Prof. Sunil Kumar Maheshwari has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of KP Group. In addition, he has joined the Board of Directors of the Group’s three listed companies: KPI Green Energy Limited, KP Energy Limited, and KP Green Engineering Limited.
Prof. Sunil Kumar Maheshwari brings nearly four decades of experience across academia, public sector leadership, and industry engagement. He has advised a wide range of organizations across the power, energy, infrastructure, banking, healthcare, logistics, and manufacturing sectors, among others. The power and energy sector has been a significant area of his professional engagement.
His consulting, advisory, and research work has focused on strategic transformation, leadership development, organizational restructuring, human capital development, governance, and business turnaround. He has worked with public sector enterprises, multinational corporations, large business groups, government organizations, and international institutions.
An alumnus of IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad, he has served on the boards of institutions including UCO Bank, Andhra Bank, and NTPC School of Business.
He was the Professor of Human Resource Management and Strategy at IIM Ahmedabad, where he previously served as Dean (Alumni and External Relations) as well. Before joining IIM Ahmedabad, he served on the faculty of the National Academy of Indian Railways and the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.
From 2009 to 2013, Prof. Sunil Kumar Maheshwari served as Advisor to the Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India. His contributions have been recognized through several honours, including the Gold Medal for Excellence in Service from the National Academy of Indian Railways.
Prof. Sunil Kumar Maheshwari’s induction to the Board brings together decades of academic expertise, governance, restructuring & turnaround experience, and corporate boardroom exposure, further reinforcing KP Group’s leadership bench at a pivotal stage in its journey.
Dr. Faruk Patel, Chairman & Managing Director, KP Group, stated, “It gives me immense pleasure to welcome Prof. Sunil Kumar Maheshwari to our Board as Vice-Chairman. I have known him for a long time now and have been personally working with him for past 1 and a half years. Over the years I have come to deeply respect his clarity of thought, his depth of experience, and his commitment to building institutions that lasts. His career reflects a rare combination of academic rigor, governance, and boardroom expierience across some of India’s most respected institutions. As the organization grows in scale and complexity, his counsel on governance, strategy, and people will be invaluable in shaping how we build for the future. I am confident that his counsel will help us build stronger systems, sharper decision-making, and a leadership culture capable of sustaining our growth for the years ahead. On behalf of the entire KP Group family, I extend a very warm welcome to Prof. Sunil Kumar Maheshwari.”
