Mr. Sanoj Kumar Jha

Secretary, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)

Mr. Sanoj Kumar Jha is an officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He is currently posted as Secretary at the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), the Central Regulator in the power sector in India that functions under the provisions of Electricity Act, 2003. Among others, the functions of CERC are framing of regulations for determination and regulation of tariff for inter-State generation and transmission of electricity; licensing of transmission and trading in electricity; adjudication and dispute resolution; market development; regulation of power exchanges; and cross border trade. Mr. Jha has worked in various capacities with the state governments of Sikkim, Jharkhand, as well as the Government of India and the United Nations Development Program in the past 21 years of his career. Mr. Jha has bags of experience in working in a broad range of sectors including district administration, rural development, planning, training, tourism, tribal affairs, heavy industries, commerce, animal husbandry and mines, among others.