OREANDA-NEWS. September 1, 2011. Shri R. N. Nayak has assumed charge as the Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited on September 1, 2011.

Shri Nayak has over 33 years of work experience in the power sector. He has worked for more than 20 years in POWERGRID and has handled multi-disciplinary functions like Engineering, Corporate Quality Assurance and Inspection, Load Despatch & Communication, Grid Management, Contracts Management, Telecom, Operation & Maintenance, Commercial as well as Human Resource Management. Prior to joining POWERGRID in 1991, he has also worked for about 7 years in NTPC and had a stint with SAIL. He has been Director (Operations) of POWERGRID since 2009.


Sh. Nayak has been instrumental in introducing many new technologies in the Indian power sector such as EMS/SCADA Projects, ±800kV HVDC and 1200kV UHVAC, which are in various stages of implementation. He has also contributed/presented a large number of technical papers in various reputed International/national journals and conferences.


Sh. Nayak is a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from REC, Rourkela (Odisha) and holds an M. Tech (Electrical) degree from IIT, Kharagpur. He has been a recipient of “P.M. Ahluwalia Award” and is a fellow of IEEE. He is also an honored member in the field of Electrical Engineering of “Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)”.