Ghanshyam Prasad
Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority (CEA) Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Ministry of Power, Government of India
Bio
Shri Ghanshyam Prasad, born on 15th of May 1967, is presently holding the post of Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of Power and Ex-Officio Secretary to the Government of India from 15th July 2022.
He is Member, ex-officio, of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. He is also the 1st Executive Director of the BIMSTEC Energy Centre (BEC). He is the president of Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP), Power Sector Skill Council (PSSC) and Excellence Enhancement Centre (EEC) for Indian Power Sector.
He also has corporate experience and was Government Nominee Director of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), a Maharatna Company; Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO), now renamed as Grid Controller of India Limited; and Jammu and Kashmir State Power development Corporation Limited (J&KPDCL). Presently he is the Director on the Board of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited in an ex-officio capacity.
He did his B.Tech (Electrical Engineering) for IIT/BHU, Benares Hindu University. He holds a M.Tech in Energy and Environment Management from IIT, Delhi and also MBA (Finance) from IGNOU, Delhi.
With experience of more than 35 years in the power sector, he has worked and contributed in the areas of generation including the renewable energy, transmission, distribution, power market development/trading of power, Reforms & restructuring in power sector, energy efficiency, regulatory commission experience, disaster management in power sector, data analytics and information management system.
He was also a part of the G20 Energy transition working group. He has received the policy pioneer of the year award by India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) on 3rd May 2022. He has led the Indian side in the Joint Working Group (JWG) with Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Australia.