Er. Golak Behari Das is a Recipient of World Bank (JJ / WBGSP) Fellowship, has done M.Engg in Sanitary Engg with specialization in Urban Water Supply from UNESCO IHE, DELFT, The Netherlands (2000) and he is MIE (India in Civil Engg.). He has also received fellowship from Netherlands Govt. for presenting paper at the International Seminar on “Climate Change and coastal low land Development in Sub Tropical Environment” held at Indonesia, 2008 and recipient of ADB fellowship for the “World Toilet Summit & Expo” Singapore, 2009.  Has more than twelve publications adds to his credit with six Gold medals.

He is an Environmental / civil Engineer having more than 26 (twenty Six) years of experience in the field of Urban Sanitation and Water Supply Sector in Govt of Orissa, India. He has the experience in scrutiny & preparation of WSS distribution networks including hydraulics and process design of Water and Sewage Treatment Plants, Technology evaluation & Selection for water and Sewerage treatment plants and Planning and monitoring of urban water supply.

During his service career he has contributed immensely for development of Urban and rural Sanitation and water supply infrastructure in the state in different capacities starting from project planning, project design, project execution, construction supervision and quality monitoring.

He has taken Voluntary Retirement from Government after twenty six years of service to give more time in research, analysis and actions in Development Sector.