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Prior to his elevation,he served as Director (Projects) of POWERGRID.

An accomplished engineering professional, Shri Vamsi is a graduate in Engineering and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Planning & Project Management along with a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurugram. He has further

strengthened his leadership credentials through the Harvard Manage Mentor (HMM) Program and advanced management programmes at Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.

Shri Vamsi belongs to the first batch of Executive Trainees inducted into POWERGRID in 1993,

marking a significant milestone in the organisation’s leadership evolution. With over 33 years of rich and diverse experience in the power transmission and telecom sectors, he has held several key

leadership, policy-making and strategic roles at both regional and corporate levels. His professional expertise spans critical business domains including Projects, Procurement, Commercial, Regulatory Affairs, Asset Management and Telecom.

He was a founding member of POWERGRID’s Regulatory Cell, where he played an important role

in shaping the organisation’s regulatory strategy. As a key architect of POWERGRID’s entry into competitive bidding, he was instrumental in successfully positioning the company in the evolvingcompetitive power transmission market.

During his tenure as CEO of POWERGRID Teleservices Limited, Shri Vamsi led the expansion of the

company’s telecom business and initiated POWERGRID’s first Data Centre project, marking a significant milestone in the organisation’s digital journey. A strong proponent of digitalisation and

mechanisation, he has introduced transformational reforms in project monitoring and execution,

enhancing efficiency, transparency and delivery outcomes across large-scale infrastructure projects.

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Since April 2023, about 17,360 MW of thermal capacity has already been commissioned up to January 20, 2026. In addition, 39,545 MW — including 4,845 MW of stressed projects — is currently under construction, while contracts for another 22,920 MW have been awarded and are pending execution. A further 24,020 MW of coal- and lignite-based projects has been identified and is at various stages of planning. The government expects the plant load factor (PLF) of coal-based plants to reach around 61 per cent by 2031–32, although actual performance will depend on factors such as demand growth and the pace of renewable energy expansion.

The CEA’s generation expansion planning model evaluates the optimal mix of coal, hydro, solar, wind, storage and nuclear power based on capital costs, fuel prices, operational characteristics and demand projections. The weighted average rate of sale of power from existing coal plants over the past three years has ranged between Rs 4.36 and Rs 4.58 per kWh, with the lowest tariff recorded at Rs 1.52 per kWh. New coal-based projects awarded through tariff-based competitive bidding in 2025 have tariffs ranging from Rs 5.38 to Rs 6.30 per kWh, while firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) tenders awarded in August 2024 are priced between Rs 4.98 and Rs 4.99 per kWh. However, the government noted that direct tariff comparisons are not appropriate due to structural differences in risk allocation, fuel costs, dispatch profiles and contractual frameworks between coal-based and renewable power projects.

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