Interview for BHEL CMD post on Oct 23; eight executives shortlisted

Eight candidates, including four internal officers, have been shortlisted for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), with interviews scheduled for October 23, 2026.

K. Sadashiv Murthy, the current Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of BHEL, is scheduled to retire on February 28, 2027, upon reaching his superannuation age.

The shortlisted candidates include four internal candidates from BHEL serving as Executive Directors and four external candidates.

The internal candidates from BHEL are—

Nishit Babyloni, Executive Director (Transportation Business & Systems Group) and the Project Director for Vande Bharat Project, BHEL.

Ramesh Kumar N, Executive Director (Solar Business Division - SBD), BHEL who is currently holding the additional charge of Chairman & Managing Director, HMT Limited.

Vinod Jacob Sam, Executive Director (Power Sector - Southern Region, PS-SR), BHEL Chennai and

Yatindra Mohan, Executive Director and Head of Nuclear Business, BHEL.

The external candidates are—

Daryaw Londhe, Executive Director (Technical), Rural Electrification Corporation Limited.

Shivendra Nath, CMD, Engineering Projects (India) Ltd (EPIL).

Chetan Prakash Jain, CMD, Cement Corporation of India Ltd and

Anish Sengupta, Executive Director, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).