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Jeetendra Singh (IRSEE) has been appointed as Part-time Official Director on the Board of BHEL
An Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) service officer of the 1993-batch, Singh is currently working as Joint Secretary in the Department of Heavy Industry's (DHI)
New Delhi: Jeetendra Singh (IRSEE) has been appointed as Part-time Official Director on the Board of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on Friday. He has been appointed on the board of BHEL with effect from June 18 in place of Amit Mehta, who ceased to be Director on the Board with effect from June 18. Singh is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) service officer of the 1993-batch. He is currently serving as Joint Secretary in the Department of Heavy Industry under the Ministry of Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises. This information has been shared by the BHEL in regulatory filings to the stock exchanges on Friday.
Singh has done Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from VNIT, Nagpur and Postgraduate Diploma in Management for Executives from IIM-Calcutta. Prior to joining the Department of Heavy Industry, he was posted as Executive Director Corporate Coordination (EDCC) in Railway Board. Earlier he worked as Director in NITI Aayog on Urban development and in erstwhile Planning Commission in areas of PPP and infrastructure creation. As Director (Planning) in the Ministry of the Railways, his responsibilities included long term planning and modernisation of railways, development of dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) and heavy haul operations. In his initial career, he worked in areas of electric traction, locomotive maintenance & operations in various railway units.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is a Maharatna PSU under the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. It is an engineering and manufacturing company based in New Delhi. Established in 1964, BHEL is India's largest power generation equipment manufacturer. BHEL is one of the largest engineering and manufacturing companies of its kind in India engaged in the design, engineering, construction, testing, commissioning and servicing of a wide range of products and services, with over 180 product offerings to meet the ever-growing needs of the core sectors of the economy.
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