B Prasada Rao

Mr. B Prasada Rao served as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, India till 31st December 2015, a Maharatna enterprise that ranks among the world’s leading companies engaged in Power Plant Equipment (PPE) manufacture with sales spread over 76 countries. He is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada and a Post Graduate in Industrial Engineering from NITIE, Mumbai. During a career spanning more than 37 years in BHEL, Mr. Rao handled a variety of assignments and has diversified, versatile and varied experience both in Strategic as well as operational areas in all business segments of BHEL. He was elevated to the Board of BHEL in 2007 and as its Chairman & managing Director in 2009.

Mr. Rao served as member of the Studies Group of World Energy Council for two terms. He was the Chairman of CII Public Sector Enterprises Council, was on the Board of Governors of IIM, Kashipur and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and Indian National Academy of Engineering. He has to his credit a number of awards and accolades, both institutional and individual.

Post retirement from BHEL, he has taken up the responsibility as Managing Director of Steag Energy Services India, a 100% owned subsidiary of Steag Energy Services Germany- an organization involved in offering Engineering, consultancy and other services related to improvement of Energy Efficiency, in Power Sector including Operation and Maintenance of all types of Power Plants.