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Dr U.R. Prasad, deputy chief (economics), Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), brings to the table a diverse mix of experience spanning the economics and regulatory segments. He completed his master’s in monetary economics from Andhra […]

Abhishek Srivastava is joint director, Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC), a post he has been holding since 2014, and manages the regulatory aspects of power plants in the state. His primary responsibilities include formation […]

Balraj Joshi was appointed chairman and managing director of NHPC Limited in September 2017 and also holds additional charge as director, technical. He started his career with NHPC as a probationary executive at the Salal […]

Vinay Kumar is the chief operating officer of the Greenko Group, currently heading the wind and solar verticals. Since he joined the company in 2014, he has, along with his team, commissioned a large portion […]

B.B. Chauhan, managing director, Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation (GETCO) brings to the table more than three decades of experience in the generation and transmission segments. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, he started […]

Dr Arunabha Ghosh is a public policy adviser, author and columnist. He founded the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) in 2010 and has led it to become a premier policy research institution in […]

Donald Leo has had wide-ranging experience in the semiconductor industry and has worked in different countries including France, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. He is currently managing director, Asia South at Jinko Solar, a […]

Reji Kumar Pillai is president, India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF), a think tank that is advising the Ministry of Power, regulators and utilities on how to accelerate the development of smart grid technologies in the […]

Coming to India to head Wärtsilä as president and managing director (MD) in April was a homecoming of sorts for Neeraj Sharma because he had worked with the company about 20 years ago, from 1993 […]

India’s power sector has seen several sweeping changes in the recent past,” notes P.R. Jaishankar, chief general manager, India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL). “Generation has increased significantly, domestic coal production has improved and the […]

The renewable energy sector has been witnessing a flurry of activity with the government’s increased focus on its development. The industry today has a large number of players, both domestic and international, along with an […]

Munjal Rangwala took his family business forward by adding a new dimension to it in 2010, when he founded Harsha Abakus Solar Private Limited as a joint venture between Abakus Solar AG, a German photovoltaic […]

Vijay Khandwekar is head of the module mounting structure business for solar at Tata International, a company that ventured into the solar business in 2012 and has a proven track record with an installed capacity […]

Energy efficiency is the future of the power sector, believes Ravichandran Purushothaman, president of Danfoss Industries Private Limited. He has close to three decades of experience in the energy sector, over half of it in […]

Quality is the first priority for Hitachi. We strive to make our products as per global standards,” says Himanshu Pandit. Pandit has been at the helm of affairs at Hi-Rel Electronics since 1995 and has […]

Devendra Kumar Sharma, chairman, Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), has been working in the hydropower segment for over 30 years. He was, in April 2017, appointed chairman of BBMB to run the Bhakra Dam. Prior […]