Azure Power Onboards Shelly Mani Panattu as Project Director

Shelly Mani Panattu as Project Director at Azure Power

Independent Power Producer Azure Power has appointed Shelly Mani Panattu as the new Project Director.

Panattu has more than 29 years of experience in project execution, construction, operations, change management, stake holder management. His global experience entails power transmission, distribution and renewable energy sectors.

Shelly Mani Panattu as Project Director at Azure Power

Shelly holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur.

Panattu said about his appointment, “I look forward to contributing in creating a strong and positive work culture that encourages innovation, inventiveness, inclusiveness and recognises hard work while enabliong Azure to become a leading organization in the industry.”

R Narsimhan Iyer, COO, Azure Power welcomed Panattu to the firm, “Shelly is an experienced professional with extensive expertise in project planning, execution and construction management. His leadership skills and outcome-oriented approach are an excellent addition to Team Azure for long term value creation for our stakeholders.”

Azure Power has announced several appointments recently. Earlier, the firm appointed Sunil Gupta as its new CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and Group CFO (Chief Financial Officer). A few days back, Azure Power had also announced the onboarding of Harpreet Singh as the Head of Supply Chain Management. Sugata Sircar joined Azure Power as the  CFO of Azure Power and Executive Director of subsidiary Azure Power India. His appointment was effective May 1, 2023.