"P C Pankaj has been appointed by the Ministry of Power as the Chairman and Managing Director of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) and has assumed charge on June 3, 2011," a company statement said.
P C Pankaj was serving as an Executive Director in state-run PowerGrid Corporation before joining as CMD of NEEPCO.
He started his career with NHPC in 1981. Pankaj is an Electrical Engineer from Agra University and an MBA in Business Management.
NEEPCO which is headquartered in Shillong, Meghalaya, is engaged in the design, construction, generation, operation and maintenance of power stations in the North Eastern Region of the country.
It has an installed capacity of 1,130 MW, which is 49 per cent of the total installed capacity in the northeastern region.