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Sri.A.Gopal Rao (CMD)

Mr A.Gopal Rao did his graduation in Electrical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He has joined as Technical Assistant in erstwhile APSEB in the year 1969 and rose to the position of Chief Engineer. After serving for 34 years in various cadres in the APSEB and APNPDCL he retired as a Chief Engineer in the year 2003. Prior to joining TSNPDCL he served as OSD from Aug-2003 to Jul-2004. He is on Company Board of Directors as Chairman & Managing Director since 20th October 2016.

Rao takes immense pride in the fact that Telangana is the only state in the country to provide free power 24×7 to over 2.3 million agricultural consumers. “On January 1, 2018, when all farmers in the state were provided 24-hour, three-phase power supply for agricultural activities, it was a dream come true because I know the problems of a farmer as I hail from a farmer family,” says Sir Gopal Rao.

On the status of the state’s power sector, he says, “The contracted capacity in the state stands at 16,201 MW and about 11,672 MW of projects are at various stages of development to meet the growing load of 9,000 MW from lift irrigation, industrial and other segments.” Telangana has commenced the world’s biggest lift irrigation project, the Kaleshwaram project, with a long-term vision of providing water to the agricultural sector and drinking water to the needy areas of the state. The electricity demand from the project is nearly 6,000 MW and TSNPDCL is in a position to meet this demand.