Kirtiraj Jilkar

Kirtiraj Jilkar joined the Executive Council in July 2022 and is the Business Unit head for Projects and Energy Solutions (P&ES). He has worked with Thermax for over 25 years and has held multiple roles.

He joined Thermax as an MBA graduate in 1995 in TBWES (formerly TBW), as a Product Manager for Oil and Gas fired boilers and has risen through the ranks to hold critical positions. He moved to the Cogen division in 1997 to handle the business development for the power portfolio. After successfully pioneering the EPC concept sale in the industrial captive power space in India he was chosen to lead international sales in 2005. Post this successful stint, he handled the Large Power Plant SBU as the Operations Head in 2010.

Prior to his current role, he was instrumental in turning around the solar renewables portfolio and strategically growing the Power-O&M business as the SBU Head.

Adept with business strategy, operations planning and control, global business development, service delivery and asset integrity, Kirtiraj overlooks the operations of over 100 plants across three continents.

He completed his Mechanical Engineering and MBA from the Maharashtra Institute of Technology and the Institute of Business Management and Research – Pune, respectively.