Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) P. Chellapandi has been appointed the CMD of India’s fast breeder reactor power company Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd (BHAVINI), an official said Saturday.
He is currently a director at the Reactor Engineering Group of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR).
Reacting to his appointment as the chairman and managing director, Chellapandi told IANS: “I feel happy. It is a challenging task for me.”
The central government had last October appointed Rajani Sankaran as the officiating CMD for three months. She succeeded Prabhat Kumar, BHAVINI’s first CMD, and her term ended Saturday.