New Delhi: Ravindra Kumar Tyagi has assumed charge as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) on Monday. Prior to this, he was serving as Director (Operations) of the company. With his, Tyagi has succeeded K Sreekant, who was heading the organisation since August 2019.

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Tyagi has over 33 years of rich experience in the power sector at various key positions in leading CPSUs. He has handled multi-disciplinary work in various business areas of Power Grid such as asset management, engineering, business development (domestic and overseas), telecom, load despatch & communication, NTAMC, DMS etc. and head of Power Grid’s North Eastern Region.

Tyagi is an Electrical Engineer from Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh and M Tech in Energy Studies from IIT Delhi. He is a “Fulbright Scholar” from Carnegie Mellon University, USA. He is an author of more than 50 technical papers presented in National and International conferences. He has represented India in many International technical committees for preparing various Technical Standards. Tyagi is a recipient of various national and international recognitions.

Power Grid is a Maharatna PSU under the administrative control of the Ministry of Power, Govt of India.

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