Suzlon board appoints J P Chalasani as Chief Govt Officer

The board of unpolluted vitality resolution supplier Suzlon Vitality has appointed J P Chalasani as the corporate’s Chief Govt Officer following the resignation of Ashwani Kumar from the put up. Ashwani Kumar has resigned because the CEO with impact from fifth April 2023 on account of non-public causes, a BSE submitting acknowledged.

The Board of Administrators, at its assembly held on 4th April 2023 has, inter alia, permitted the appointment of J P Chalasani because the Chief Govt Officer and one of many key managerial personnel of the Firm, to behave because the Group Chief Govt Officer, with fast impact, i.e. from fifth April 2023, the submitting stated.

Chalasani had been Group CEO of Suzlon for the interval from April 2016 to July 2020 and continued as Strategic Advisor to the Suzlon Group thereafter.

Chalasani has over 40 years of expertise in the private and non-private sector throughout all the gamut of the ability sector (energy technology initiatives, transmission, distribution, buying and selling and coal mining).

Previous to his earlier stint because the Group Chief Govt Officer of the Firm, Chalasani was the Group CEO and Managing Director of Punj Lloyd since January 2014 and was liable for the vitality, infrastructure and defence enterprise for the group globally, which is near USD 1.8 Billion.

Previous to becoming a member of Punj Lloyd, Chalasani had spent over 18 years with the Reliance Group. He joined Reliance Group (undivided) as a Vice President in 1995 and labored on a lot of assignments for the group.

He additionally served as the primary Chief Govt Officer and the Director on the Board of BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna Energy Ltd.

In 2003, together with Anil Ambani, he was appointed to the Board of Reliance Infrastructure as Director Enterprise Improvement. Put up demerger of the Reliance Group, Chalasani was with the ADAG group.

He took over as CEO of Reliance Energy in March 2008, quickly after the corporate accomplished its massive preliminary public provide.

Chalasani created a ten folks group to begin Reliance Energy and grew it to a 30,000 MW (producing, beneath development and beneath growth) firm in 2013.

Previous to Reliance Group, Chalasani began his profession at NTPC and labored there for 15 years in numerous capacities, together with Particular Technical Assistant to the Chairman and Managing Director.