Akash Tripathi, a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer in the 1998 batch of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, has officially joined the Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) as the new Managing Director (MD). It is regarded as a tactical action to further increase leadership within the SECI, the nodal agency under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), which handles the implementation of the renewable energy programs and auctions in India.
At the moment, Tripathi is serving as an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Power, and his location has added a perfect blend of administrative experience as well as expertise in steering technology-driven and digitalized efforts. Throughout his career, he served in a number of influential positions on the basis of his ability to bring about innovation and to oversee quite large government programs. His career was also marked by his previous positions as MD & CEO of Digital India Corporation (DIC), an e-governance organization that pioneered the digital transformation in India. He has also headed MyGov.in, the citizen engagement platform of the Government of India, and was a major force as part of the team that led the India Semiconductor Mission to develop a strong semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem in the country.
Akash Tripathi has replaced Santosh Kumar Sarangi, IAS, who was working as interim MD of SECI. Sarangi, who is currently The Secretary of the MNRE (Ministry of New & Renewable Energy), also assumed this position after the earlier MD (RP Gupta) quit.
SECI is likely to benefit from the experience of Tripathi, who has cross-sectoral exposure and a rich experience in governance and technology. His leadership is expected to reinforce SECI in revving up India renewable energy targets, especially the emerging fields such as green hydrogen, solar manufacturing and energy storage.
This transition will be an important milestone in the growth of SECI as it undertakes ever-larger clean energy projects in line with India’s dynamic renewable energy targets
