JP Chalasani Takes Over From Ashwani Kumar As New Suzlon CEO

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Suzlon Energy on Tuesday said that its Board of Directors has approved the appointment of J.P. Chalasani as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with effect from 5 April, 2023.

Ashwani Kumar resigned as the CEO on account of personal reasons.

Chalasani was the Group CEO of Suzlon between April 2016 and July 2020. He continued as strategic advisor to the Suzlon Group.

He has over 40 years of experience in public and private sector across the entire gamut of the power sector (power generation projects, transmission, distribution, trading and coal mining).

Prior to his appointment as Group CEO Chalasani was the Group CEO and Managing Director of Punj Lloyd since January 2014 and was responsible for the energy, infrastructure, and defence business for the group globally, which is close to USD 1.8 billion.

Chalasani has spent over 18 years with the Reliance Group. He joined Reliance Group (undivided) as a Vice President in 1995 and worked on a number of assignments for the group. He also served as the first CEO and the Director on the Board of BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna Power Limited. 

In 2003, along with Anil Ambani, he was appointed to the Board of Reliance Infrastructure as Director Business Development. Post demerger of the Reliance Group, Chalasani was with the ADAG group. He took over as CEO of Reliance Power in March 2008, soon after the company completed its big initial public offer.

Prior to Reliance Group, Chalasani started his career at NTPC and worked there for 15 years in various capacities, including Special Technical Assistant to the Chairman and Managing Director.