Vamsi Rama Mohan Burra has assumed the post of Chairman and Managing Director of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a Maharatna Central Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Power, Government of India. Prior to his elevation, he served as Director (Projects) of POWERGRID.

An accomplished engineering professional, Vamsi is a graduate in Engineering and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Planning & Project Management along with a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurugram. He has further strengthened his leadership credentials through the Harvard Manage Mentor (HMM) Program and advanced management programmes at Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.

Vamsi belongs to the first batch of Executive Trainees inducted into POWERGRID in 1993, marking a significant milestone in the organisation’s leadership evolution. With over 33 years of rich and diverse experience in the power transmission and telecom sectors, he has held several key leadership, policy-making and strategic roles at both regional and corporate levels. His professional expertise spans critical business domains including Projects, Procurement, Commercial, Regulatory Affairs, Asset Management and Telecom.

He was a founding member of POWERGRID’s Regulatory Cell, where he played an important role in shaping the organisation’s regulatory strategy. As a key architect of POWERGRID’s entry into competitive bidding, he was instrumental in successfully positioning the company in the evolving competitive power transmission market.

During his tenure as CEO of POWERGRID Teleservices Limited, Vamsi led the expansion of the company’s telecom business and initiated POWERGRID’s first Data Centre project, marking a significant milestone in the organisation’s digital journey. A strong proponent of digitalisation and mechanisation, he has introduced transformational reforms in project monitoring and execution, enhancing efficiency, transparency and delivery outcomes across large-scale infrastructure projects.