PK Saxena

Shri Pradeep Kumar Saxena is a prominent Central Water Engineering Services Officer with over three decades of exemplary service in water resources management and international water treaties. 

He has spent two decades in planning and designing hydropower projects in India, Afghanistan and Nepal. 

Shri Saxena has over seventeen year association with the Indus Waters Treaty in various capacities. He was a member of India's team during the Kishenganga Arbitration (2010-2013), which successfully secured India's right to construct the dam. He represented the nation as Indian Commissioner for Indus Waters (2016-2022) in numerous engagements with Pakistan and the World Bank.

Presently, he serves as Adviser in the Ken Betwa Link Project Authority in Bhopal under the Ministry of Jal Shakti. He is also an Expert Adviser to the Ministry of Jal Shakti on Treaty Matters as well as provides specialised guidance to the Central Water Commission on Treaty-related issues.