BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Shri Naveen Srivastava (DIN: 10158134) is B Tech (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur. Shri Srivastava is holding the position of Director(Operations) in Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (“POWERGRID”). Prior to taking up this assignment, he was Executive Director of Northern Region-III in POWERGRID. He has also served as Executive Director of the North Eastern Region and North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project (“NERPSIP”) in POWERGRID. During his career span of around 35 years in power sector, Shri Srivastava has worked in various capacities in EHV substations and Transmission lines both in Operations and Maintenance, Construction activities, Commercial, Engineering, Planning & Monitoring, etc. He spearheaded the installation and commissioning of the RTU and SCADA system in the Goa Grid, alongside establishing the State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC) in Panjim, Goa. He has been instrumental towards execution of prestigious projects like NERPSIP, underground cabling of Kashi, first 765kV Pooling Substation at Bilaspur etc. He also played a pivotal role towards adaptation of New Technologies such as Remote Control of HVDC Rihand-Dadri Link and HVDC Vindhyachal BTB Link, 1st STATCOM (+/-300 MVAR) in UP for dynamic stability, establishment of centralized monitoring of communication system of Regional Load dispatch system under UNMS, etc. Shri Srivastava has done Harvard Manage Mentor (Management) from Harvard Business School and various Management certificate courses from ISB Hyderabard, MDI Gurgaon and XLRI Jamshedpur. He has also published various Technical Papers in International Conferences like CIGRE etc.
Shri Sanjay Sharma is B.Tech (Electrical) from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. He carries more than 32 years of experience in the areas of corporate planning and strategy, infrastructure investment trust, funding, capital market issuances, investor relations, telecom marketing, commercial and regulatory affairs, and contracts management. He was associated with PGInvIT since inception and has served as its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) in the past. Shri Sanjay Sharma is Chief General Manager in Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (“POWERGRID”) and is also serving as the CEO of POWERGRID Teleservices Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of POWERGRID, operating in telecommunications business.
* Shri Onkarappa KN (DIN: 09403906) is a Graduate in Arts from Kuvempu University, Shimoga, Karnataka. He is an Educationalist by profession having experience of more than 35 years in education & varied related fields. He is the founder & President of Chetana Vidya Samaste, Davanagere. He has also been Director and Senator of various Universities.
Shri Amit Garg (DIN: 10809416), is B.Com. graduate from Delhi University and has post graduate diploma in business management from the Institute of Integrated Learning in Management, New Delhi. He carries over 28 years of experience in corporate accounts, corporate banking, investment appraisals, financial concurrence, formulation of capital budgets, resource mobilisation, commercial finance, tariff-based bidding and enterprise resource planning. He was associated with PGInvIT since inception and has served as its Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Shri Amit Garg is Senior General Manager in Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (“POWERGRID”).