Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) — Board Meeting | 25 January 2026(2 announcements)

POWERGRID's board approved the promotion of 12 senior officials to Executive Director positions effective 25th January, 2026. These promotions elevate personnel one level below the board, including leaders from telecom (Sanjay Sharma as CEO of POWERTEL subsidiary), engineering, renewable energy transmission projects, IT, and HR functions. All appointees bring 30+ years of experience in their respective domains. Terms follow POWERGRID's Service Rules.

POWERGRID's board approved the promotion of 12 senior executives to Executive Director positions (one level below Board) effective 25th January 2026. Promotees include leaders with 30+ years of experience across telecom, engineering, renewable energy projects, IT, HR, and operations. Sanjay Sharma (POWERTEL CEO), Abhay Kumar (Engineering), Abhinav Verma (Rajasthan Projects), Vineeta Agarwal (PESL CEO), M S Hejib (SR-II), Akhilesh Dixit (EESL CEO), Kumud Wadhwa (ERP & IT), Harinarayanan Kalam (HR), Vikas Bagadia (CTUIL), Ashok Naik (ER-II), Rajesh V (Khavda-Nagpur HVDC), and Arindam Chakraborty (FQA) were elevated. All appointments follow POWERGRID service rules with no specified end dates.