The People section carries profiles of leading personalities in the infrastructure sectors
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With rich experience in IT and foreign trade, Shyamal Ghosh is looking forward to new challenges as chairman, Telecom Equipment & Services Export Promotion Council. A veteran IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, he has […]
Vinod Papal heads the city gas distribution (CGD) network that is being developed in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, by Unison Enviro Private Limited, a subsidiary of Ashoka Buildcon Limited. He has over 13 years’ experience across operations […]
Armed with 23 years of work experience in the aviation industry, Jaideep Singh Balhara is currently airport director, Jaipur International Airport. Prior to this, he has served as airport director for the Guwahati and Chandigarh […]
Gyan Bhadra Kumar started taking interest in the sector in 1989, with his involvement in NHPC Limited’s Chamera I hydroelectric project in Himachal Pradesh, one of the largest hydro projects in the country at the […]
A well known member of the telecom fraternity, Dinesh Verma was appointed managing director, India and SAARC, Juniper Networks, in November 2016. He joined the company after three decades with companies such as British Telecom […]
An engineering and management professional with 29 years of cross-functional experience, Sourav Daspatnaik is currently chief executive officer, Swach Environment Private Limited, a SREI Group initiative. He also serves as an independent director in several […]
As the power sector opened its doors to private players back in the 1990s, Rakesh Amol saw it as an excellent career opportunity. “The motivation to pursue a full-time career in this sector came sometime […]
A 1999 batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Engineers, Mohit Lila has been director, works, Railway Board, since January 2014. He has vast experience in planning and executing railway projects, and maintaining railway […]
A chartered accountant with an all-India rank, Varun Mehta is currently chief financial officer of Sadbhav Infrastructure Project Limited (SIPL), a position he has held since October 2014. At SIPL, Mehta’s primary role is to […]
Vikram Gupta has been associated with Essar Shipping Limited in various capacities for his entire career so far, beginning as a management trainee after an MBA from Mumbai University. He is currently chief financial officer […]
After working across several infrastructure sectors, I realised that power is by far the most exciting and challenging,” says Anoop Seth, deputy managing director, IL&FS Energy Development Company. “It has the most complexities and the […]
Passionate about water management and sustainability, Sushil Sethi Jain has been working in the water and wastewater segments for over three decades. In his current capacity as managing director, SPML Infra Limited, Sethi has been […]
Widely recognised as an eminent industrialist, Agnivesh Agarwal, chairman, Hindustan Zinc Limited (a Vedanta Group company) has a rich knowledge of business operations and extensive experience in efficiently managing large projects, business restructuring and strategic […]
Head of India, Turkey and the Middle East for Fujitsu, Andy Stevenson believes that the company’s forte is its relentless pursuit of perfection. Before coming to India, Stevenson had a dual role, as chief executive […]
Power is a dynamic sector and is interwoven in all aspects of our day-to-day lives. It will never lose its importance. There will be technological ups and downs along the way, but power will always […]
Having been in the investment banking business for the past nine years, Ashish Agarwal, director, Infra-structure, Equirus Capital, has been spearheading deal making in infrastructure. At Equirus Capital, his role is to lead the origination […]
Sunil Wadhwa is managing director (MD) of IL&FS Energy Development Company Limited (IEDCL joined the IL&FS Group in 2012 after a quarter of a century with the Tata Group, where his last assignment was as […]
P.C. Pant first saw a parabolic trough on a study tour to the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) while he was pursuing his master’s. He found it fascinating, and it was this that motivated him to […]
Ajit Kumar is an industry veteran, with a long, 35-year stint with NTPC Limited, the company where he started his career and worked in several key positions before moving to power trading major PTC India […]
Prem Prakash Srivastava, chief executive officer (CEO) of PFC Consulting Limited (PFCCL) and PFC Capital Advisory Services Limited (PFCCASL), wholly owned subsidiaries of Power Finance Corporation (PFC), comes with nearly four decades of experience in […]
