Farewell to Dasho JMD - MHPA (10-01-2023)
A rare moment with Dasho JMD, MHPA To all the alumni of MHPA, JMD was known as a legend who built Mangdechhu Project. He is the only Bhutanese who stands from inception till completion of the project at the Management level which caters all the decision-making body. He fought for the Bhutanese and made to recruit more Bhutanese Engineers. He has given more opportunities to the Bhutanese to explore all of the engineering fields in building this mega asset of Bhutan. He got a clear vision of venturing this project to a greater height in the world and the aim was realized when MHPA was recognized with the Brunel Award by the UK-based Institute of Civil Engineers Institution (IEC) in London in the year 2020. It became clear to the engineering world and made it possible to have commissioned the project within the stipulated time and within the budget. Today, MHPA is known to Asian countries as the cheapest hydropower project. The benchmark was set for the forthcoming hydropower projects. I