14 Facts About Lalit Jalan

Lalit Jalan is the Chairman of BSES Rajdhani Power Limited and BSES Yamuna Power Limited and serves as Director in several companies including Reliance Defence Ltd, which is associated with the Rafale deal between India and France.

Lalit Jalan continues to hold the post of Chairman of BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna Power Limited, the electricity distribution companies in joint-venture with Government of NCT Delhi.

Lalit Jalan was born in Kolkata in a Marwari family.

Lalit Jalan attended St Xaviers School during the early 1970s.

Lalit Jalan started his career at General Electric as a Strategic Planner where he was mentored by Jack Welch.

In 1995, Lalit Jalan joined Reliance Industries Limited as the Head of Polypropylene Business.

Lalit Jalan made the fastest 'billion dollar hit' in the industry by increasing business from zero to a billion dollars in 42 months with no prior experience in the petrochemicals industry.

Lalit Jalan served as Head of the E-business at RIL, where he initiated practices such as e-procurement and SAP within the group.

Lalit Jalan joined Reliance Industries Limited as Chief Executive Officer, Polypropylene Business in 1995.

From 2003 onwards, Lalit Jalan has led Reliance Energy, a distribution company into the over Rs 23000 crore RInfra.

Lalit Jalan became CEO of Reliance Infrastructure on 20 August 2016 and resigned on 6 April 2019 due to his retirement.

Lalit Jalan studied Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1979.

Lalit Jalan completed an MBA from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1981 and MS from Moore School of Engineering.

New Delhi power distribution companies BSES Yamuna and BSES Rajdhani, for which Lalit Jalan has served as Chairman, have been the focus of controversies concerning energy metering, the frequent removal of CEOs and recent government-ordered audit, and the threat of Revocation of License and Non-Payment of dues to Power Suppliers like NTPC.