Raj Kumar Chaudhary, CMD, NHPC has been entrusted with the additional charge of the post of Chairman and Managing Director, SJVN Limited. Chaudhary is currently holding the post of Chairman and Managing Director at NHPC, India’s premier hydropower company and a Navratna enterprise of the Government of India. A seasoned professional, Chaudhary has over 35 years of rich and vast experience in the power sector and hydropower development. He possesses expertise and deep knowledge in all aspects of development of a hydro-project from concept to commissioning and has contributed in development of hydropower in India and Bhutan.
Chaudhary is a graduate in Civil Engineering from BIT Sindri and has also done Advance Diploma in Management. He joined NHPC in 1989 as a Probationary Executive (Civil) at Koel Karo HE Project, Jharkhand. In an outstanding career, Chaudhary steadily rose to various positions in NHPC including the post of Director (Technical), NHPC, before being finally taking over as Chairman and Managing Director of NHPC on 7th August 2024. Chaudhary has also served as Director (Technical) in Mangdechhu & Punatsangchhu-II HE Projects in Bhutan.
Chaudhary worked at Kalpong HE Project from concept to commissioning. The project was commissioned 16 months ahead of schedule. It was a remarkable achievement for NHPC as the project was located in a very remote island of Andaman & Nicobar. Chaudhary has played active role in commissioning of Teesta-V HE Project (510 MW) in Sikkim and Mangdechhu HE Project (720 MW) in Bhutan. Chaudhary was also instrumental in repairing of HRT of 1020 MW Tala HE Project in Bhutan as an expert member.
