Board of Directors

Mr. P. P. Gupta
Managing Director

Mr. Gupta holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a master’s degree in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. He was a management consultant at Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) and worked in the merchant banking division of the erstwhile ANZ Grindlays Bank, Kolkata. He also served as Vice President of the Indian Electricals and Electronics Manufacturers Association (IEEMA). Mr. Gupta continues to guide the Company with over 40 years of experience in the domain.

Mr. Ankit Saraiya
Whole-time Director

Mr. Saraiya holds a bachelor’s degree in Science (Corporate Finance and Accounting) with a minor in Computer Information Systems (CIS) from Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, US. He has sound financial and commercial knowledge, along with an experience of over nine years in the related field.

Mr. Krishna Murari Poddar
Independent Director

Mr. Poddar is a Commerce graduate. He is a renowned industrialist and has more than 49 years of experience.

Mr. K. Vasudevan
Independent Director

Mr. Vasudevan is an Electrical Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers and the Institute of Standard Engineers with more than 45 years of experience. He is the Chairman of Green Business Centre for Southern India. He is a member of the National Committee on Power, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and is a former President of IEEMA.

Mr. Kadenja Krishna Rai
Independent Director

Mr. Rai holds a bachelor’s degree in Arts and is a member of the Certified Associates of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). He is a retired banking professional with 44 years of experience and has held several important portfolios. He was the Executive Director of Allahabad Bank from 2001 to 2004.

Mr. S. N. Roy
Independent Director

Mr. Roy holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of  Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. He started his career with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) as a management trainee and thereafter joined BHEL in 1978. He retired as the Executive Director of BHEL in 2003.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Singh
Independent Director

Dr. Singh, a post-graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), served as the Ex. Chairman and Managing Director of Power Grid. In his career of over 38 years, he has served with National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and erstwhile Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO). He has received many awards, notably the SCOPE Award for Excellence and Outstanding Contribution to the Public Sector Management, Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by BHU, Power Delivery Product Champion Award by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) US and Green Award by the World Bank. He is associated with bodies such as CIGRE – Paris; CIGRE – India; World Energy Council – US and Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Ms. Avantika Gupta
Director

Ms. Gupta is a Science graduate (Economics and Finance) with a minor in Accountancy and Creative Writing from Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, US. She is equipped with strong financial and commercial knowledge and has an experience of over four years.

Ms. Dipali Khanna
Independent Woman Director

Ms. Dipali Khanna has completed the Leadership Program from Harvard Business School and also obtained Masters Degree in Science (National Security) from National Defence College and Masters Degree in History from Delhi University. She has also obtained the Certificate Course from Cost & Management accountancy ICWA, Delhi. She had Forty years of varied work experience in renowned Government organizations, with an emphasis on assisting Ministries in sourcing capital from the Government and developing policies and regulations to enable enhanced participation of the private sector in government initiatives. Ms. Khanna is independent Board Member in some reputed companies. She was also a Member of Kelkar Committee, Ministry of Defence for Public-Private Partnership in Defence production process.

Key Managerial Personnel

Mr. Niranjan Brahma
Company Secretary

Completed CS in the year of 1995. He has more than 22 years of experience in secretarial & legal matters. He has been associated with TEECL since 2005. Presently he is handling inter-alia the Company Secretarial and Compliance matters.

Mr. Sujoy Ray
Group President

Sujoy Ray was associated with GEC Alstom, Alstom, Areva and GE group of companies for over 39 years. He started his career in design function and went on to work on key assignments across almost all functions of business cycle e.g. Design, Contracts Management, Production Planning & Control, Sales & Marketing, Export etc. in different locations e.g. Kolkata, Delhi/NCR & Mumbai regions. Since 2011, Sujoy Ray has held leadership positions of South Asia for Alstom, France and GE, USA.

He is recipient of awards & recognitions from GE Corporate towards Business Excellence, Highest growth amongst all global regions and Team Leadership in 2016 & 2017.

He is a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honors) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and has undergone Management & Senior Leadership programs from eminent institutions like IIM Kolkata, IIM Ahmedabad, XLRI Jamshedpur, ISB Hyderabad, MCE Europe and 100 Ways of France

Mr. Pradeep Kumar Lohia
Chief Financial Officer

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 28 years of experience in finance comprising mergers, acquisitions, banking, and project activities & monitoring. In addition to his experience in asset financing, he has experience in corporate finance, taxation and accounts. He has been associated with TEECL since 2004. He oversees the entire Finance, Accounts & Taxation department at TEECL. Prior to TEECL he has served as General Manager (Commercial) at HNG Ltd for 8 years.

Mr. Ramesh Chandra Agrawal
Executive Director

Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from BIT, Mesra in the year of 1977. He has more than 40 years of experience in EPC contracting in Power and Metallurgical Sector. He is currently heading the Utility Project Division and Business Development in new areas.

Mr. Raj Kumar Raina
Executive Director

Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from REC Kurukshetra University in the year 1976. Joined Crompton Greaves Limited in 1977 in their EPC division and worked in various departments such as Tendering, Execution and Procurement for the projects up to 400 KV voltage class for the customers like Power Grid, NTPC etc. Joined UB Engineering Ltd. in 1995 as Dy. General Manager and was responsible for all projects of Switch Yard both domestic & international. Was elevated to the post of GM projects and headed the project division form 1998 till 2000. Was responsible for all functions of EPC division. Successfully executed various projects of Power Grid/SEBS and participated in International Tenders. Joined TEECL in Jan 2001 and successfully executed first 400 KV Turnkey Project of Power Grid in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan in the year 2003. Since 2004 heading Distribution Management System division of Company and have successfully executed various Rural Electrification / APDRP Projects for Power Grid and State Electricity Boards.

Mr. Sumanta Chaudhuri
President - Business Development

Completed his BE (Electrical) from Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur (presently IIEST) as a rank holder and MBA with specialization in Financial Management from IISWBM, being sponsored by first employer CGL. With around 40 years of total professional experience in Project Management covering both Execution and Project Marketing / Bidding and also as Business Unit Head. Have worked at senior management level in M/s. Crompton Greaves Ltd, ABB, Blue Star and also UB Engineering before joining TEECL in May 2014 as President (Business Development) for both Domestic and Overseas Market.

Mr. Rajiv Agarwal
Director

He is a Commerce Honours Graduate, CA (Inter) and a MBA with sound financial and commercial knowledge. He has more than 25 years of experience in commercial activities of the organization.

Mr. Basab Majumdar
President - Projects

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in the year of 1980. He has more than 37 years of experience in erection, testing, commissioning of EHV Substation and Power Distribution System.

Mr. Sudeepta Dasgupta
Vice President - Projects

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in the year of 1994. He has more than 24 years of experience in 765/400/220/132KV Substation, Fixed Series Compensation and STATCOM projects. Presently he is heading Overseas Project operations. He is also a Fellow of IEI and a Chartered Engineer.

Mr. Shankar Kr. Nath
President - Projects

Graduated in Civil Engineering in the year of 1981 and Post Graduate Diploma in Material Management & Construction Management in the year 1984 & 1986 respectively. He has more than 37 years of experience in construction of High-rise & Industrial Building structure, Viaduct Structure, RCC pile Foundation Works, Area Development, Earth Works, Highways. He is associated with TEECL since 2007. Presently he is heading Civil Design & Project Execution in EHV Substation & Power Plant. 

Mr. Barun Kr. Chakraborty
President - Mechanical

Graduated in Mechanical Engineering in the year of 1979 and M. Tech from IIT Kharagpur in the year 1981 with specialization of Power Plant Engineering. He has more than 37 years of experience in Fertilizer, Defence, Power Generation, Chemicals & Steel Sector. He is associated with TEECL since 1981. Presently he is handling EPC of Power Plant project, Balance of Plant etc.

Mr. Amaresh Chowdhury
President - Mechanical

Completed his B.E (Mechanical) and double M.E with specialization in Engineering & Heat Power Engineering from Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur. He has more than 35 years of experience in Power, Petroleum & Infrastructure sector. He has been associated with TEECL since 2005.