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With a distinguished career of over 30 years in hydropower, Devendra Kumar Sharma was, in April 2017, appointed to run one of India’s most successful dams, the Bhakra dam. He is the new chairman of the […]

As managing director, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL), Pankaj Kumar Bansal has the mammoth task of managing the 161.12 km Chennai metro rail project. His responsibilities are numerous and involve various challenges. Commenting on the […]

Ravindra Kumar Verma, chairman, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), has industry experience of over 38 years. He began his career as a power system planner with the CEA in 1981, later moving to grid operations where, […]

With over three and a half decades of experience in infrastructure engineering and development, Subhash Sethi is the chairman of SPML Infra Limited. Sethi started his entrepreneurial journey with a small water pumps business in […]

A1989 batch officer of the Indian Railway Accounts Services, Santosh Kumar Pattanayak has recently joined Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) as its managing director. In his current position, he is responsible for raising extrabudgetary […]

Vivek Johri has been the new chief commissioner of the Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House (JNCH) since July 2017. The customs house has the record for the highest revenue collection in the country. As chief commissioner, […]

As country director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Kenichi Yokoyama heads ADB’s Indian Resident Mission, where he is responsible for the overall country assistance strategy, the identification of new projects, and the sovereign lending […]

Anil Kumar Jain, IAS, additional secretary, heads the energy division at NITI Aayog, which has a team of over a dozen professionals addressing the policy needs of segments as diverse as biofuels and atomic energy. […]

As the first chief executive officer of Vistara, Phee Teik Yeoh has steered a select team towards launching Vistara, a full-service airline that promises to transform the flying experience of the Indian air traveller with […]

Ravinder Kalra has worked in the hydro sector for the past 13 years. Before that, he enjoyed a distinguished career as a marine engineer with the Indian Navy for 21 years, during which time he […]

SpiceJet’s chairman and managing director, Ajay Singh, who founded the airline in 2005, has scripted one of the most remarkable turnaround stories in recent times. Singh emerged as a white knight giving the airline a […]

An Indian Administrative Service officer of the Gujarat cadre, Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra currently serves as chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI), a position he has held since July 2016. In his current role, Dr Mohapatra […]

A 1999 batch Indian Administrative Service officer, Ajay Bhadoo is vice chairman and chief executive officer (CEO), Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB). With over 17 years of notable service in public administration, Bhadoo brings to the […]

Sanjoy Roy is the chief executive officer of Orange City Water Private Limited, the company in charge of implementing the 24×7 water supply project in Nagpur. Associated with the company for the past three years, […]

Thirty per cent of transmission line projects are delayed due to issues related to right of way, clearances, start-up challenges and geo-technical surprises. This adversely impacts the economics of EPC contracts. With the introduction of […]

Shivendra Nath Verma, managing director, UJVN Limited, brings to the table over three decades of experience in the power sector. He is a versatile hydro professional with multidisciplinary experience. Prior to joining UJVN in 2015, […]

In his nearly 30 years of experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors, Prakash Chandraker, managing director and vice-president, Schneider Electric Infrastructure Limited, says one of the most important aspects of business that he has […]

Sanjay Gupta, chairman and managing director (CMD), Konkan Railway Corporation Limited, has more than 30 years of experience in the railway sector. Gupta started his career with the railways as a special class railway apprentice […]

Anil Kumar Rao brings to the table over three decades of experience in the implementation, operation and management of infrastructure projects. At present, he is director (technical) and whole-time board member of PNC Infratech Limited. […]

Hemant Kanoria had the typical upbringing of a boy born into a Marwari business family in Kolkata. As part of a large extended family, he sat through meals where his grandfather, father, uncles and cousins […]