Surajit Chanda Email & Phone Number

New Delhi Area, India

Leading the Business Development of Aditya Birla Renewables Limited for Utility scale Renewable Energy projects: 1. Kick started the Solar business in 2016 after Aditya Birla partnered with PE firm ABRAAJ by securing 60 MW Solar project in the state of Karnataka in March 2016. 2. Won projects of ~1400 MWp and generated 9.5x portfolio growth in 6 years in Utility Scale Segment resulting in ABReL becoming a 2.1 GWp+ in 2023. 3. Project Development - Supervise Finance, Technical and land acquisition team for project management & compliances, starting from land identification, Connectivity, Open Access, PPA, Financial closure and other regulatory approvals under Electricity Act/Rule/State Specific Regulations leading to timely handover of shovel ready project to construction team.4. Develop & maintain comprehensive financial model for valuation of RE platform of Aditya Birla Group for fund raising process.5. Interaction and liasioning with various State Government, Central Authorities on Policy, Regulatory, Project allocation & other related matters.6. Managing Carbon Credit portfolio of Renewable Energy Business. Successful in revenue realization by trading credits in voluntary markets - VCS, GS7. C&I Space - Prepared Renewable Energy Roadmap for Group Companies - Hindalco, Ultratech, Grasim & followed by business case for setting up RE project under Group Captive route on ISTS/State to meet RTC power requirement.

New Delhi Area, India

New Delhi, Delhi, India

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Gurgaon, India

After successful business development in North & North Eastern Region, have been given the responsibility to manage Comprehensive BD Plan including Implementation of Marketing Strategy and Integrated Initiatives designed in growing markets – Southern Region of India:1. Devised strategy for bidding which comprises of identification of potential sites & GSS for bidding and structuring the bids, co-ordination with cross functional team to extract bid requirements, financial modelling to determine competitive tariff and providing strategic inputs to Management team for financial bids based on market intelligence2. Represented Acme in various Industry association, French Delegation, Government agencies etc for taking up important policy matters & deliberating various issues/concerns on Solar Sector. 3. Conceptualized GW scale project under innovative business model - Swiss Challenge route for one of the Southern state of India. Finally established Company’s presence in Southern Region by securing over 800 MW project in three key states – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana & Tamil Nadu

Gurgaon

After joining Acme Solar, Initiated the BD activities in North & North Eastern Region and secured the first 100 MW project under NSM in Northern Region and first utility scale project in North Eastern Region under MoU Route for the company.Also made Company's presence in Uttar Pradesh by securing 30 MW project in the state.

New Delhi Area, India

Regular assessment of markets for identification of opportunities in Solar Sector through bidding / Central Policies / State Policies. Approaching various states with detailed proposals for implementation of Solar PV projects under MoU route based on its solar purchase obligation. Preparing Bidding strategy for securing project under bidding route – selection of location, determination of competitive bid price etc.Secured Solar projects in utility scale under both MoU and bidding Route.Developed a business model from concept stage for developing of solar projects over industrial rooftops for captive consumption by combining REC mechanism and OPEX model.Single-handedly contracted 2 MW aggregate capacity solar project to be developed based RECs for captive consumption for a leading ceramics manufacturer.Developed Group captive model from concept stage for supplying solar power through the grid to multiple off-takers located in industrial clusters.

New Delhi Area, India

Key Member of energy advisory team, responsible for business development and delivery of advisory and power project development mandates. Provided Transaction Advisory to REC & PFC for selection of Developer for first three interstate Ultra Mega Transmission projects(UMTPs) for private participation under BOOM

Patna Area, India

Key member of IL&FS Energy Patna team to start its operation in Bihar post signing of MoU with the state Govt.and formation of JV company and undertaken following projects from scratch: 1. Development of three Coal based Thermal Power Projects for Govt. of Bihar/BSEB through Case II tariff based Competitive Bidding. Preparation of Concept Paper and carrying out intensive survey for one month to identify potential sites covering 20 state districts. Project Development for carrying out technical studies viz. project planning, monitoring & evaluation in preparation of DPR, EIA studies & obtention of statutory clearances such as Water Linkage, Chimney height clearance, fuel tie-up etc.To establish a good relationship and contact with the client for further business development. Liasioning & Coordination with State Govt. Department for obtaining key clearances.2. Transaction advisory for Selection of 49% JV partner for development, exploration & selling of coal block from Coal Mine allotted to Bihar State Mineral Development Corporation.3. Transaction advisory for Appointment of Distribution Franchisee for Patna, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur & Gaya Towns on Input based modelCompilation of baseline data on technical, commercial, administrative and economic aspects for select towns. Setting AT & C loss reduction targets with trajectory and incentives for overachievement in consultation with client.Drafting Request for Proposal (RFP) and Distribution Franchisee Agreement (DFA) to be entered between DF and BSEB detailing out the terms and conditions, Bidding criteria, roles and responsibilities of Distribution Franchisee and BSEB, guarantee for performance, defaults situations, their recourse, incentives and penalty etc.Centre has adopted key terms of Bihar Distribution Franchisee model in formulating model Bid documents.

Regulatory Compliance & Performance Analysis:Performance Analysis of Commercial Group - Design, implementation and monitoring of DPMS (Departmental Performance Measurement System) Scorecards for all Commercial processes on monthly basis. Implementation of Commercial Daily Dashboard in NDPL and responsible for providing performance analysis of all commercial groups on daily basis.Regulatory Compliance for all Directives as per the Tariff order issued by Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC), Filing Commercial aspects of Multi Year Tariff Petition.

New Delhi Area, India

Undertaken Analysis of AT&C Loss Project – Quantification of Technical and Commercial Losses in the entire distribution business and analysis of trend to identify the cause of variance, irregularities for reduction of overall AT&C Loss.Qualified among the top five performer of Management Trainee Batch – III

Executive Education - Advanced Programme In Strategic Management For Corporate Leaders, Advanced Strategy & Leadership

APSMCL program comprised of weekly classes through online mode, 10 days on-campus module discussions, end term exam and final project.

Mba, Power Management

B.E., Industrial & Production

Aissce, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry