NHPC Limited announced the appointment of Sh. Raj Kumar Chaudhary, Executive Director, NHPC Limited to the post of Director (Technical), NHPC Limited in the scale of pay of INR 1,80,000-­3,40,000/- (IDA) for a period with effect from the date of his assumption of charge of the post till the date of his superannuation i.e. 30.06.2025, or until further orders, whichever is earlier. Shri Raj Kumar 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 HEP, Jharkhand. Shri Chaudhary steadily rose in his career has now taken over the charge of the post of Director (Technical) of NHPC. Shri Chaudhary has worked in various positions in Cost engineering department, Design & Engineering department and four Construction Projects of NHPC, Koel Karo, Kalpong, Teesta-V and Subansiri Lower and two construction projects in Bhutan, Mangdechhu & Punatsangchhu-II.

He possesses experience in all aspects of development of a hydro-project from concept to commissioning and has contributed in development of hydropower in India and Bhutan. Shri Chaudhary worked at Kalpong H E project from conception to commissioning the project, 16 months ahead of the schedule. It was a remarkable achievement for NHPC as the project was in a very remote island of Andaman & Nicobar.

Shri Chaudhary has played active role in commissioning of Teesta-V H E Project (510 MW) in Sikkim and Mangdechhu H E Project (720 MW) in Bhutan. Shri Chaudhary was also instrumental in repairing of HRT of 1020 MW Tala HEP Project in Bhutan as an expert member. Shri Chaudhary is also a nominee director in Ratle Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited.