New Delhi: Power major Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) said that M Raghu Ram assumed the charge as its Chairman on Friday. Ram will also continue to hold the charge of Member (Technical), a post to which he was appointed in January 2021, it said in a statement.

He will be responsible for the overall management of DVC, which is a public sector multipurpose undertaking that also generates, transmits and distributes electricity in West Bengal and Jharkhand, it added.

Ram is a Mechanical Engineer from the JNTU College of Engineering in Hyderabad, and has a degree in Thermal Engineering from IIT-Delhi. He has over 33 years of experience in the power sector.

He has a rich experience of over 33 years in the field of thermal power plant, project constructions monitoring, technical audit, gap analysis and performance testing of plant equipment/system.

Prior to joining the DVC, Ram was the General Manager (O&M) at NTPC's Korba Super Thermal Power Station.

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