Shri Rakesh Saini, IDSE, took over the assignment of Additional Director General (North-East-Infrastructure) Guwahati on 09 Oct 2023. Prior to this, the Officer was serving at Jt DG at one of the important HQ CE Command.
Sh Saini carried vast experience in Utilities in Built Environment, Infrastructure development, Assets Management, Administration and Personnel Management. Earlier in his career, the Officer has tenated the assignments of CWE(U) at Delhi, Director at Kolkata, Allahabad and Bhopal, GE at Pune & Umroi, Jt Dir at Chandigarh and AGE at Mhow, Balasore and Delhi.
Sh Saini has also functioned as Executive Director(NE), Tea Board, under Ministry of Commerce and Industry on deputation. Prior to joining MES, in 1987, Sh Saini worked as Engineer at BHEL Haridwar for two years. He is an alumnus of University of Roorkee (Now IIT) having completed B.E in Electrical Engineering (1980-1984) and M.E in Power system Engineering (1995-1997). The Officer has also undergone advance Electrical & Mechanical Engineering course at CME Pune.