Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, a senior officer of NHPC Limited, assumed the office of the executive director at the regional office of the power company in Siliguri on Saturday.
Mukherjee, who started his career in the NHPC in 1987, is a civil engineer and an MBA in financial management.
After assuming office, he met senior officers of the regional office and those posted at the Teesta Low Dam Project (TLDP) III and IV. Along with the executive director, he is also the chief executive officer of Lanco Teesta Hydro Power Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of NHPC in Sikkim.
Mukherjee told officials that the ongoing projects of the NHPC would have to be completed within the stipulated timeframe while maintaining quality parameters, sources said.