New Appointments
Praveer Sinha is new CEO & MD of Tata Power
Tata Power has announced the appointment of Praveer Sinha as the firm’s new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director with effect from 1st May 2018 to oversee the next phase of expansion of India’s leading energy and infrastructure player.
Sinha is currently the CEO & Managing Director of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (Tata Power-DDL). Tata Power-DDL is a joint venture between Tata Power and Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, supplying power to over seven million people in North and North-West Delhi.
Sinha has over three decades of experience in the power sector and has been credited with transforming the power distribution sector and development and setting up of greenfield and brownfield power plants in India and abroad, a release from Tata Power said.
Adani Group appoints Paresh Chaudhry
- Feb 23, 2018
Adani Group has the appointment of Paresh Chaudhry as Group President – Corporate Communication. Chaudhry comes with 29 years of experience in marketing, brand communication and reputation management spanning multiple industries, a release from Adani Group noted.
Speaking on the appointment, Gautam Adani, Chairman, Adani Group said, “We are delighted to have Paresh Chaudhry at Adani Group, who brings in vast experience in corporate and brand communications in diverse sectors. He will be a valuable addition to the Adani Family. We wish him all the success for a long and fruitful association with the Adani Group”
S.K. Roy takes over as Director (Projects), NTPC
- Jan 25, 2018
Susanta Kumar Roy has taken over the charge as Director (Projects), NTPC with effect from 19th January, 2018. S.K.Roy, a mechanical engineering graduate from REC, Durgapur joined NTPC in 1981 as Executive Trainee. He has more than 36 years of experience in large size coal power stations in the area of operation, maintenance and project construction. He was associated in managing largest station of the country at Vindhyachal. Shri Roy has worked at Korba, Unchahar, Singrauli, Rihand and Vindhyachal stations.
New appointment at Schneider Electric
- Jan 17, 2018
Schneider Electric has announced the appointment of Mohan Somasi as Vice President of its India Hub Execution Center. Mohan has been leading Schneider Electric’s E-House Regional Application Center for APAC, an official release said.
Suzlon founder Tulsi Tanti named IWTMA chairman
- Jan 12, 2018
Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association announced the appointment of Tulsi Tanti, as its chairman, effective January 11, 2018.
R.P. Singh joins Azure Power board
- Oct 27, 2017
Independent solar power producer in India, Azure Power, has announced that Dr R. P. Singh, former Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Power Grid Corporation Ltd has been appointed to Azure Power’s Board of Directors as an independent non-executive Director.
Shreegopal Kabra takes over as IEEMA President for 2017-18
- Sep 26, 2017
Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA) has announced that Shreegopal Kabra has taken on as the role of the President of the Association, for the year 2017-2018. Kabra, a business leader, philanthropist & global entrepreneur often recognized as a trend setter in the industry, is the Managing Director and President of RR Global, a $650-million diversified group of industries focusing mainly on infrastructure & electrical solutions, an IEEMA release said.
Daulani appointed new India MD for CyanConnode
- Sep 9, 2017
CyanConn
ode, the world leader in narrowband radio mesh networks, recently announced the appointment of Anil Daulani as Managing Director India, with responsibility for managing the India operation including sales, customer delivery, technical pre-sales and support.
Black & Veatch elevates Rajiv Menon
- Aug 2, 2017
Black & Veatch has appointed Rajiv Menon as new Managing Director for its India business. Rajiv joined the company in 2013 as Executive Director of Commercial and Business Development. Since then the company has played an increasingly significant role in ground-breaking national and local government, and private sector, infrastructure projects across the oil and gas, power, water sectors. Rajiv has strong techno-commercial acumen, and chemical engineering and financial management degrees from reputed Indian universities, a release from B&V said.
It may be mentioned that Black & Veatch is also providing consultancy services for Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai’s (MCGM) Malad zone wastewater treatment facility. The project, once commissioned, is likely to be one of India’s largest in terms of treatment capacity. The company is also developing India’s largest recycled water master plan for MCGM.
Schneider Electric India Appoints New Head for Industry Business
- Jul 26, 2017
Schneider Electric has announced the appointment of Meenu Singhal as the Vice President of its Industry business. In his new role, Meenu will be responsible for accelerating Schneider Electric’s growth of the business with a focus on automation of industries and will drive the push for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform across businesses for building greater efficiencies.
Meenu’s joining comes at an exciting time in industrial automation, with the IIoT offering unprecedented possibilities of building efficiencies across an entire system of an industrial operation. Schneider Electric is at the forefront of this technology wave with its cutting-edge solutions and Innovation at Every Level— which is being delivered through EcoStruxure™, an IoT-enabled, open and interoperable system architecture and platform for plants and machines, a release from Schneider Electric India said.