Paresh Ranpara has assumed charge as Director (Personnel) of NHPC Limited, a premier Navratna Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power, Government of India, on 30 July 2026. Prior to his appointment as Director (Personnel), NHPC, Ranpara was serving as Director (Human Resources) at Grid-India, where he was responsible for providing strategic leadership in the areas of human resource management, talent development, organizational capability building and workforce planning.
Ranpara is a Human Resource professional with over 31 years of rich experience in the power sector, spanning both public and private organizations. He holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from Sardar Patel University. He is also a Certified Assessor from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
In Grid-India, Ranpara placed strategic emphasis on Learning & Development by building partnerships with reputed institutions and strengthening capability frameworks. To ensure long term leadership continuity, he successfully implemented succession planning initiatives anchored in competency frameworks. He has also explored and advanced opportunities for international consulting assignments in capacity building.
Prior to joining Grid-India, Ranpara served as Head of Human Resources at Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL), where he was responsible for formulating HR policies for the GUVNL group comprising over 60,000 employees. During his tenure, he played a pivotal role in the successful unbundling of the erstwhile Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) by leading the organizational change management and communication process. He was instrumental in designing and implementing the Performance Management System across GUVNL group companies and spearheaded key HR initiatives relating to organizational restructuring, right-sizing, manpower planning and succession planning for senior leadership positions in Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited (MGVCL).
