I S Jha, who is currently Director (Projects) at Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, took additional charge as the company's Chairman and Managing Director from Thursday, an official statement said.

Jha, an electrical engineer from NIT, Jamshedpur, has been Director (Projects) since September 2009. He has also served on the board of state transmission utilities of Haryana and Madhya Pradesh.

His past roles include being a member of board of governors of the Indian Institute of Forest Management and governing board member of the Central Power Research Institute.