Honorary Chairman
Shri Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, IAS (Retd.)
Former Secretary; Ministry of New & Renewable Energy; Government of India
2025 edition / Governing Council
Governing Council 2025
Industry leaders and policy experts helping shape the conversations across Bharat Electricity.
Expertise shaping the programme
Leadership across the energy sector.
Chaired by Shri Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, IAS (Retd.), the 2025 Governing Council brings together senior representatives from utilities, industry and policy to inform the summit’s conversations and knowledge exchange.
Names, roles and designations reflect the published 2025 edition.
2025 Governing Council meeting View official album
Governing Council 2025
Council leadership
Co-Chairman
Shri Ghanshyam Prasad
Chairperson; Central Electricity Authority
Co-Chairman
Dr. Praveer Sinha
CEO & MD; Tata Power Limited
Governing Council 2025
Members
Member
Shri Samir Chandra Saxena
CMD; Grid Controller of India
Member
Shri Ravindra Kumar
Director (Operations); NTPC Limited
Member
Shri Naveen Srivastava
Director (Operations); Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.
Member
Shri Saurav Kumar Shah, IPS
Executive Director - RDSS; PFC Limited
Member
Shri Jeevan Kumar Jethani
Executive Director; Association of Renewable; Energy Agencies of States (AREAS)
Member
Shri Atul Kumar Bali
Director NPMU; National Smart Grid Mission; Ministry of Power, Govt. of India
Member
Shri Girish Tanti
Vice Chairman,; Suzlon Energy Limited,; and Chairman,; Indian Wind Turbine; Manufacturers Association
Member
Shri Deepesh Nanda
MD & CEO; Tata Power Renewables Limited
Member
Dr. Sanjeev Seth
Managing Director; I&LFS Tamil Nadu Power; Company Limited
Member
Shri Abhishek Ranjan
CEO; BSES Rajdhani Power Limited
Member
Shri Rajesh K Mediratta
MD & CEO; India Gas Exchange
Member
Shri Rohit Bajaj
Joint Managing Director; India Energy Exchange
Member
Shri Vikram Kapur
Group President – Growth business; (Green Hydrogen, Carbon; Credits, Digital) & International; ReNew
Member
Shri Sanil C Namboodiripad
Chief Operating Officer; Indigrid
Member
Shri Dwarka Srinath
Group Chief Digital Officer; Tata Power Limited
Member
Dr. Tripta Thakur
Director General; National Power Training Institute
Member
Shri S. K. Soonee
Founder CEO and Former Advisor; Grid India (Formerly, Power; System Operation; Corporation Limited)
Member
Shri B B Mehta
Director - SLDC & Projects; Odisha Power Transmission; Corporation Limited (OPTCL)
Member
Shri Anup Bhargava
Chief Strategy Officer; ISGEC Heavy Engineering Limited
Member
Prashant Tandon
Vice President, South Asia; Siemens Energy
Member
Shri Shabbir Badra
Vice President - IT & Security; Apraava Energy
Member
Shri Abhishek Srivastava
India Leader - Grid System Integration; GE Vernova
Member
Shri Sunil Singhvi
Group Head Public Policy; Secure Meters
Member
Shri Anurag Johri
MD & Lead Utilities; Accenture in India
Member
Dr. R. K. Malhotra
President; Hydrogen Association of India
Member
Dr. Vibha Dhawan
Director General, TERI; The Energy and Resources Institute
Member
Dr. Arunabha Ghosh
CEO; Council on Energy; Environment and Water
Member
Shri Rahul Sharma
Managing Director; US-India Business Council
Member
Dr. Abhilasha Gaur
CEO - SSC; NASSCOM
Member
Shri Saurabh Kumar
Vice President; Global Energy Alliance for; People and Planet
Member
Shri Vinit Mishra
Partner; EY
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