Mr. RAKESH
NATH
Shri Rakesh Nath,
Technical Member prior to joining APTEL in March, 2010 was the
Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority(CEA) and Ex-officio Secretary
to the Government of India. He has about 37 years of varied experience
in Power Sector planning, Operation & Maintenance of Thermal and Hydro
Power Stations and Transmission System, Regulation of water supply from
multi-purpose hydro projects including operation & maintenance of
irrigation canal system, Power System Operation and Power Trading.
As Chairman CEA, he
worked extensively for accelerated capacity addition during the 11th
Five Year Plan and initiated advance action for the 12th
Plan. Some of the measures taken were review of pre-qualification
requirement for suppliers to promote new players with a view to enhance
competition and indigenous manufacturing capacity, standardization of
thermal plant specifications, bulk tendering for 11X660 MW super
critical units with mandatory phased indigenous manufacturing. ‘Adopt
an ITI Scheme’ for local skill development, review of terms and
conditions of contracts to avoid disputes and development of model
contract document for hydro project. He was closely associated with
development of Ultra Mega Power Projects and was a Member of Apex
Evaluation Committee for Sasan, Mundra, Krishnapatnam and Tilaiya UMPPs.
He has been instrumental in preparation of a proposal for low carbon
growth strategy for power sector till 2022 and CO2 base line data for
power sector.He has also been ex-officio Member of CERC and Part Time
Director of Nuclear Power Corporation.
As Chairman, Bhakra
Beas Management Board (BBMB) from the year 2001 to 2005, he was
responsible for administration, operation and maintenance of Bhakra Beas
hydro stations the largest hydro complex in Northern Region. During his
tenure as Whole Time Director of Power Trading Corporation (PTC) during
the years 2000 & 2001, he initiated important transactions of trading of
power from surplus to deficit areas. He visited Islamabad in November,
1998 as a Member of Indian delegation on trading of power and visited
Kathmandu in September 2001 as a Member of Indian Team to promote
Indo-Nepal power trade.
Shri Rakesh Nath has
been the Member Secretary of Northern Regional Electricity Board (NREB)
and Western Regional Electricity Board (WREB), the two largest regional
grids of the country. He was Convener of the Working Group set up by the
Government of India to prepare guidelines for inter-regional power
transaction which paved way for structuring inter-regional power
transfers across the country.
Shri Rakesh Nath
attended courses in power system operation and control in UK in 1984 and
in Sweden in 1993. He participated as member in proceedings of Expert
Committee on Sedimentation of International Committee on Large Dams in
Brazil in 2002. He was also deputed to attend International Conference
on Water Power held at Buffalo, USA in 2003. As Chairperson CEA, he
was deputed to Norway to study power markets, to Switzerland for study
on manufacturing of large boiler and Turbine generators with Super
Critical technology and to USA to promote investments in Indian power
sector. He has been President of Central Board of Irrigation & Power
from Feb. 2006 to Feb. 2010.
