The People section carries profiles of leading personalities in the infrastructure sectors
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Bhajan Pratap Singh is a member of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC). He is a graduate in mining engineering from the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, where he also pursued a certification course in […]
One of Tejinder Kalra’s defining traits is the compulsion to throw himself outside his comfort zone. As Indus Towers’ chief operating officer (COO), his earlier experience with Nokia on the active side of the networks […]
A 1992 batch Indian Economic Service officer, Praveen Mahto is Adviser, NITI Aayog, and has over 26 years of experience in various infrastructure sectors and public-private partnership (PPP) models. Mahto began his career with a […]
Captain Sriram Ravi Chander brings to the table over two decades of experience in the maritime industry. He is currently associated with Jaigarh port, the flagship port of JSW Infrastructure, as its unit head and […]
An engineering graduate with a postgraduate degree in operations research, S. Gopu joined telecom manufacturer ITI in 1982 as assistant executive engineer. Last year, he took over as CMD. During this period, he has been […]
Whatever job he takes up, Saurabh Kumar finds himself in the vanguard of reform. What could be more pioneering right now (apart from artificial intelligence) than ushering in electric vehicles (EVs); switching the entire government […]
The power sector is going through a transition period and, going ahead, the critical success factors for its performance are bound to change, depending on how well renewables are integrated with the grid,” notes Prakash […]
Rajiv Agarwal, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO), Essar Ports Limited, has over 30 years of experience across industries such as ports and shipping, telecom, retail and business process outsourcing. As MD and CEO, […]
Considered a pioneer in the power sector, Seema Gupta is among the first few women electrical engineers in the country to work for the development of power transmission projects. Gupta recently took over as director, operations, at […]
Captain Ravinder Johal brings to the table over two decades of experience in the areas of leading business integration, container line operations, procurement and process improvement projects for sustainable growth spanning vast geographies, along with […]
E.S. Ranganathan is managing director (MD), Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), the largest compressed natural gas (CNG) distribution company in the country. An instrumentation and control engineer with an MBA in marketing, he brings to IGL […]
Managing director (MD) of Uttarakhand Metro Rail, Urban Infrastructure and Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (UKMRC), Jitendra Tyagi brings to the table over 35 years of experience in the railway and metro segments. He is a […]
For someone who has seen it all and done it all, J.P. Chalasani, group CEO, Suzlon remains very enthusiastic about work and the power sector. He joined Suzlon in 2016, bringing to the organisation all […]
Tariff Authority for Major Ports’ (TAMP) director, Anuradha H. Sharma has been associated with the authority for more than 18 years. TAMP was constituted by an amendment to the Major Port Trust Act, 1963, by […]
Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram and additional chief executive officer (CEO) of the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), V. Umashankar was recently elevated to full-time CEO of the newly formed development agency. Umashankar […]
Currently the chief technology officer of Bharti Infratel, Alka Selot Asthana joined the Indian Telecom Service in 1993. In 1996, she joined a team responsible for installing and commissioning the first Siemens EWSD TAX Exchange […]
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 […]
Anoop Kumar Agrawal, managing director, Indian Port Rail Corporation Limited (IPRCL), has held this post for over a year. IPRCL was incorporated as a special purpose vehicle under the Companies Act, 2013, in order to […]
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 […]
Municipal commissioner of Surat, M. Thennarasan, is a 2000 batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre. Over the years, he has worked across different sectors. He started his career as assistant collector at Gandhinagar […]
