Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 28: Raj Kumar Chaudhary, CMD, NHPC has been entrusted with the additional charge of the post of Chairman and Managing Director, SJVN Limited.
Chaudhary is currently holding the post of Chairman and Managing Director at NHPC, India’s premier hydropower company and a Navratna enterprise of the Government of India.
He has over 35 years of rich and vast experience in the power sector and hydropower development and possesses expertise and deep knowledge in all aspects of development of a hydro-project from concept to commissioning and has contributed in development of hydropower in India and Bhutan. Chaudhary is a graduate in Civil Engineering from BIT Sindri and has also done Advance Diploma in Management.
He joined NHPC in 1989 as a Probationary Executive (Civil) at Koel Karo HE Project, Jharkhand.
In an outstanding career, he steadily rose to various positions in NHPC including the post of Director (Technical), NHPC, before being finally taking over as Chairman and Managing Director of NHPC.
Chaudhary has also served as Director (Technical) in Mangdechhu & Punatsangchhu-II HE Projects in Bhutan.