State-owned NHPC has handed over additional charge to its Director, Projects, Ratish Kumar as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) with effect from today for a period of three months, the company said.
"NHPC...Has entrusted the additional charge of the post of CMD, NHPC to Ratish Kumar, Director (Projects) w.E.F. 01.08.2017 for a period of 3 months or until the post of CMD, NHPC is filled regularly or till further orders, whichever event occurs earliest," the company said in a filing to BSE.
K M Singh, the company said, ceases to be Chairman and Managing Director of the company with effect from yesterday upon attaining the age of superannuation, it added.
Kumar has over 34 years of experience in NHPC. He is in- charge of all NHPC projects which are under construction and in the pre-construction stages.
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