Shri Ravindra Kumar (Chairman)
Shri Ravindra Kumar completed B.Sc. (Engineering) in Mechanical engineering from BIT Sindri in 1988. He joined NTPC Limited as Graduate Engineer Trainee officer in 1989 and has more than 34 years of diverse and versatile experience in Commissioning, O&M, Engineering and Project management. He has taken charge as Director (Operations), NTPC on 26th February 2024.
Shri Ravindra Kumar has worked in various capacities in O&M function at NTPC Kahalgaon Project. He has exposure of working at Corporate Centre in Engineering department and as a technical support to Director (Technical).
He was actively involved in development of 1st Maitree supercritical power project of Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company Limited (BIFPCL), Bangladesh. During his tenure as Chief Technical Officer (CTO), he spearheaded all Engineering, erection, commissioning, and O&M activities of 660 MW 1st Unit of BIFPCL.
As Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited, he expedited various construction and erection activities.
He is a professional with Corporate and Site experience, people-centric approach, knowledge, and experience of the entire power sector.
Mahesh Kendhe ( Managing Director)
Mr. Mahesh Kendhe is a seasoned Energy professional with >28 years of rich & diverse professional experience. He is working with GE Power India Ltd., a GE Vernova group company and has previously served esteemed organizations like Thermax B&W & Reliance Industries Ltd. in various capacities.
During his professional journey, Mr. Mahesh has provided creative leadership to various function like plant O&M, EPC/Service Sales, Marketing, Commercial, Business Development, Product Management, Corporate Strategy, Innovation, Engineering R&D, Policy Advocacy etc. & delivered success to these organizations.
Mr. Mahesh is passionate about Sustainable Energy, ESG & achieving Circular economy and actively supports implementing future technologies leading to energy transition & decarbonization to address Climate Change effectively.
Mr. Mahesh is an alumnus of Management Development Institute (MDI)-Gurgaon, College of Engineering Pune (COEP) & has been professionally trained from Stanford University-USA.
Dipankar Biswas ( Whole Time Director )
He has an illustrious career spanning over three decades in the power sector. He started his career in 1988 as an Engineering Executive Trainee with NTPC and has worked his way through various ranks in NTPC in the area of Design and Engineering, Operation & Maintenance, Commissioning, Tendering, Planning and Schedule. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Rourkela and did his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (Operations & Finance) from MDI, Gurgaon. He is a qualified Cost and Management Accountant, CMA from Institute of Cost Accountants of India, Kolkata and has received management and leadership training inputs from ESCP-EAP (Paris, Berlin) and IIM-Kolkata. In his last assignment, he was heading the Project Engineering (Mechanical) department in NTPC.
Piyush Banafar ( Director )
Mr. Piyush Banafar is the Region Leader responsible for Steam Power Services Operations for South Asia Region including India and Bangladesh. Piyush has over two decades of Power and Environmental Services Industry experience in the US and India. Piyush joined the NGSL Team as a Director in March 2018.
Piyush’s association started with GE in 2004 and during these 14 years he has worked in a series of expanded roles and responsibilities in Technology, Sales, Marketing, Quality and Services. Prior to above, Piyush was the Global Technology leader for Powering Efficiency Center of Excellence for GE. He was also a part of Corporate Leadership staff where he worked in various GE divisions – Oil & Gas (Houston), Aviation (Cincinnati) and Energy Management (Atlanta) businesses. Prior to joining GE, he has worked for over 8 years in India.
Piyush holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from India and a MBA focused on Strategy & Finance from University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Gopalakrishnan Venu ( Director )
Mr.Gopalakrishnan Venu, Executive Director(Engg.) NTPC Limited is a Mechanical Engineer and has been working in NTPC for the past 36 years. He has been handling various divisions of Engineering functions of NTPC right from concept to commissioning of Thermal Power Projects (Coal/Gas) as well as Hydro Projects. He has also spearheaded the Renewable Energy Division of NTPC in the early stages to establish three Mega Solar PV Plants each of 250 MW each in NTPC. Further, the policy Advocacy for implementation issues of New Environmental Regulations (on SOx & NOx) were undertaken under his leadership and presently an elaborate program for implementation of FGDs (of about 60GW) is on-going. In addition, the Pilot Testing of SCR/SNCR technologies for DeNOx suitabily (for use in high ash Indian Coals) in 8 NTPC Power Stations are also in progress as per the plan envisaged.
He is involved in various new initiatives of NTPC such as IGCC, Bio-Mass Co-firing in existing Coal fired Boilers, setting up of Waste to Energy (Wte) plants, Development of Advanced Ultra Supercritical (AUSC) plant at Sipat, Air Cooled Condensers (ACC) for Power Plants, Implementation of Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) plants etc.
Benu Pillai (Director)
Benu Pillai holds the role of India Engineering & Technology Leader at GE Vernova, GE Power India Limited(GEPIL) currently. He also has the additional role of Strategy & Innovation leader and Government Affairs. He has more than 30+ years of experience in the oil & energy industry.
He is an experienced engineering leader with expertise in project engineering, application engineering, new product introduction, and detailed engineering for thermal power and gasification projects.
Benu has a proven track record in managing multi-disciplinary teams, driving innovation, and optimizing engineering processes for Boilers, Emission Control, Steam Turbines, Generators, and more. Previous roles include Engineering Leader for Clean Combustion, Senior Product Cost/Pricing Leader, and Head of Engineering for Environment Control Solutions at GE Vernova. Known for strategic leadership, lean/kaizen practices, and delivering competitive engineering solutions.
Benu holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur.
H K Dash (Director)
Mr. H K Dash, Executive Director, NTPC has a rich experience of 37 years in power sector and is currently heading the Corporate Planning department of NTPC Limited. After completing B.Tech. (Mechanical Engg), he started his career with NTPC in the year 1987. During his tenure at NTPC, he has worked in Contracts, Materials Planning, Shared Service Centre, Planning & Systems formulating various policy guidelines for implementation across NTPC with an emphasis on reduction in lead time and bring in efficiencies to meet the organisational requirements.
He has experience of supply & contract management of large-scale EPC contracts for NTPC’s thermal power projects and has spearheaded the initiatives related to bulk procurement of commodities in NTPC.
He joined NGSL Board as Additional Director on 16.05.2024.
He is also on the Board of Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (PVUNL), a Subsidiary of NTPC in JV with Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL), as NTPC’s nominee Director.