Biswajit Basu assumes charge as Director (Projects) of NHPC

Biswajit Basu, who was serving as Chief General Manager at NHPC Limited, has taken over as Director (Projects) of the company
Biswajit Basu assumes charge as Director (Projects) of NHPC

New Delhi: Biswajit Basu has taken over as Director (Projects) of NHPC Limited on January 1. Prior to his appointment as Director (Projects) of NHPC Limited, he held the position of Chief General Manager, Project Monitoring and Support Group Division of the hydropower PSU. With his new assignment, Basu has replaced Ratish Kumar, who had been serving at NHPC since October 1982.

Basu is an electrical engineering graduate from Tripura Engineering College (Now NIT, Agartala). He joined NHPC in the year 1987 as a Trainee Engineer (Electrical) at Loktak Power Station, Manipur, and has steadily ascended the professional ladder at NHPC.

During his career spanning around 33 years at NHPC, Basu has worked in various projects during the construction and O&M stages. The projects where Basu was posted during their construction stage were Kurichu (60 MW, Bhutan), Chamera-II (300 MW, Himachal Pradesh), Subansiri Lower (2,000 MW, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam), Sippi (4 MW, Arunachal Pradesh), Loktak Down Stream (66 MW, Manipur), Dibang (2,880 MW, Arunachal Pradesh).

He was also posted in O&M Projects such as Loktak (105 MW, Manipur), Rangit (60 MW, Sikkim), Chutak (44 MW, UT of Ladakh), Dhauliganga (280 MW, Uttarakhand). During his tenure, he has worked as Head of Project at Chutak Power Station (Ladakh), Loktak Power Station (Manipur), Dibang Multipurpose Project (Arunachal Pradesh) and Dhauliganga Power Station (Uttarakhand). During the commissioning of TLDP – III Power Station, he was the in-charge of the commissioning team. He was also the CEO of Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Corporation Limited (LDHCL), a joint venture between NHPC and the government of Manipur.

He is also a Nominee Director on the Board of Lanco Teesta Hydro Power Limited (LTHPL), a subsidiary of NHPC. He went for training to Sweden and France under the Transfer of Technology Programme.

Known for his technical excellence, strong leadership skills and the highest ethical standards, Basu is also a passionate and avid sportsperson. He hascaptained NHPC's Football Team during his tenure at Loktak Power Station (1988 – 1994) in All India Power Sector Football Tournaments.

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