORKS FOR THE TERRITORIES OF SIONI, CHHINDWARA,
BALAGHAT & MANDLA.
10. RETIRED AS A CHIEF ENGINEER, IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT, SIONI IN JAN 1995.
11. ALSO PUBLISHED 25 RESEARCH PAPERS WHILE IN SERVICE ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WATER
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND WATER MANAGEMENT.
12. DURING SERVICE PERIOD VISITED MANY COUNTRIES LIKE USA, MAURITIUS, SINGAPORE,
JAPAN, HUNGERY, RUSSIA, UGOSLOVIA, ROME, ROMANIA & GERMENY FOR ACADEMIC &
ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES.

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION DURING SERVICE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN

CHATTISGARH & MADHYAPRADESH AREA:
COMPLETE SURVEY, INVESTIGATION & PROJECT REPORT SUBMISSION TO GOVT. & GETTING
SANCTION OF FOLLOWING PROJECT:

1. GANGREL DAM RESERVOIR PROJECT (SATIYARA PROJECT) AT DHAMTARI.

2. SIKASAR DAM RESERVOIR PROJECT NEAR GARIABAND

BOTH THIS PROJECTS ARE BIG RESERVOIR PROJECTS IN MAHANADI RIVER SYSTEM. GANGREL
DAM RESERVOIR PROJECT IS BIGGEST RESERVOIR IN THE MAHANADI SYSTEM.
 THIS PROJECTS ARE BLESSINGS FOR DRINKING WATER SUPPLY & AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION
DEVELOPMENT IN CHHATTISGARH.

E. Spiritual Background
I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE ARYA SAMAJ FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE. DURING SERVICE ALSO I
WAS CONNECTED WITH ARYA SAMAJ. IN 1975 AS A DELEGATE FROM ARYA SAMAJ, WENT TO
MAURITIUS TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR 2 WEEKS. IN SEARCH OF SPIRITUAL PEACE
I GET CONNECTED TO MANY SPIRITUAL GURUS & INSTITUTIONS LIKE

1. MAHARSHI MAHESH YOGI’S TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION SINCE 1982

2. BRAMHAKUMARIES SINCE 1983

3. SATYA SAI BABA IN 1990

4. VIPASSANA MEDITATION IN 1993

F. Vipassana Meditation
AFTER DOING MY FIRST VIPASSANA COURSE IN 1993, I OBSERVED THAT VIPASSANA IS THE
MOST PURE, AUTHENTIC, PRACTICAL & FRUITFUL FORM OF SPIRITUAL SCIENCE. AS I EXPERIENCED
THAT VIPASSANA IS BEST AMONGS ALL FORMS OF MEDITATION, SO I CONTINUED ITS PRACTICE AND
IN MARCH 1999 APPOINTED AS ASSISTANT TEACHER BY VIPASSANA INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY,
IGATPURI.

AFTER BECOMING ASSISTANT TEACHER I HAD VISITED MANY CENTERS TO TEACH VIPASSANA
MEDITATION IN ALL OVER INDIA & OTHER CONTRIES LIKE MALESIA, SINGAPORE, PHILIPINS, NAIROBI,
ENGLAIND, SHRILANKA, BURMA, THAILAND, HONGKONG ETC.

AT PRESENT ALSO I AM SERVING AS CENTER TEACHER IN DHAMMA UTKAL VIPASSANA

MEDITATION CENTER, KHARIAR ROAD, ORISSA.

Thanking you!!

I am appointed in Government of MP as a JE in Aug 1959 after completion of my BEST(Hons) in

civil engineering from jabalpur university in July 1959.