Abhay Kumar Singh takes over as NHPC CMD

GUWAHATI: Abhay Kumar Singh has taken over as chairman and managing director of NHPC Limited, India’s premier hydropower utility and a Schedule ‘A’ Enterprise of the Government of India, on Monday. Prior to his appointment as CMD, he held the position of executive director, NHPC. Singh was also acting as a nominee director in Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Development Corporation Limited, stated a press release.

Born in 1962, Abhay Kumar Singh did his civil engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (formerly Regional Engineering College, Durgapur), in 1983. Singh started his professional journey in 1985 joining NHPC at the Tanakpur HE Project (120 MW) as probationary executive. His persistent learning attitude coupled with the ability to multitask, resulted in his taking up various responsibilities of the project at a very early stage.

With his strategic thinking mindset, fact-based result oriented decision-making, he is not only able to utilize the available resources to the fullest but also is able to achieve targets ahead of schedule.

In his 35 years of professional life, he has played pivotal roles in the setup of many hydroelectric projects like the Tanakpur Project (120 MW), Dhauliganga Project (280 MW), Teesta low dam Stage-IV (160 MW), Parbati Stage-II (800 MW), Parbati Stage-III (520 MW) and Kishanganga HE Project (330 MW) with responsibilities ranging from construction management of key project components to the head of the project (HoP) and regional head roles. Due to his extensive experience in hydropower development, he has strong capabilities in tackling complex site challenges such as managing local issues, technical & commercial issues, re-mobilizations, etc.

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