Appointments

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.

Ivan Saha is back at Vikram Solar, where he worked between 2013-20 as the president and chief technical officer.

Ketan Chitnis, vice president of the stationary storage business unit at Nexcharge, has joined L&T Power as head of Li-ion and other cell chemistries. Vinay Pabba, the founder of VARP Power and a former chief operating officer at Greenko, has been appointed as the new COO of Vibrant Energy.

NYSE-listed Azure Power has appointed IndiGrid’s Harsh Shah as its new chief executive officer. Shah succeeds Ranjit Gupta, who left Azure Power after contributing to the company’s growth for three years.

Reliance New Energy, the new energy arm of Reliance Industries Ltd, has appointed former SunEdison president Hak Do Yoo as chief operating officer for silicon crystal and wafering.

As vice president, Deepak Kumar will lead end-to-end supply chain and operations for the electric vehicle (EV) charger vertical at Servotech.