Engineering Projects (India) Ltd.

Shri S. S. Rawat, Chairman & Managing Director (Addl. Chg) and Director (Projects) (Addl. Chg.)

Shri Lekh Raj has been appointed as Director (Finance) of EPI vide DHI orders dated 13.4.2017. He is a Chartered Accountant having rich experience of over 30 years in various areas of Finance and accounts and was actively involved in business decisions since policy formation till actual successful execution. He possesses experience in almost all areas related to corporate laws and commercial principles, accounting, budgeting, direct and indirect taxation, financial concurrence, statutory/CAG/stock audits, banking, board matters etc. Before joining EPI, Shri Lekh Raj has worked with NTPC in various levels in the finance functions and has also handled settlement of legal matters. He has also been part of Regulatory Group to deal with CERC.

He also headed the finance function of an independent company i.e. NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN), a 100% subsidiary of NTPC Ltd., During his stay in NVVN he led the group for rolling out of Grid connected solar power plants as a probable alternate source of energy. He led the group for the conceptualisation by framing policy documents/guidelines for generation through solar, arranging tie-ups with States, drafting of Power Purchase/Sales Agreements and other legal agreements and entering them with Solar Power Developers (SPDs), finalising marketing model for power trading business, trading of power on power exchange, securitisation of realisations, export of power to Bangladesh etc. His achievements include revenue generation through sale of Fly ash generated in coal based power plants for use in pre-casted slabs, asbestos sheets, cement industry, use of Cenosphere (a by-product of fly ash) in paint industry etc.

Smt .Sukriti Likhi, Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India, belongs to the Haryana Cadre of the Indian Administrative Service.  She joined the IAS in 1993.

A graduate in Economics from Lady Shri Ram College, Smt. Likhi holds a Masters degree in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University.

She served in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India as Director in the Department of Financial Services and later as Counsellor Economic with the Embassy of India at Washington DC.

She has vast and varied experience in administration. Most recently she was Managing Director of the Haryana Power General Corporation Ltd., in Government of Haryana. Prior to which she was Managing Director HAFED (the Haryana State Cooperative Supply & Marketing Federation Limited) and Secretary Finance, Government of Haryana.

Smt. Neelam S.Kumar has been appointed as Part-time official Director of EPI as nominee of Govt. of India pursuant to DHI order dated 23.08.2018.  Smt. Neelam S. Kumar is an ICAS Officer of 1984 batch. Presently, She is posted as Chief Controller of Accounts, Ministry of Industry, looking after the Budget & Accounts, Payment and Treasury functions of DIPP, DHI, DPE and MSME. 

Anita Chaudhary. IAS ('76 Hy), retired as secretary to Government of India, Department of Land Resources. She is a Post graduate in English Literature, from Fergussan College, Pune and a Masters in Soc. Sc. from University of Birmingham, UK. Presently she is doing her P.hD from IGNOU, on RTI and PDS. She has undergone important training programmes within the country and abroad. The important ones being in Agriculture marketing in Korea and Finance and Public Policy at Harvard.

During her carrier of 37 years in the IAS, she has held important posts in State and Central governments in the fields of finance, home, Industry, urban development, rural development, food and textiles. She has been MD of the Central Cottage Industries Corporation of the Govt of India. Presently she is member of the Task Force for signing MOUs with CPSUs.

Shri Sushant Baliga joined EPI as an Independent Director with effect from 18.11.2015. Shri Baliga is a B.Tech from IIT Madras (1972), M.Tech from IIT Delhi (1975), MBA from faculty of Management Science, University of Delhi (2006). He holds certificate on Earthquake Engineering from International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology from University of Tsukuba, Japan (1980). After graduation, he was employed with Rodio-Hazarat (now Afcons) for a year on construction of Marmugoa Barge Berths, Goa. He joined Central PWD through Engineering Services Examination (1974) as Assistant Executive Engineer Class I. During his service, he has worked in various capacities ranging from Design Offices to Zonal Head (Chief Engineer in charge of Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa) executing projects to the tune of Rs 1000 Cr per annum. During this period of service, he was also deployed on deputation to various organisations i.e. National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd., as Executive Director looking after, Business Development; Domestic and International, Corporate Planning, Consultancy, Designs and Project Monitoring at Corporate Level in addition to looking after projects in the South Zone; Employees State Insurance Corporation as Chief Engineer; National Rural Roads Development Agency as Director was responsible for various World Bank and ADB funded projects. He retired from Government of India in May 2011 after serving as Additional Director General, Central PWD.

Post retirement, he has been engaged in various advisory capacities for Indian Institute of Technology Patna; Indian Institute of Technology Ropar; Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune; All India Council of Technical Education; FICCI; National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd.; National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd.; The World Bank etc. and has held the position of Independent Director on the Board of Bridge and Roof (India) Ltd. He is also a Life Member of the Indian Roads Congress and the Indian Council of Arbitration.