BIFPCL appoints new managing director

Engineer Ramanath Pujari has joined Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (Pvt) Limited (BIFPCL) as managing director on 24 February 2026, the company said.

Before taking up the role, he served as project director of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Project (MSTPP) at Rampal under BIFPCL, and as an executive director of NTPC Ltd. BIFPCL said he was responsible for plant operations, reliability, efficiency improvements and environmental compliance at MSTPP, and contributed to improved generation reliability and compliance with environmental requirements. The company also said social development and township works were carried out during his tenure.

Pujari was born in 1968 in Odisha, India. He completed a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, and an MBA from MDI, Gurgaon. He also attended training programmes at IIM Ahmedabad and Harvard Business School in the United States, the company said.

He joined NTPC in 1989 and has about 36 years of experience in the power sector. BIFPCL said he previously led NTPC's corporate safety department and headed NTPC Sipat, a 2,980MW power station in Chhattisgarh. He also worked in planning, systems, and regional operations services at NTPC, it added.