Muralidhara Rao
CEO, Bellary Thermal Power Plant
Mr. Murlidhar Rao was born at Nagpur Maharashtra State India.
He completed Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from
Regional Engineering College Bhopal. He joined Karnataka Power
Corporation as Assistant Engineer in 1973 and worked in various
Power Projects. He has worked in construction of units no.9
and 10 of capacity 89.1 MW each at Sharavathi generating station,
two generating units of capacity 27.5 MW at Linganamakki dam
power house. He was also involved in construction of Kadra
and Kodasalli power houses from the beginning till the commissioning
of all the 6 units. He was in-charge of Kalinadi project as
Chief Engineer from the year 2002 to 2005. During this period
135 MW generating units were uprated to 150 MW. He has worked
for about 33 years in construction, uprating, operation and
maintenance of powerhouse.
Mr Murlidhar has published about 12 technical papers and
presented in seminars on various subjects like construction
management, design, uprating etc. He has contributed many
articles in technical magazines. Recently, he has attended
an International Seminar at Bangkok on Hydro-2006 and presented
a technical paper on ‘Positive impact of hydro projects
on social, economical and environmental aspects’,
which was very well received by the delegates and appreciated
by World Bank officials.
He has also published various articles and papers o social
and spiritual subjects. He has also published a book on
simplified spirituality and released a CD on introduction
of meditation. He has also hosted a web site for providing
online relaxation and conducted many workshops on stress
management and meditation.
In the year 2006, he was promoted and posted as Executive
Director (Thermal) at Raichur Thermal Power Station of 1470
MW with 7 units of 210 MW each. Raichur Thermal Power Station
has attained record generation of 11484 MU at 90% PLF during
the period.
At present, he is working as Technical Director of Karnataka
Power Corporation Ltd., at Bangalore and associated with
erection of 500 MW Unit at Bellary Thermal Power Station,
250 MW Unit at Raichur Thermal Power Station and 115 MW
Unit at Varahi Underground Power House.
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