Lt Gen Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava took over as the 25th Director General Border Roads (DGBR) on 1st February. He succeeded Lt Gen Suresh Sharma, who is now appointed as the Army’s Engineer-in-Chief.
“I assume the appointment of Director General Border Roads with a sense of pride, honour and humility”, he said.
About Lt Gen Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava:
- Lt Gen SK Shrivastava was commissioned into the Corps of Engineers from Indian Military Academy, Dehradun in 1980.
- He has attended all prestigious courses of the Indian Army including Staff Course at Defence Service Staff College, Wellington, Higher Command Course at Army War College, Mhow and the National Defence College, New Delhi.
- Before taking over as Director General Border Roads, he was holding the appointment of Director General Combat Engineers at Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Army).
- Lt Gen SK Shrivastava has held a various staff, instructional and command appointments including Command of an Engineer Regiment during ‘OP PARAKRAM’, Command of an Engineer Brigade, Staff Officer in the MS Branch, Colonel Q (Operations) of a Corps and Colonel Administration in College of Military Engineering, Pune.
- He has also been the Directing Staff and Advisor at the Defence Services Command and Staff College, Lusaka, Zambia.
- Not only this, Lt Gen SK Shrivastava has also tenanted the appointment of Chief Engineer (Northern Command) and later the Additional Director General Works (Army) in the Engineer-in-Chief’s Branch, Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Army).
About Border Roads Organisation (BRO):
- The BRO develops and maintains road networks in India’s border areas and friendly neighbouring countries and is the only agency in India to do so.
- It is staffed by officers and troops drawn from the Indian Army’s Corps of Engineers, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Army Service Corps, Military Police and army personnel on extra-regimental employment.
- The BRO undertakes projects in India and friendly countries. These projects typically include developing roads, bridges, and airfields in hostile environments shunned by private enterprises, whether due to security concerns related to hostilities or because of environmental challenges.
- The BRO operates and maintains over 32,885 kilometres of roads and about 12,200 meters of permanent bridges in India.
