New Delhi: Pankaj Pandey, currently serving as Executive Director at Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Power Grid), has been appointed as Director (Operations) of the state-owned power transmission company.

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According to a regulatory filing by Power Grid, the Ministry of Power conveyed his appointment through an order dated October 30.

Pandey's appointment will take effect from the date he assumes charge of the post on or after December 1, 2026. His tenure will continue until his superannuation on June 30, 2030, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Pandey is a senior power transmission professional with around three decades of experience and currently serves as Executive Director (Tariff Based Competitive Bidding) at Power Grid. Since FY 2022-23, he has played a key role in securing 55 TBCB transmission projects worth around Rs 1.50 lakh crore, including India’s first TBCB-based HVDC transmission project valued at Rs 35,000 crore and Power Grid’s first BESS project.

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He has extensive experience in transmission project execution, procurement and digitalisation, having handled infrastructure procurement worth more than Rs 16,000 crore across transmission lines, substations, HVDC systems and other power infrastructure. He has also managed procurement for World Bank- and Asian Development Bank-funded projects and led several process-improvement and digital initiatives at Power Grid.

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