Udupi Power Corporation Ltd
Leadership

Leadership

Our senior leadership team and board of directors include widely recognized experts in solar energy, energy finance and public policy, with track records of building successful businesses.

Board of Directors

Gautam Adani

Chairman

Mr Gautam Adani, the Chairman and Founder of the Adani Group, has more than 33 years of business experience. Under his leadership, Adani Group has emerged as a global integrated infrastructure player with interest across Resources, Logistics and Energy verticals. Mr Adani’s success story is extraordinary in many ways. His journey has been marked by his ambitious and entrepreneurial vision, coupled with great vigour and hard work. This has not only enabled the Group to achieve numerous milestones but also resulted in creation of a robust business model which is contributing towards building sound infrastructure in India.

Rajesh Adani

Director

Associated with Adani Group since its inception, Mr Rajesh Adani is in charge of the operations of the Group and has been responsible for developing its business relationships.His proactive, personalized approach to the business and competitive spirit has helped towards the growth of the Group and its various businesses.

Anil Sardana

Managing Director

Anil Sardana comes with over 3 decades of experience in the power and infrastructure sector. He started his career with NTPC and subsequently worked with BSES and Tata Group companies in the power and Infra sector, ranging from generation, power systems design, power distribution, Telecom and project management. Prior to joining the Adani Group, he was the MD & CEO of Tata Power Group based out of Mumbai. Mr. Sardana is an honours graduate in Electrical Engineering from Delhi University (1980), a Cost Accountant (ICWAI) and also holds a PGDM from All India Management Association. He has undergone management training from reputed institutes like IIM – A and “Specialised Residual Life Assessment course for Assets” at EPRI – USA.

Shersingh Khyalia

Whole-time Director & CEO

Mr. Shersingh Khyalia (DIN: 02470485), a Chartered Accountant started his career with United India Insurance Company Ltd and during his 5 years of stint with insurance company, he got extensive knowledge and experience of insurance sector and managed all type of general insurance portfolios viz. Fire, Motor, Marine etc. Thereafter, for a brief period, he joined Indian Ordinance Factory Service (Govt of India), a group A service selected through Civil Services Examination by UPSC.Mr. Khyalia joined Gujarat Electricity Board in 1995 and during his stint of 26 years he served various posts such as Chief Finance Manager, General Manager (Comm), Executive Director (Finance), Director (Finance) of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL), Managing Director of Madhya Gujarat Vij Company, Managing Director of Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL).

Sangeeta Singh

Independent and Non-Executive Director

Mrs. Sangeeta Singh holds the degree of M.Sc. (Public Economics) from University of Birmingham (UK), M. Phil. (International Relations) from Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) and M.A. (Political Science) from Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi). She has worked in various capacities as Member of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax amongst others. As a Member of CBDT, she has led the administering and implementing of Income Tax Act and Rules both for department and taxpayers and was incharge of national level revenue collection by the Department.

Manmohan Srivastava

Independent and Non-Executive Director

Mr. Srivastava, IAS, (Retd.) (DIN: 02190050) has over 40 years of administrative and corporate experience. He has held various positions in Government Departments prior to his retirement including Member (Finance), Gujarat Electricity Board, Managing Director of Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation, Secretary in Finance Department, Commissioner of Commercial Tax Department, Principal Secretary to Energy and Petrochemicals Department and Additional Chief Secretary to Finance Department, Government of Gujarat.

Mr. Shyamal Shivkumar Joshi

Director

Shyamal Shivkumar Joshi is listed as a Director of Udupi Power Corporation Limited (UPCL), with Director Identification Number (DIN) 00005766. According to publicly available corporate‑registry data, his appointment to the UPCL board began on 20 April 2015.He has long experience in “corporate governance,” and is associated with many companies across sectors (energy/power, infrastructure, medical, general business).

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Jayadeb Nanda

Director

Jayadeb Nanda is listed as a Director of UPCL (DIN 06578925).His appointment as Director at UPCL dates to around 2015.Apart from UPCL, he is associated with multiple companies in the energy and power‑generation sector, reflecting broad experience in corporate governance and power‑industry operations. Jayadeb Nanda is a board‑level director of UPCL, contributing to governance, oversight, and strategic decision‑making, rather than handling daily operations at the plant.

Nayanaben Bhairavdanji Gadhvi

Director

Nayanaben Bhairavdanji Gadhvi is among the directors of the company.Her Director Identification Number (DIN) is 07148619.The record indicates that her appointment as director started on 20 April 2015

Kandarp Suryakant Patel

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Director

Kandarp Suryakant Patel holds the Director Identification Number (DIN 02947643).He is a career corporate‑executive and has held directorships in many companies, especially in the power and energy sector.Kandarp Suryakant Patel was appointed as a Director of Udupi Power Corporation Limited on 18 May 2015.he would have been part of UPCL’s board-level governance — meaning his responsibilities likely included oversight, strategic decision‑making, approving plans, financial & regulatory compliance, liaising with stakeholders, corporate governance duties.

Sushama Ashvin Oza

Director

Her Director Identification Number (DIN) at UPCL is 07145540.Her date of appointment to UPCL’s board is given as 9 October 2017.Sushama Oza appears to be an active director in multiple companies (especially under the broader group presumably connected with the owner / parent company of UPCL).Participating in board meetings, and contributing to strategic and high‑level decisions about the company’s direction.

Mohor Sen

Senior Vice President - Human Resource

Mohor has over 35 years of experience working and consulting for large corporates in areas including project management, human resources, organizational development and people strategy.

Prior to Udupi Power, he has been associated with global players such as KTI-Technip, Arthur Andersen, HCL Technologies, Sapient, and Geopetrol International. His passion lies in building organizations from the ground up.

Mohor is a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and has a postgraduate degree from the University of Manchester, UK.

Shankar Kumar

Head - Design, Engineering and Operations

Shankar is responsible for design, engineering and operations at Udupi Power. Under his leadership, more than 500 MW of solar PV power plants have been developed with innovative designs and operated near real time under the patent pending National Operating Control Center. Shankar is an engineering graduate from Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology.

Samitla Subba

Head - Marketing

Samitla serves as the marketing head at Udupi Power and focusses on Branding, Communications, Media and Investor Relations. Prior to Udupi Power, she worked with Northern Trust as Financial Analyst. She is a management graduate from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.

Corporate Governance

Code of Business conduct

Udupi Power's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is intended to define and clarify the standards for conducting business and behavior at Udupi Power Project Limited.

This Code is designed to promote:

  • Honest and ethical conduct
  • Fair dealings with the stakeholders
  • Compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations
  • Prompt reporting of the violations of the Code

Social, Health, Environment and Safety

We are fully committed to develop & operate Safe, Healthy, Social and Clean Environment to protect vital human resources, plant and the environment from the hazards & risks through:

  • Complying with applicable Environmental, Occupational Health & Safety legislation and requirement of all concerned parties.
  • Continually improving the processes and safe work practices for prevention of pollution, ill health and injury for risk minimization through objective driven targets from each stage of projects & operations phase.
  • Increase awareness of all stakeholders through effective communication and trainings on various SHES perspective.