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POWERGRID Appoints Three New Executive Directors

Newsmantra — Mon, 18 May 2026 12:41:52 +0000

NEW DELHI. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has promoted three of its Chief General Managers to the position of Executive Director (ED). The new appointments are:

Jiten Das: Executive Director, Central Transmission Utility of India Limited (CTUIL)

Rajiv Gandhi: Executive Director, Engineering–Survey

Sanjay Kumar Gupta: Executive Director, International Business

POWERGRID appoints Shri Gyaneshwar Prasad Payasi and Shri Pradeep Kumar as Executive Director

Newsmantra — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:33:42 +0000

NEW DELHI. POWERGRID,apointed Shri Gyaneshwar Prasad Payasi and Shri Pradeep Kumar as Executive Director . Shri Gyaneshwar Prasad Payasi, now Executive Director of the CMD-Coordination Cell, brings over 30 years of extensive experience in project execution, PESM, CMD coordination, TBCB, and asset management. A BE and ME graduate from IIT Roorkee and PGDM from MDI Gurgaon, he has successfully led major strategic assignments including power evacuation projects in Rajasthan and asset monetization initiatives.

POWERGRID Elevates 11 Senior Officials as Executive Directors

Newsmantra — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:02:26 +0000

NEW DELHI. POWERGRID has elevated and appointed 11 senior officials as Executive Directors, strengthening its leadership team across key functional and project areas. Among those elevated is Sanjay Sharma, Chief Executive Officer of POWERTEL, who brings over three decades of experience in telecom marketing, corporate planning and asset monetisation. Abhinav Verma, currently Executive Director (Rajasthan Projects), has also been elevated, recognised for his extensive experience in executing transmission projects that are critical for renewable energy evacuation.

Other senior officials approved as Executive Directors include M. S. Hejib (SR-II), Kumud Wadhwa (ERP & IT), Harinarayanan Puthan Kalam (HR), Vikas Bagadia (CTUIL), Ashok Kumar Naik (ER-II), Rajesh V. (Khavda–Nagpur HVDC Project) and Arindam Chakraborty (Field Quality & Assurance). All the appointees bring more than three decades of rich experience in the power sector, with proven leadership across operations, technology, human resources, project execution and quality assurance.

In addition, Vineeta Agarwal, Chief Executive Officer of Powergrid Energy Services Ltd (PESL), and Akhilesh Kumar Dixit, Chief Executive Officer of Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), will continue to serve on secondment. Their continued association will support POWERGRID’s expanding focus on emerging business areas such as smart grids, energy efficiency, renewable energy integration and digital transformation, reinforcing the organisation’s strategic growth objectives.