Baikuntha Nath Talukdar re-appointed in Appellate Tribunal

Staff Correspondent

Dibrugarh: Baikuntha Nath Talukdar has been re-appointed by the Government of India as the Technical Member, Petroleum and Natural Gas, in the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, Government of India, with effect from March 3.

Talukdar completed his tenure of three years in the Appellate Tribunal on March 2. and now has been re-appointed till he attains the age of 65 years. Before coming to the Appellate Tribunal, Talukdar superannuated as the Director General of Hydrocarbons, Government of India. There also on retirement, he was given extension for a further period of six months.

Talukdar was the first Director-General of Hydrocarbons from Eastern India to work as the Regulator of the entire upstream oil and gas sectors including both public and private sector oil companies of the country. Prior to that, he was on the board of Oil India Limited for quite a long period of time. Talukdar hails from a remote village named Ghatbar close to Pathsala town of Barpeta district where he pursued his primary education.

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