Ajai Nirula
Chief Operating Officer, TATA Power Delhi Distribution Limited
Ajai Nirula

Mr. Ajai Nirula is presently the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of North Delhi Power Ltd (NDPL) – A Tata Power and Delhi Government Joint Venture for Power Distribution in Delhi. His current responsibilities include Operations in the entire Distribution Network, Technical Services & Projects, Power System Control, Automation, Network Planning, Generation, Power Procurement Management, Corporate Commercial and Consumer Relationship Management. At NDPL since 2006, he has headed both the Commercial and Operations functions before assuming the COO position.

In a career span of nearly 34 years, he has worked initially from 1977 with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) its thermal power project sites for commissioning, trouble shooting and performance testing followed by stint at Corporate Finance (HQ) in areas of MIS, Revenue & Capital Budgeting, Foreign Exchange and Treasury Management. In 2001, he moved to KK Birla – Zauri Chambal Group and in next 5 years his responsibility areas included entire treasury operations of Chambal Fertilizers Ltd, Quarterly and Annual Accounts and later, Strategy, Business diversification (Power) and debt restructuring at Group level.

He is an Engineer from GNEC (Ludhiana), Punjab University, MBA from FMS and LLB from Delhi University.