Mr. Sanjay Banga 


(Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director)

Mr. Banga is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Company and President – Renewables of The Tata Power Company Limited (Tata Power).

 

Before his current role, Mr. Banga was responsible for the Transmission, Distribution, and Power trading business Tata Power. This included discoms performance across Orissa, Mumbai, Delhi, and Ajmer, Transmission Business in Mumbai, Powerlink Transmission Limited, and the transmission assets in UP.

 

Mr. Banga also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL), a notable Public-Private Partnership (JV) between Tata Power and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. During his tenure, TPDDL earned acclaim as one of the top five companies in India by “Great Place to Work,” achieving the topmost position in the Power sector.

 

As a power sector veteran with more than three decades of illustrious career spanning in the Power sector, Mr. Banga brings expertise across various domains such as Operational and Commercial management of Discoms, Business Development, Digital Transformation, Project Management, Change Management, Regulatory Advocacy, and Stakeholder Management. These competencies are instrumental in ensuring the sustainable performance of the power business. His extensive experience from collaborations with leading Public and Private sector electrical utilities in India has equipped him to effectively address the formidable challenges in the electricity distribution domain, both in India and globally. Owing to his profound understanding of the subject matter, he is a frequent speaker in seminars, workshops, and panel discussions across India and internationally.

 

Mr. Banga commenced his professional journey as an Engineer Trainee at the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), actively involved in the operation and commissioning of Super Thermal Power Projects from 1989 to 1995. Before joining TPDDL, he made significant contributions at Reliance Energy (formerly BSES Limited) from 1996 to 2003. He oversaw activities in the generation sector, including Operations, Maintenance, Planning, Design, and Project Engineering of thermal power projects.

 

Educationally, Mr. Banga is an alumnus of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, and holds a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) in Delhi. He has also completed the Senior Executive Leadership Program from the most coveted Harvard Business School and holds alum status.