Power Grid Corporation of India announced the appointment of Dilip Nigam as Government Nominee Director on the company’s Board, with effect from June 6, 2022.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “The Company is in receipt of an Office Order dated 06.06.2022 from Ministry of Power communicating appointment of Shri Dilip Nigam, Scientist ‘G’, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India as Part Time Govt. Nominee Director on the Board of POWERGRID with immediate effect.”
Dilip Nigam (DIN: 02990661) has done his M. Tech. in Energy Technology from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. His specialization is in Solar Energy and Wind Energy. After working in private sector initially for few years, he joined the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in 1987. He worked in wind energy programme of the Ministry for 16 years, when many important policies for development of wind energy sector in the country were initiated. The Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET) now NIWE was established. In the Ministry, he has worked for 20 years in Solar Energy Programmes.
Nigam is presently working in the Ministry as Adviser/Scientist “G” (National Solar Mission) and dealing with important schemes to promote solar power development in the country.
