Power Ministry re-appoints IRSEE Abhay Bakre as BEE DG

New Delhi: The Central government has re-appointed IRSEE (Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers) Abhay Bakre as the Director General of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), an official order issued by the Ministry of Power on Thursday showed. His re-appointment has been done after waiving off the 'cooling off' period and will be valid until July 25, 2026.

"In terms of sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (52 of 2001), the Central Government hereby re-appoints Shri Abhay Bakre, IRSEE as Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency w.e.f. 04.04.2022 i.e. date of his joining to the post, in the scale of pay Level 15 (Rs.182200-224100) of the 7thCPC Pay Matrix on deputation basis by waiving the mandatory "cooling off' period, till attaining the age of 60 years i.e. 25.07.2026 or until further orders, whichever is the earlier," said the Ministry of Power.

BEE DG Abhay Bakre

Abhay Bakre is the Director-General of BEE. He is a Post Graduate (M. Tech.) in Elect. Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur. He belongs to 1988 Batch of Indian Railways Electrical Engineering Services, Ministry of Railways. He has worked in several Railway projects including Delhi Metro & Kolkata Metro extension projects.

He has also worked as Joint Development Commissioner in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and was Nodal officer for National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme.

As ED PCRA, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG), he has been instrumental in development and implementation of various programs aimed at petroleum & energy conservation in industry, transport, domestic sector etc.

He has also taken up nation-wide mass media campaign through PCRA and other oil companies to generate awareness among consumers on adoption of simple fuel saving measures in day today life.

Before joining BEE, he worked as Executive Director in the newly created Environment Directorate of Ministry of Railways. He was the nodal officer for developing INDC for the Railway sector along with a roadmap for Green House Gas reduction in Indian Railways. He also participated at the transport sector events of COP 21 held in Paris and COP 22 held in Morocco. 

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