With Pathak taking charge, Shri Burra Vamsi Rama Mohan, Chairman and Managing Director, has relinquished the additional charge of Director (Projects). Prior to the appointment, Pathak was Executive Director, OSD (Projects), and had led major initiatives including the Arun-3 SAPDC Transmission Project in Nepal. He also has extensive experience in the development and commissioning of EHV transmission lines and substations.

An Engineering Graduate with a Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Sh. Vamsi served as OSD (Projects) in POWERGRID. He has also completed the Harvard ManageMentor (HMM) Programme and has undertaken courses from the prestigious Indian School of Business. With more than three decades of rich work experience in the Power & Telecom sectors, Sh. Vamsi has a distinct experience in project implementation and procurement management. He has deep insights of the Power Sector Regulatory Framework and was the founding member of Regulatory Cell in POWERGRID. He was one of the main archi-tects in POWERGRID foraying into Competitive Bidding which eventually positioned POWERGRID successfully in the Competitive regime orbit.

He has been CEO of POWERGRID Teleservices Limited and was instrumental in Telecom business growth and kickstarting the works of the first Data Centre of POWERGRID.