Mr. Jinal Mehta, 41, is a Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia.

He is the Managing Director of Torrent Power and also oversees Torrent Gas. He has more than 17 years of experience across various facets of the energy sector – generation, transmission & distribution of power and trading & distribution of gas.

He started his career with Torrent Power’s Generation business and was involved during the project and operations phases of 1,530 MW SUGEN Mega Power Project. Subsequently, he was responsible for the implementation of Torrent Power’s 1,200 MW DGEN Mega Power Project. Thereafter, he took charge of the distribution business of Torrent Power in April, 2014 and led significant operational improvements in both the licensed and franchised distribution businesses, in terms of network modernisation, reduction in AT&C losses, improved customer services and timely regulatory approvals for recovery of costs. Under his leadership, Torrent Power has strengthened its leadership position in the Power Distribution business and distributes nearly 30 billion units of power per annum and caters to peak demand of approx. 5,300 MW to over 4.13 million customers across 12 cities.

Apart from conventional generation, transmission and distribution, his contribution in growing renewable capacity; both Solar and Wind Power, has resulted into renewable energy becoming a significant part of Torrent Power’s generation portfolio today with plans for significant further growth. Accelerated commitment to increase renewable portfolio has enabled Torrent Power to undertake several acquisitions. With these, the Company now has an aggregate installed generation capacity of ~4.3 GW, which consists largely of clean generation sources such as gas (2.7 GW) and renewables (~1.2 GW) and has another ~3 GW of renewable capacity under development.

Jinal spotted the opportunity of India’s growing need for energy and led the Torrent Group’s foray into gas distribution in 2018. Torrent Gas (Revenues of USD 330 million) has the exclusive authorisation to distribute natural gas (for residential, commercial, industrial) and CNG (for vehicles) in 34 cities across India. Torrent Gas has already invested approx. USD 600 million under Phase 1 of its capex program and has plans to invest over USD 3 billion by 2030 to create a robust gas distribution network. Torrent’s authorised areas have a population of approximately 90 million+ people, which is about 7% of India’s total population.