Burra Vamsi Rama Mohan Takes Charge as CMD of POWERGRID
Burra Vamsi Rama Mohan has taken over the charge of Chairman and Managing Director of Power Grid Corporation of India. Prior to his elevation, he served as Director (Projects) at POWERGRID.
An accomplished engineering professional, Vamsi is a graduate in Engineering and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Planning & Project Management along with a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Management Development Institute (MDI, Gurugram). He has further reinforced his leadership credentials through the Harvard Manage Mentor (HMM) Program and advanced management programmes at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.
With over 33 years of rich and diverse experience in the power transmission and telecom sectors, Vamsi has held several key leadership, policy-making, and strategic roles at both regional and corporate level in POWERGRID. His professional expertise spans a wide range of critical business domains, including Projects, Procurement, Commercial, Regulatory Affairs, Asset Management, and Telecom.
Vamsi was a founding member of POWERGRID’s Regulatory Cell, where his deep understanding of the power sector’s regulatory framework played a critical role in shaping the organization’s regulatory strategy. As a key architect of POWERGRID’s entry into competitive bidding, he was instrumental in successfully positioning the company in the evolving competitive power transmission market.
During his tenure as CEO of POWERGRID Teleservices, Vamsi led the expansion of the company’s telecom business and was instrumental in initiating POWERGRID’s first Data Centre project, marking a significant milestone in the organization’s digital journey. In his tenure as Director (Projects), POWERGRID achieved several milestones including highest ever Capitalisation and CAPEX.
A strong proponent of digitalization and mechanization, Vamsi has introduced transformational reforms in project monitoring and execution, significantly enhancing efficiency, transparency, and delivery outcomes across large-scale infrastructure projects.
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