CVO's Profile
![]() | Shri Santosh Kumar Chief Vigilance Officer 401, Neer Shakti Sadan, NHPC Office Complex, Sector 33, Faridabad Telephone: 0129-2278019 Fax:0129-2276231 e-mail : cvo@nhpc.nic.in |
SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR, IFS(AGMUT 1993) is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1988-1992). Shri Santosh Kumar is M.Tech in Thermal Engineering from Banaras Hindu University-IIT (IIT-BHU), a premier engineering college and has passed out in 1994. Shri Kumar have done IFS training from Prestigious Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun.
He has worked in various States & Union Territories in various capacity including Divisional Forest Officer, Banderdewa Forest division, Director Tourism, Arunachal Pradesh; DCF & Member Secretary, Pollution Control Committee and Director (IT and Science & Tech.), UT Administration of Daman, Diu & Dadra Nagar Haveli; DCF (Planning & Statistics), Govt. of Goa; Chief Conservator of Forests, Chief Wildlife Warden, Director (Environment) & Director (Science & Technology and Renewable Energy), Chandigarh and CEO of Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science & Technology Promotion Society (CREST).
Under his leadership, UT Chandigarh had taken a giant step forward and emerged as a leading Solar City of the country. Govt. of India awarded two National Excellence Awards 2016 to Chandigarh; first one being best Solar City of the country and second one is best performing Nodal Agency for Renewable Energy among UTs and special category states.
He has handled diverse portfolio of Forests, Environment, Tourism, Information Technology, Renewable Energy etc. in various States & UTs. He has travelled widely in Countries like USA, Germany, France, Finland, Denmark, Morocco and Russia, etc., where he got rich experience of forest and renewable energy administrations being followed in different countries.
Before joining as CVO NHPC, he was Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (APCCF) and Chief Wildlife Warden, Goa and MD, Goa Forest Development Corporation.
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