Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) announced the appointment of Tajinder Gupta as Director (Power), with effect from September 20, 2023.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and in continuation of our earlier communication dated 18.09.2023, it is informed that Shri Tajinder Gupta has been appointed as Director (Power) on the Board of BHEL w.e.f. the date of his assumption of charge of the post i.e. 20.09.2023 to hold office till the date of his superannuation, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.”
Tajinder Gupta was inducted as Director (Power) on the Board of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) w.e.f. 20.09.2023. Shri Gupta is a 1989 batch Instrumentation and Control Engineering graduate from Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS), Pilani.
Gupta joined NTPC Limited as Graduate Engineer Trainee officer in 1989. Prior to his appointment as Director (Power) BHEL, Gupta was Chief General Manager (CGM) in NTPC Limited. Gupta has 34 years of diverse and versatile experience in Project Management, concept to commissioning of Power projects across various states in India. While with NTPC Ltd. he was instrumental in development of large size greenfield and brownfield power projects, besides operating and maintaining NTPC’s vast fleet of operating power stations. At NTPC corporate centre in Director’s secretariat, he spearheaded the team for time bound construction and commissioning of multiple infrastructure assets crucial for the operation of NTPC.
He headed the construction team at Khargone (2×660 MW), which is having Ultra Supercritical parameters. In merely two years of his appointment, Gupta as Business Unit Head, turned around the construction activities at 3×660 MW North Karanpura STPP in Jharkhand. He has been at the centre of ESG evolution that led to the commissioning of first unit of the North Karanpura STPP with the latest AirCooled Condensation technology, which reduces water consumption in a power plant by 65%.
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