Shri Prashant Bhamu is presently serving as Deputy Director in the Integrated Resources Planning Division, Central Electricity Authority.
He has over nine years of experience in generation planning, renewable energy integration, energy storage and regulatory matters. He played a pivotal role in CEA’s study on India’s Optimal Generation Capacity Mix for 2030. He has served in the Ministry of Power for about three years, during which he worked on renewable energy policies and regulatory compliance monitoring. He contributed to the formulation of the Viability Gap Funding Scheme for battery energy storage and the National Framework for Promoting Energy Storage Systems.
Prior to joining CEA, he worked at POWERGRID in the domain of transmission line construction. He holds a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Rajasthan Technical University.
His current responsibilities include preparation of the National Electricity Plan 2027–37 and the Long-Term National Resource Adequacy Plan. He also serves as Member Secretary of CEA’s AI Committee.
