YK Chaubey assumed additional charge as CMD, NHPC

New Delhi: Upon the superannuation of AK Singh on August 31, YK Chaubey has taken over the additional charge of the post of Chairman and Managing Director of NHPC Limited, India's premier hydropower company. YK Chaubey is currently holding the post of Director (Technical) in NHPC with an additional charge of Director (Personnel).

YK Chaubey is a graduate in Civil Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur. He had joined NHPC in 1985 as a Probationary Executive (Civil) at 540 MW Chamera Hydroelectric Project (now Chamera-I Power Station), Himachal Pradesh. Chaubey steadily rose in his career and has now taken additional charge of the post of Chairman and Managing Director of NHPC.

Chaubey had been working for more than 37 years in various departments (Contracts, Design & Engineering) and Construction Projects of the company in various capacities. He possesses experience in all aspects of the development of a hydro-project from concept to commissioning and has contributed to the development of NHPC.

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