Appointments

Sachin Jain joins Cleantech Solar from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he served as the head of clean energy for India and the global co-lead for solar energy.

Hiten Parekh has been appointed assistant vice president – commercial and industrial at O2 Power. Belgium’s John Cockerill Group has promoted Vivek Bhide to the regional president.

Gaurav Gaba has joined Longi Hydrogen as sales director. Shashank Adlakha is starting a new position as a chief operating officer at Hygenco -The Hydrogen Company.

Serentica Renewables has promoted Akshay Hiranandani, corporate finance lead, to chief executive officer.

Avaada Group has promoted Kishor Nair to the chief executive officer for its renewable arm Avaada Energy.

In the new role, Vikas Bansal is tasked with scaling the international business of GameChange Solar, developing and executing the strategy to enter new markets, and developing delivery capabilities needed to cater to the exponential growth.

The distributed solar solutions provider will be supported by a strengthened local management team to meet its installed PV target of 1 GW.

GaoRun, a China-based supplier of automated solar module production equipment, has appointed Hitesh Tungal as the vice president of its global business, effective from Sept. 1. The company has also decided to open an office in India.

Deepak Thakur, the former chief of Sterling and Wilson’s hybrid and energy storage business, has joined Mahindra Group’s cleantech arm Mahindra Susten.

Noida-headquartered Jakson has roped in Sterling & Wilson Solar’s former global CEO, Bikesh Ogra, to lead a new venture that will focus on green hydrogen, utility-scale battery storage, and solar.