The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has recommended Sushil Sharma for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of SJVN. Presently, Sharma is serving as Director (Projects) in SJVN. He has been recommended for the post of CMD, SJVN after a rigorous selection process by the PESB from a list of nine candidates from diverse sectors, including two from SJVN, two from Indian Railways, and one each from NHPC Limited, BSNL, Power Grid, GAIL (India) Limited, and Patel Engineering Ltd. in an interview held on April 8, 2024.
Sharma has been serving as Director (Projects) of SJVN since August 1, 2020. Notably, he played a pivotal role in major projects such as 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station, 412 MW Rampur Hydro Power Station in Himachal Pradesh and 60 MW Naitwar Mori Hydro Power Station in Uttarakhand, where his contributions were instrumental in successful design, construction and commissioning of the power stations. Driven by profound experience in the hydro power sector coupled with impeccable leadership qualities, Sharma is bound to steer SJVN into a new era of unprecedented growth and stupendous development.
An alumnus of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, Sharma earned his Bachelor’s in Engineering specializing in Mechanical Engineering. He has more than 30 years of rich and varied experience in various organisations including SJVN.
