Tata Power has named renewable-energy executive Sanjay Banga as its CEO-designate, planning a change at the top in May 2027 if shareholders approve the appointment.
Tata Power’s board named Banga an additional director and CEO-designate effective Nov. 11, 2026, and approved a five-year CEO and managing director term from May 1, 2027, through April 30, 2032, subject to shareholder approval.
Banga currently serves as CEO and managing director of Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited and as president of renewables at Tata Power. The filing also says he previously led the parent company’s transmission and distribution businesses and served as chief executive of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL).
Tata Power’s filing traces his career to National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), where he worked as an engineer trainee on operations and commissioning for super thermal power projects from 1989 to 1995. He moved to Reliance Energy in 1996 and remained there until 2003, when he joined TPDDL, the filing says.
The Economic Times reported in 2018 that Banga became TPDDL’s chief executive that year, having joined the utility in July 2003. Tata Power’s filing also records his senior roles in the company’s transmission, distribution and renewable energy businesses.
Banga graduated from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, earned an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies at the University of Delhi and completed Harvard Business School’s Senior Executive Leadership Program. Tata Power’s filing identifies him as an alumnus of the program and lists no degree from Harvard.
Reuters and Moneycontrol describe Banga’s power-sector experience as 37 years. Tata Power’s filing says he has more than three decades of experience and traces his career to 1989, without giving an exact total.
Banga’s scheduled start follows the end of Dr. Praveer Sinha’s approved term as CEO and managing director on April 30, 2027. Tata Power said the board acted on the recommendation of its Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Shareholders must still approve Banga’s appointment.
