Shri R. S. Sharma has been appointed Chairman & Managing Director of NTPC Limited w.e.f. May 1, 2008. Having over 37 years of rich experience in Power Sector, Shri Sharma took over as Director (Commercial) NTPC in October, 2004, and has been guiding activities of Business Development Group as well. He has been instrumental in the preparation of guidelines for setting up power exchange in India. He was earlier ED (Commercial) and also looked after the work of Corporate Planning as ED (Corporate Planning) and formulated long term Corporate Plan for NTPC.

A 1971 Mechanical Engineering Graduate from Government Engineering College, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, Shri Sharma started his career in Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board. He joined NTPC in early February, 1980 at the Korba Super Thermal Power Station of 2100 MW capacity.

Subsequently, he joined Vindhyachal STPP (2260 MW capacity) as Head of O&M and became Project Head of Rihand Super Thermal Power Station (1000 MW) and Sipat Super Thermal Power Station. He also led Southern Region of NTPC having 3 power stations - Ramagundam STPS (2600 MW capacity), Simhadri STPP (1000 MW capacity) and Kayamkulam Combined Cycle Power Project (350 MW capacity)as ED(SR).

Shri Sharma brings with him multi functional experience in the areas of Operation, Project Implementation, Planning, Commercial and regulatory affairs due to his long association with the power sector. He has authored a number of Technical Papers on various subjects of Power Plant Operation & Maintenance. He is a firm believer in philosophy "Can Do & Customer Focus" and has taken many initiatives for strengthening customer relationship management systems in NTPC.