Author's Profile
Shri P.K.Chatterjee passed M.Sc in Geology from Calcutta University in 1961.
After a brief stint of research in Presidency College, Kolkata, he joined
Geological Servery of India as a direct recruit in class I Services of Govt of India,
in 1965. During his stay in Geological Servery of India, he carried out extensive
ground water investigation in most part of West Bengal. His services were
transferred to Central Ground Water Board in 1972 by Govt of India. He joined
on deputation from Central Groundwater Board to the Agriculture Credit
Department of Reserve Bank of India who placed his service to Agriculture
Refinance Corporation which became Agriculture Refinance and Development
Corporation. During this period Shri Chatterjee was posted at Kolkata and made
extensive studies in the eastern and north eastern states and assisted to the
visiting members of the World Bank. He was also a member of the World Bank
Mission for Assam Agriculture Development Project. Agriculture Refinance
development corporation (ARDC) became National Bank of Agriculture and
Rural Development (NABARD) by an, Act of Parliament in July 1982 and Shri
Chatterjee continued in his capacity as Technical officer in the discipline of
Minor Irrigation and served the Bank in Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai. He
headed the discipline of Minor Irrigation prior to his elevation as Chief General
Manager of the newly created State Project Department to administer the Rural
Infrastructure Development Fund. He retired from the service of the Bank in Jan,
1997, but continued to work for the Bank as Consultant upto 2005. He joined in
2005 Conmat Technologies Private Limited as a Director. He was later elevated
in the rank of Managing Director of Conmat Technologies Private Limited, a
multidisciplinary consultancy organisation engaged in the Quality Control of
building materials, geological investigation, preparation of mining plan and
water resources development investigation.
