ReNew Power Ventures Pvt. Ltd., one of India's largest clean energy companies has recently announced the induction of two new Directors to the ReNew Power Board. With this, the total strength of the Board of Directors increases to 8 directors.
Tantra N. Thakur heads Kristan Advisors, a Management Consulting company. Prior to joining Kristan, he was the Chairman and Managing Director of PTC India Ltd., PTC India Financial Services Ltd. and also served as Director (Finance and Financial Operations) in Power Finance Corporation Ltd. from 1995-2000.
He brings 40 years of extensive experience in Treasury Management, Financial Management (including Resource Mobilisation, Investment decisions and Appraisal of Projects for Project lending), Accounts, Cash Management, Budgeting and Budgetary Control, Human Resource Management, among others. He was instrumental in setting up of the first Power Exchange in India. He was a member of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service.
He has worked in the offices of the Accountants General of three states in India, as Secretary to Chief Minister of a major State, and as Principal Director of Audit under the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Thakur is a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from BIT Sindri, India.
David B. Sandalow is the Inaugural Fellow at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy. He is a member of the Zayed Future Energy Prize Selection Committee and served as Honorary Chair of the U.S. Energy Storage Association's 2015 Annual Conference.
Prior to joining Columbia, Sandalow served in senior positions at the U.S. Department of Energy, including acting Under Secretary of Energy and Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs. As acting Under Secretary, Sandalow helped oversee DOE's renewable energy, energy efficiency, fossil energy, nuclear energy and electricity delivery programs, with a budget of more than $3.5 billion per year. As Assistant Secretary, he helped coordinate policy
development and international activities at the Department.
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