Mr. Gajanan S. Kale is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited, a Joint Venture between Tata Power and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, supplying electricity to a population of 7 million in North & North-West Delhi. This is Mr. Kale’s second stint with Tata-Power-DDL.
Mr. Kale is a seasoned professional with over 32 years of experience in the power and energy sector. He has a wealth of expertise in areas such as enhancing customer experience, resource planning and management, operational excellence, big project management, financial management, and advocacy with various stakeholders, including regulators, government bodies, chambers of commerce, and employee unions/associations.
Prior to Tata Power-DDL, Mr. Kale was the Chief Executive Officer of TP Western Odisha Distribution Limited (TPWODL) and has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of TP Ajmer Distribution Ltd (TPADL). Mr Kale’s strategic planning and management took TPWODL to great heights with continuous A+ ranking in “11th and 12th Integrated Rating of Discoms” by the Ministry of Power. These achievements are a testament to his exceptional leadership skills and his ability to drive results.
Mr. Kale was also recognized as the “Best CEO of the Year with HR Orientation” and received the “Best CEO of the Year” award in FY 23-24.
Mr. Kale has had an impressive professional journey that showcases his dedication and expertise. He began his career at BHEL in Bhopal and has since held positions at the Central Railway Nagpur Division among others. He has also been associated with Tata Power Mumbai Distribution and Tata Power-DDL in the past. He pursued an MBA in Finance and also holds an M. Tech in Integrated Power Systems from the National Institute of Technology, Nagpur. He graduated with a B.E. in Electrical Power Systems from Amravati University. He is also an alumnus of the prestigious IIM Ahmedabad.
Mr. Suranjit Mishra is the Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Governance at Tata Power-DDL. Mr. Mishra has been with the Tata Power Company Limited (Tata Power) since October 2009. During this tenure in Tata Power, he has served in various capacities in Finance & Accounts including Financial Controller, Maithon Power; CFO, Powerlinks Transmission Limited, and CFO, Tata Power Trading Company Limited. He is also a Board member of Tata Power Ajmer Distribution Limited.
Mr. Mishra is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He completed his Masters in Business Management from the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University.
Ms. Kiran Gupta is presently Chief - Customer Experience, Commercial, Govt. Affairs, EAC & Consumer Litigation at Tata Power-DDL. Ms. Gupta spearheads Customer Experience and Commercial function that includes Customer Care, New Connection, Attribute Change, Metering, Billing, Revenue Collection, Recovery, Enforcement assessments, Smart Metering, Demand Side Management and New Business Services. Moreover, she works closely with Delhi Government & Regulator to ensure the organizational strategic alignment with all stakeholders.
She has an experience of three decades in Power sector, majorly in Power Distribution & Transmission in India. She has been involved in all facets of Power Distribution Management spanning Design Engineering & Layouts, Technical Standards/ Specifications/Inspections, Quality Control & Supply Chain Management, Operations & Enforcement, Projects execution, Commercial & Customer Services, Business Excellence and Strategy. She is the FIRST Woman Executive to lead Operations and successfully handle Commercial issues driving enforcement for theft reduction in the area.
Ms. Gupta is the Chairman for POSH Committee and is a part of the Apex Ethics Committee representing Tata Power at various forums including Gender Diversity & Inclusion. She has mentored Odisha Discoms in areas of Customer Services and Safety. She also holds Directorships on the Boards of few group companies of Tata Power such as TPTCL, MCCL, Powerlinks.
She has led Capacity building and knowledge transfer programs for Utilities like BESCOM, NEP, APDCL, UPPLCL, Kenya & Nigeria in Loss reduction, Customer services and Digitization. She has worked on various global collaboration projects like Demand Response, iELECTRIX. Ms. Gupta is the Steering Committee Member at WePOWER - (South Asia Women in Power Sector Network of Partners), a platform floated by World Bank for promoting Gender Inclusivity in the Energy Sector across SAARC nations.
Ms. Gupta has extensive work experience in Distribution Businesses. She served as the Senior Engineer Electrical with TCE Consulting Engineers Limited (Mumbai) from 1994-2004. She was the Head-Customer Services at Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited from 2007-2020. She led Power Links Transmission Limited as the CEO & MD from 2020-2023. From Nov-2023 onwards, she has been working as the Chief - Customer Experience, Commercial, Govt. Affairs, EAC & Consumer Litigation at Tata Power-DDL.
Ms. Gupta is a Qualified Electrical Engineer from Delhi College of Engineering & is a Gold Medalist from Delhi University in 1994. She is Certified for Total Quality Management and Tata Business Excellence Model and has been conferred with Best TBEM Assessor Award. Ms. Gupta was nominated for “South Asia Regional Energy Partnership (SAREP)” to improve access to affordable, secure, reliable, and sustainable energy in South Asia. She has also been the speaker at International Power Conferences on critical topics such as ‘PPP model in Electricity Distribution' in Germany (Munich), Bishkek and Australia. Ms. Gupta is a member of CMI&B (Committee for Members in Industry & Business) framed by ICAI to identify/address Regulatory & Tariff related issues in Power sector. She has done a Senior Leadership Development Program from IIM-Ahmedabad.
Praveen AgrawalChief - Human Resource, Industrial Relations, Facility Management & Health Services
Mr. Praveen Agrawal is a seasoned Human Resource professional and presently heading the Chief - Human Resource, Industrial Relations, Facility Management & Health Services function at Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (Tata Power-DDL).
Mr. Agrawal has been associated with Tata Power-DDL since 2003 and has been instrumental in successfully taking the company through the challenging phase of transformational journey and have contributed towards the entire gamut of HR functioning notably change management post privatization, strategic planning & implementation, systems and processes design and improvement, ERP implementation, employee engagement, performance & career management, talent acquisition, management and retention and seamless communication between the management and the grass root employees.
With a ‘people, process, systems and design thinking’ approach and a belief in empowering the workforce by giving them ample opportunities for their holistic development, Mr. Agrawal is efficiently leading a team of human resources professionals and working with Business Leaders to take the organization forward.
Aligning with the HR Vision of making Tata Power-DDL a learning organization that nurtures talent, his focus is on growth & development of employees, generating opportunities for multi skilling and knowledge enhancement for ensuring capability building and long term sustenance.
In a career spanning over 25 years, Mr. Agrawal has worked in Energy and Telecom sectors before moving to the Power sector by joining Tata Power-DDL and Tata Power Company Limited. He is post-graduate in Personnel Management and a certified SAP HR professional. He has also undergone certification program on coaching for performance from IIM-Bangalore, several other SLDP and Strategic HR programs.
Surender Singh Chief – Network Services & Stores
Mr. Surender Singh is currently the Chief - Network Services & Stores at Tata Power-DDL. Mr. Singh spearheads the Network Services & Stores Function that includes Engineering, EHV & Distribution Projects, Material Management, Energy Audit, GIS, and EHV Civil Engineering.
Before his current role, Mr. Singh served as the Head Distribution Operations at Tata Power-DDL. With a 34 years tenure, Mr. Singh brings with him expertise across various domains such as Operation & Maintenance, Project Management, Quality Management, Process Enhancement and Change Management and Policy advocacy in the Power Sector.
A problem solver with expertise in Operations, he provides strategic leadership for safe and reliable operations in power sector.
From 1990 – 1996, Mr. Singh worked with National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC). At Tata Power Delhi Distribution limited, he has held positions as the District Manager in various districts, Circle Head, Corporate Operations services, and Head Distribution Operations.
Mr. Singh has been instrumental in implementing new technologies and leading the Business Excellence and Process Improvement activities through TQM philosophy across Tata Power-DDL.
Rajesh BahlChief – Operations & Safety
Mr. Rajesh Bahl spearheads the Operations & Safety (O&S) at Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited. As the Chief of the O&S vertical, his responsibilities include Competency Management, Central Enforcement Activity, Energy Meter/Smart Meter Management, HV/LV Distribution projects implementation, Complete Network Operations & its Maintenance, Energy Audit, safety including new technological innovation and products in implementation of Safety.
In addition, he manages stakeholder expectation with overall objective of corporate governance and driving business results. He is involved in policy advocacy with the Government for drives related to anti-encroachment, loss reduction, space utilization, monitoring of statutory and regulatory compliance of the company in terms of the laid down guidelines.
During his three decade long career in the Power Distribution sector, Mr. Bahl had worked both in India and abroad in varied Commercial, Operation and Technological areas that included Business Process Re-engineering of Commercial Processes, Operations Technology & Safety.
From 1988 - till date, Mr. Bahl has worked with CPWD, L&T and Shri Ram Group in India before joining Power Sector Distribution. He worked in various positions as Asst. Manager, Commercial Manager, District Manager in various districts, Circle Head, Head RRG and Head Safety at Tata Power Delhi Distribution.
Mr. Bahl is an Electrical Engineering graduate, MBA (Operations) and LLB from Delhi University. He also pursued Advanced Leadership Course from IIM- Ahmedabad and Strategic leadership program from Tata Management Training Centre (TMTC) Pune.
HC SharmaChief – Technical Services, Power Management, Power System Control, Quality & Sustainability, Business Development & Collaboration
Mr. H C Sharma heads the function that includes Chief – Technical Services, Power Management, Power System Control, Quality & Sustainability, Business Development & Collaboration.
During his 32 years of career, Mr. Sharma has worked on many prestigious projects and has been instrumental in the development of Plant Engineering and Quality Assurance System at Tata Power-DDL. He has worked in various verticals that include Design, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Procurement and Execution.
He has been a part of many innovative projects like development of 3 Core-66KV cables, Coextruded cables with HDPE pipe protection, distribution box for electric poles for enhancing safety and self-life, daily work schedule unique numbering for utility project manpower and work monitoring, vertical substation, talk back seals, submersible substation, and development of smart meters. A keen planner that Mr. Sharma is, he focuses on bringing down project execution time, achieving resource optimization and smooth commissioning of electrical projects.
He has earlier worked with Engineers India Limited from July 1990 to Sept 2003 and has been associated with Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited for the last 18 years in different roles.
Mr H C Sharma is a B. Tech (Electrical), Gold Medallist from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). He has also pursued Post Graduate Certification in Business Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
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Gajanan S. Kale 
Suranjit Mishra 
Kiran Gupta 
Praveen Agrawal 
Surender Singh 
Rajesh Bahl 
HC Sharma