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Sopore Engineer Ishfaq Beig elevated as in-charge Chief Engineer, Central Kashmir

Srinagar, Oct 29 (UNI) Ishfaq Mohmmad Beig, 48, has been posted as in-charge Chief Engineer, R&B Central Kashmir, becoming the youngest Chief Engineer in the union Territory, officials said.
According to an official order issued on Wednesday, the government also placed Aijaz Ahmed Shah as In-charge Chief Engineer, R&B South Kashmir. Both appointments take effect immediately, the order said.
A native of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, Beig was serving as Superintending Engineer, R&B Circle Baramulla, before his elevation, officials said.
An accomplished civil engineer, Beig graduated from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar as a gold medallist, secured All India Rank 16 in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), and earned a gold medal in his master’s programme at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, according to officials familiar with his service record.
He joined the R&B Department as an Assistant Engineer in December 2007 after qualifying the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission examination, an official said.
Over the years, he has served in various capacities, gaining experience in the planning, design and execution of road, bridge and building infrastructure projects, the official said.
He added his elevation places him at the helm of the R&B department’s Central Kashmir zone, where his technical experience will be crucial to infrastructure planning, project execution and quality control.
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