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Mr Madan Lal has had a very brilliant educational career throughout. He was one
of the top scholars of his home State of Bihar at matriculation and Intermediate
(Science) stage. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in
1961 from the Bihar Institute of Technology (BIT), Sindri with a high first class.
He was a TATA Scholar at the BIT, Sindri. He did his LLB from the Magadh
University
in 1986.
He joined the Bihar State Electricity Board in 1961 and rose to the position of
Chief Engineer (Projects and Design). Apart from his contribution in the fields
of generation, supply and distribution of power, he has specialization in the field
of Extra High Voltage (EHV) Power Transmission System in which he worked for nearly
two decades. A singular landmark in his career as a Field Executive was the creditable
execution and commissioning of the prestigious 90 kms- long 220 KV Inter-State Extra
High Voltage Transmission Line in a record span of 90 days (August 1979 - October
1979) against overwhelming odds posed by the monsoon. This received a national commendation.
He has been on the Senate of the Patna University for the last seven years.
An advocate on record in the High Court of Judicature at
Patna
and a Member of Patna Bar Association, he specializes in Techno-legal matters and
is an Arbitrator on the panel of various national bodies like The Institution of
Engineers (India), FICCI, NHPC and the Indian Council of Arbitration. He has been a delegate to many national and international conferences which include Workshop on International Commercial Arbitration, 1998 (Washington DC), International Conference on Commercial Arbitration, 1999 (New Delhi) ; World Mining Congress, 1999 (New Delhi) ; SAARC Conference on Arbitration Law & UNCITRAL Model Law, 2000 (New Delhi) ; World Congress on Sustainable Development, 2000 (Kolkata) ; World Congress on Disaster Management, 2004 (New Delhi), Executive Assembly of World Energy Council 2008 (Mexico City), FEISCA Executive Assembly and Conference, October 2009 (Colombo) and General Assembly of Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP), November 2009 (Singapore).
He is a Fellow member of The Institution of Engineers (India), The International
Council of Consultants (FICC), The Indian Council of Arbitrators (FICA) and The
Indian Institution of Technical Arbitrators (IITA).
He joined IEI in 1968 as an Associate Member (AMIE) and was elevated to Member (MIE)
and then to Fellow (FIE) in 1986. He served the Bihar State Centre of the Institution
as the Joint Secretary for six years (1982-88), Honorary Secretary for four years
(1988-92) and Chairman for two years (1992-94). Since then he continues to be a
Council Member of IEI. He has been a Member / Chairman of various Committees of
the IEI, namely, Committee for Advancement of Technology and Engineering (CATE),
Finance Committee, Bye-Laws Committee, FEISCA Executive Committee, and the Regional
Co-ordination Committee (RCC), to name a few.
Mr Madan Lal is a former Vice President of The Institution and also Member, Indian
Member Committee of WFEO (IMC-WFEO). He is also on the Governing Council of Engineering
Staff College of India (ESCI), the Board of Governors of the Sustainable Development
Forum of the Institution, and the Board of Management of ESCI.
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