Hindustan Power has appointed Pankaj Gupta as Chief Operating Officer – Thermal Expansion to strengthen its leadership team and support the company’s upcoming thermal power projects. With more than 33 years of experience in the power and infrastructure sectors, Gupta brings extensive expertise in thermal power development, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), project execution and plant operations.
His professional experience spans several leading organisations, including Bajaj Energy, L&T Energy-CarbonLite Solutions, L&T MHI Power Boilers, Reliance Infrastructure and NTPC Limited. Over the years, he has worked on large-scale thermal power projects, including supercritical and ultra-supercritical power plants, covering engineering, project delivery, contract management and operations.
Before joining Hindustan Power, Gupta served as Head of Projects at Bajaj Energy from January to November 2026 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. During this period, he led project development for the 3 × 800 MW Lalitpur Expansion Project, which has a planned capacity of 2,400 MW.
Earlier, he worked as General Manager & Project Director at L&T Energy-CarbonLite Solutions from October 2024 to January 2026, based in Vadodara, Gujarat. Before this, he held the same position at L&T MHI Power Boilers Pvt. Ltd. from July 2019 to October 2024 in Faridabad, Haryana.
At L&T MHI Power Boilers, he served as Project Director for the 2 × 660 MW SJVN Buxar thermal power project, with a combined capacity of 1,320 MW. The project was being developed by L&T Power on an EPC basis, with L&T MHI Power Boilers responsible for the complete steam generator package.
Between May 2015 and July 2019, Gupta served as Joint General Manager & Deputy Project Director at L&T MHI Power Boilers. During this tenure, he worked as Deputy Project Director for the 2 × 660 MW NTPC Khargone Project, recognised as India’s first ultra-supercritical power project. The project featured turbine inlet parameters of 270 kg/cm² and 600°C/600°C.
Before joining L&T, Gupta served as Additional Vice President at Reliance Infrastructure Limited from May 2008 to May 2015 in Noida. He began his professional career at NTPC Limited in March 1993 and worked there until May 2008, progressing to the position of Deputy General Manager (DGM). His responsibilities covered power plant operations and maintenance, design and new technologies.
Across these assignments, Gupta has developed strong capabilities in thermal power engineering, EPC execution, project planning, contract management and infrastructure development. His experience covers different stages of power plant development, from technical operations to large-scale project leadership.
Academically, Gupta holds a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, completed in 2002. He also completed a Management Development Programme in Business Process Excellence (MDP-BPE) at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta in 2018.
His appointment marks an important step in Hindustan Power’s thermal expansion plans. With more than 3 decades of experience in the energy sector, Gupta brings technical and project management expertise to support the company’s upcoming power infrastructure initiatives.
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