Er. Chinmay Debnath Re-elected President of IBC.

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Amarpur, Tripura, 17th of September 2025 : The 28th All-India Annual Convention of the national professional body Indian Buildings Congress (IBC) was held in Nagpur, organized by the Maharashtra PWD and IBC Maharashtra Chapter. The convention was inaugurated by Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari. This year’s convention theme was “Viksit Bharat 2047 and Infrastructure Development.” In five sessions on the theme, eminent engineers from across the country delivered their valuable speeches. In addition, 12 technical papers were presented in the event. At the closing sessions of the three-day event, the Annual General Meeting and the Council Meeting were conducted. For the coming session, Er. Chinmay Debnath, former Superintending Engineer, PWD, Tripura, was elected All‑India President. He had also served as President in the previous year. Er. Debnath is Past President of The Institution of Engineers (India), Past Chairman of Indian Engineers Federation (INDEF), and vice‑president of the Institution of Public Health Engineers. Through this programme six vice-presidents were elected — one from each region:- East: Er. B. C. Tripathi, former Engineer‑in‑Chief, Odisha

– North‑East: Dr. Tuli Basar, former Chief Engineer, Arunachal Pradesh,

– West: Er. Salil B. Srivastava, Engineer‑in‑Chief, Chhattisgarh,

– South: Er. M. Nagaraj, former Executive Engineer, Karnataka,- North: Er. C. B. Ojha, Chief Engineer, Chandigarh – Central: Er. Mayank Tilak, former SDG, CPWD, New Delhi

Colonel (Dr.) Anand Mathialagan, Fmr Chief Engineer, Military Engineering Services,NewDelhi and Er. Rajeev Kumar, Chief Engineer,CPWD, New Delhi were nominated Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer respectively.

Five Executive Members were also nominated: Er. Binod Kumar Jha, former Superintending Engineer, Bihar; Er. Ranjit Kumar Majumdar (IAS, Retd.), former Director, Urban Development Department, Tripura; Er. Satyanarayan Mendu, former Superintending Engineer, Telangana; Er. S. D. Chandsure, former Executive Engineer, Maharashtra; and Founder‑President of IBC Er. O. P. Goel, former DG, CPWD, New Delhi, who will also be in the Executive Committee. The first meeting of the new Executive Committee will be held at IBC’s head office in New Delhi on 26 September.

From Tripura, Er. Biswajit Das, Executive Engineer, PWD, Tripura, and Er. Bapan Debnath, Consultant, were elected to the new IBC Governing Council. Also nominated Governing Council members are :- IBC Tripura Chapter Chairman Er. Bimal Das, former Chief Engineer, and Er. Sanjay Kumar Das, Chief Engineer, Tripura PWD (Buildings). Amidst the other dignitaries there were Er. Debabrata Debbarma, secretary of IBC Tripura centre and many others remained present in the event.