Ratul Puri

Ratul Puri
Born 19 July 1972
Occupation Board of Directors, Hindustan Powerprojects
Website Profile at HPPPL website

Ratul Puri is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hindustan Powerprojects[1][2] one of India's leading integrated power players in the energy sector.[3] The company is currently developing power assets across coal, thermal, solar and hydro with a combined investment of USD 5.6 billion of which USD 3.1 billion has been invested in the last 4 years. Under his leadership, the clean energy arm has emerged as the largest solar developer in India.[4][5] Ratul Puri partnered with DoIT Management (India), in order to support Dabang Delhi Kabaddi Club in Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League 2016.[6]

Biography

Ratul is an alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University, the Pittsburgh-based global research university with a bachelor's degree in computer engineering, mathematics, and computer science.[7][2]

Ratul in 2008 started the business of power generation with Hindustan Powerprojects.[8]

Recognition

In 2002, Puri was the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" award for his contribution towards manufacturing industry in India.[9][10][2] He is part of the many think tanks that are evolving solutions to usher energy sufficiency in India and was part of the World Economic Forum as one of the Young Global leaders.[11][12] In 2007, Business Today rated him among the "Top 21 Young Leaders" in the country who could shape India’s destiny in the 21st century. Dataquest magazine has named him amongst the “Young Brigade in the IT Industry”.[13] [2] He was declared CMO Asia CEO of the Year award. In 2014, Ratul Puri was recognized as the ‘CEO of the year’ by World Brand Congress[14][15] and acknowledged for his contribution to the infrastructure sector by ET Infrastructure[16]

References

  1. ↑ "In Search of Light". Business Today. 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "About Me". Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  3. ↑ "Hindustan Power Projects Pvt Ltd invests Rs 4,000 crore in eco-friendly technologies". Economic Times. 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  4. ↑ "A Place in the Sun". Times of India. 2014-09-21. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  5. ↑ "Proactive Modi government: Start-ups, global & Indian giants bet on renewable energy space". Economic Times. 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
  6. ↑ "Hindustan Power partners with Dabang Delhi in the Star Sports Pro-Kabaddi League". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  7. ↑ Ratul Puri. "Ratul Puri: Executive Profile & Biography". Businessweek. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  8. ↑ http://www.hindustanpowerprojects.com/about-us/board-of-directors/ratul-puri/
  9. ↑ "Hall of Fame, Past Winners". ey.com. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  10. ↑ "EOY - 2002 Winners - EY - India". Ey.mobi. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  11. ↑ "17 Indians in WEF's Global Young Leaders list". Rediff.com. 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  12. ↑ "17 Indians make it to WEF's young leaders' list". The Times of India. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  13. ↑ "ITs Young Turks". Dataquest. 2008-01-09. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  14. ↑ "Ratul Puri chairman Hindustan Power gets CMO Asia Awards". Press Release Watch. 2014-08-07. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  15. ↑ "Hindustan Power chairman Ratul Puri wins CMO Asia CEO of the Year award". Newswala.com. 2014-08-07. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  16. ↑ "ET Edge hosts the Second edition of The ET Edge Infra Focus Summit 2014". India Education Diary. 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
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