Shri Rakesh Nath was appointed as Chairperson, CEA in October, 2005. He was appointed on the Board of NPCIL on November 3, 2005.

Shri Rakesh Nath, Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority is Member (Ex-officio), CERC since October, 2005. He has over 32 years of experience in power sector in various capacities in different organizations viz. Central Electricity Authority, Bhakra Beas Management Board, Power Trading Corporation, Northern Regional Electricity Board, Western Regional Electricity Board, National Thermal Power Corporation and Rajasthan State Electricity Board. He has varied experience in Operation & Maintenance of Thermal and Hydro Power Stations and Transmission System, Maintenance of Canal System, Regulation of Water Supply, Operation of large Interconnected Regional Power Grids.

Shri Rakesh Nath was appointed as Chairman, Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) in the

year 2001 and was responsible for administration, operation and maintenance of Bhakra Beas hydro station with installed capacity of 2866 MW, the largest hydro complex in Northern Region. During his tenure, BBMB achieved a record peak generation and availability of plants increased substantially. During his tenure as Whole Time Director of Power Trading Corporation during the years 2000/2001, he initiated important transactions of trading of power from surplus to deficit areas of the country turned the Trading Corporation into a profit earning Company. He visited Islamabad in November, 1998 as a Member of Indian delegation on trading of power with Pakistan and visited Kathmandu in September 2001 as a Member of Indian Team to promote Indo-Nepal power trade. He participated in talks with Government of Pakistan at New Delhi in January/February, 1999.

Shri Rakesh Nath has been the Member Secretary of NREB and WREB, the two largest regional grids of the country and also Member of various other Committees appointed by the Government of India to enquire into grid failures in different regions and to suggest the remedial measures. He was Convener of Working Groups set up by the Government of India to prepare guidelines for inter-regional power exchange which paved the way for structuring inter-regional power transfers across the country.

Shri Rakesh Nath attended courses in power system operation & control in UK in 1984 and in Sweden in 1993. He participated as member in proceedings of Expert Committee on Sedimentation, an International Committee on Large Dams (ICOLD), in Brazil in September, 2002. He was also deputed to attend International Conference on Water Power held at Buffalo, USA in August, 2003.