R.K. Singh, the Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New and Renewable Energy, initiated the International R&D Conclave in New Delhi. It was a 2-day gathering on Emerging Opportunities and Challenges of R&D in Indian Power Sector. It had been sorted out by Central Electricity Authority (CEA).
The gathering was centered upon the need for a committed R&D division in CEA to facilitate the examination in the force part. The meetings in the Conference zeroed in on R&D exercises in Thermal Generation, Hydro Generation, Renewable Energy, Transmission, Grid Operation, Distribution, Trading, Marketing and Tariff.
RK Singh is a native of Supaul district in Bihar. He was the District Magistrate in East Champaran and Patna in the 1980s before joining the State Home Department in 1997. From 2004 to October 2009 of the Nitish Kumar government, Singh played an important role as the Chief Secretary of the Road Construction Department. Improved the condition of roads in Bihar. The then home minister in the National Democratic Alliance-led government, Advani selected Singh to serve as a joint secretary in the home ministry from 1999 to 2004.
